The JR Kyōto Line ( JR京都線 , JR Kyōto-sen ) is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The name applies to the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line between Kyōto Station and Ōsaka Station .
11-764: The Kyōto Line operates in combination with the Biwako Line and the JR Kobe Line , and offers through service trains to the Kosei Line and the JR Takarazuka Line . Commuter trains are classified in three types: In addition to the three types of commuter trains, long-distance limited express trains connecting the Kyoto-Osaka region with Kansai International Airport ( Haruka services), Hokuriku region ( Thunderbird services) and other areas also frequently operate on
22-558: A contiguous service that is the main trunk of JR West's "Urban Network" commuter rail network in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area . The line is named after Lake Biwa ( 琵琶湖 , Biwa-ko ) , which the route runs along. Line nicknames were introduced when the newly privatized JR West intended to use "familiar" names over official line names, such as Tōkaidō Main Line and Fukuchiyama Line . Biwako Line did not appear on
33-585: The Shigaraki Kōgen Railway Shigaraki Line at Kibukawa. The Hikone to Yokaichi section opened in 1898, reaching Kibukawa in 1900. The Hikone to Takamiya section was electrified at 600 V DC in 1925, with the Takamiya to Kibukawa section electrified at 1,500 V DC in 1928, and the Hikone to Takamiya section raised to that voltage at the same time. The Hikone to Maibara section opened in 1931 following
44-478: The "Biwako Line" nickname is used by the operator JR West for passenger announcements, the official status of Tōkaidō Main Line has not been changed or discussed. The counterpart for the line, Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) uses its official name "Tōkaidō Main Line" for the section of JR West, at the connections of Kyoto and Maibara. The "Biwako Line" nickname appears in some local newspapers and real estate advertisements. Frequent passengers understand that
55-537: The Biwako, JR Kyoto, JR Kobe lines are in fact one line, however, public recognition of the name is still in question, especially among non-users along the line. Stations are listed from east to west. The distance of Tokyo – Maibara is 445.9 km (277.1 mi), and that of Tokyo – Kyoto is 513.6 km (319.1 mi). Historically, the Tōkaidō Main Line continued from Tokyo to Kyoto and beyond, through Maibara. In
66-586: The Japanese timetable books, the distances from Tokyo are still shown in the table, although the Biwako Line's officially begins at Maibara. ■ Ohmi Railway Main Line (Northbound only) Ohmi Railway Main Line The Ohmi Railway Main Line ( 近江鉄道本線 , Ōmi Tetsudō hon-sen ) is a regional railway line in Shiga Prefecture operated by the private railway operator Ohmi Railway . It connects
77-663: The cities of Maibara and Koka . Its alignment is parallel with the Tōkaidō Shinkansen between Takamiya and Gokasho. The line is 47.7 kilometres (29.6 mi) long, extending from Maibara to Kibukawa . The line connects with the JR Central Tōkaidō Main Line and Tōkaidō Shinkansen , and the JR West Hokuriku Main Line and Biwako Line at Maibara, and the JR West Kusatsu Line and
88-601: The first list, and instead The JR Kyoto Line was to be called up to Maibara. A move in Shiga Prefecture opposed the name, claiming that the name of Kyoto Line in Shiga sounds like an auxiliary, requiring its own name in the prefecture. Biwako Line was thus made to refer to the section between Maibara and Kyoto. The section of the name was extended to Nagahama, on the alteration of electric supply from 20 kV AC to 1,500 V DC, which enabled through operation to Kyoto and Osaka. Although
99-596: The line was taken over by Japanese National Railways (JNR). Biwako Line The Biwako Line ( 琵琶湖線 , Biwako-sen ) is the nickname used by the operator of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) to refer to the portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line (between Maibara Station and Kyoto Station ) and the Hokuriku Main Line (between Maibara Station and Nagahama Station ). The section, along with JR Kyoto Line and JR Kobe Line , forms
110-469: The line. Freight trains also operate on the line except for the section near Osaka Station where freight trains use separate freight lines. Legend: Local trains stop at all stations. Rapid trains in the morning skip some stops between Kyoto and Takatsuki. Through services on JR Takarazuka Line (Local only) From September 5, 1876 to the opening of Kyoto Station on February 6, 1877, Ōmiyadōri Temporary Station ( 大宮通仮停車場 , Ōmiyadōri Kari Teishajō )
121-797: Was the station for the city of Kyoto. The temporary station was located at 40 chains (0.80 km) west of Kyoto Station construction site, or 3 miles and 47 chains (5.77 km) away from Mukōmachi Station. The line now called the JR Kyoto Line opened in 1876, only four years after the opening of the first railway in Japan. On 26 July 1876, the Japanese Government Railways opened the section between Ōsaka and Mukōmachi with an intermediate station at Takatsuki. On 9 August 1876, Yamazaki Station, Ibaraki Station and Suita Station opened. Kyoto Station opened on 6 February 1877. On 1 June 1949, operation of
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