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Keihan Main Line

Keihan Main Line

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The Keihan Main Line (京阪本線, Keihan-honsen) is a railway line in Japan operated by Keihan Electric Railway. The line runs between Sanjō Station in Kyoto and Yodoyabashi Station in Osaka. There are through services to the Keihan Ōtō Line and the Keihan Nakanoshima Line. Trains from Kyoto to Osaka are treated as "down" trains, and from Osaka to Kyoto as "up" trains.

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Train services

As of March 2022, the following services are operated.[1]

Liner (ライナー, Liner) (Ln)[2]
All cars reserved seating. Trains run "down" in the morning, and "up" in the evening. Weekdays Only.
Rapid Limited Express "Rakuraku" (快速特急"洛楽", Kaisoku Tokkyū "Rakuraku") (RLE)
Premium car is reserved seating only
Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū) (LE)
Premium car is reserved seating only
Commuter Rapid Express (通勤快急, Tsūkin Kaikyū) (CRE) - "down" trains only, on weekday mornings
Rapid Express (快速急行, Kaisoku Kyūkō) (RE) - premium car is reserved seating
Midnight Express (深夜急行, Shinya Kyūkō) (ME) - "up" trains only (Discontinued in 7/2021)
A train departs from Yodoyabashi for Kuzuha at 0:20 a.m. and passes Moriguchishi and Hirakata-kōen.
Express (急行, Kyūkō) (Ex)
Commuter Sub-express (通勤準急, Tsūkin Junkyū) (CSbE) - "down" trains only, on weekday mornings
Trains are operated from Demachiyanagi, Kuzuha, Hirakatashi to Yodoyabashi or Nakanoshima in the morning and pass Moriguchishi.
Sub-express (準急, Junkyū) (SbE)
Semi-express (区間急行, Kukan Kyūkō) (SmE)
Local (普通, Futsū)
Trains stop at all stations.
Operation in non-rush hours per hour
Limited express: 6 round trips between Yodoyabashi and Demachiyanagi
Express: 3 round trips between Yodoyabashi and Kuzuha
Sub. express: 3 round trips between Yodoyabashi and Demachiyanagi
Local: 6 round trips between Nakanoshima and Kayashima, of which 3 extend to Demachiyanagi

Stations

  • S: Trains stop.
  • s: limited stop
  • |, ↑, ↓: Trains pass.
  • ↑, ↓: Only one direction.
  • ▼: Boarding only in "down" direction.
  • ▲: Boarding only in "up" direction.
  • (M): Stations using melodies composed by musician Minoru Mukaiya in train departure announcements.
  • For train abbreviations, see above.
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Rolling stock

  • Keihan 3000 series express in January 2018
  • Keihan 13000 series express in August 2017

History

The Temmabashi to Kiyomizu-Gojo section opened as dual track, electrified at 1,500 V DC, in 1910, and was extended to Sanjo in 1915. The Temmabashi to Yodoyabashi section opened in 1963.[citation needed]

The section between Kōrien Station and Hirakata-kōen Station is set to undergo a grade separation process beginning in September 2022.[3] Preliminary works such as land acquisition had already been in progress since 2013.[3] The project aims to eliminate 21 level crossings in the affected section, some of which are closed for up to 40 minutes per hour during the morning and afternoon rush hour. Work is expected to finish by 2027 with the transition to the elevated tracks happening by 2028.[3]

See also

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

  1. [1]
    (in Japanese)
  2. [2]
    Official Keihan Website for Liner Services (in Japanese)
  3. [3]
    "京阪本線の寝屋川・枚方「高架化」鉄道工事が本格化 起工式開催、完成いつ？" [Keihan Main Line Neyagawa-Hirakata "elevated" railway construction is in full swing Groundbreaking ceremony held, when will it be completed?]. news.railway-pressnet.com (in Japanese). 12 September 2022. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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