The is one of the two lines of the

Kyoto Municipal Subway The , also known as Kyoto City Subway, is the rapid transit network in the city of Kyoto, Japan. Operated by the Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau, it has two lines. Lines The Kyoto Municipal Subway is made up of two lines: the long, 15 ...

operated by Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau in

Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the c ...

, Japan. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is colored green, and its stations are given numbers following the letter "K". It serves seven of Kyoto's eleven wards: Sakyō-ku, Kita-ku, Kamigyō-ku, Nakagyō-ku, Shimogyō-ku, Minami-ku, and Fushimi-ku. It connects in Sakyō-ku and in Minami-ku. Between and , trains run beneath the north-south Karasuma Street, hence the name. They link to the other subway line, the Tozai Line, at . They also connect to the JR lines at

Kyoto Station Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the c ...

and the

Hankyu Kyoto Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the private railway operator Hankyu Railway. It connects Osaka-umeda Station in Osaka and Kyoto-kawaramachi Station in Kyoto. Definition The Kyoto Main Line is often called the for short, and in a ...

running beneath

Shijō Street runs in the center of Kyoto, Japan from east to west through the commercial center of the city. Shijō literally means ''Fourth Avenue'' of Heian-kyō, the ancient capital. History The section between Shinkyōgoku street and the vicini ...

at the intersection of Shijō Karasuma, Kyoto's

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. At Shijō Karasuma, the subway station is named , whereas Hankyu's station is called . The Transportation Bureau and

Kintetsu Railway , referred to as , is a Japanese passenger railway company, managing infrastructure and operating passenger train service. Its railway system is the largest in Japan, excluding Japan Railways Group. The railway network connects Osaka, Nara, Ky ...

jointly operate through services, which continue to the Kintetsu Kyoto Line to

Kintetsu Nara Station is a railway station on the Nara Line in Nara, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. Lines The station is the terminal station on the Nara Line. Kintetsu operates through expresses and limited expresses from Kyoto ...

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. The Karasuma Line and the Kyoto Line connect at Kyoto and Takeda. This line covers a total distance of 13.7 km in 26 minutes and the average daily ridership in 2009 was 411,881 passengers.

Stations

Rolling stock

Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau

* 10 series * 20 series File:Kyoto City 10 series EMU late type 002.JPG, A 10 series (6th batch) EMU on an express service bound for Kokusaikaikan File:Kyoto subway 20 series unit 31 20220506 Takeda.jpg, Kyoto subway 20 series unit 31 at Takeda station

Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd.

Kintetsu 3200 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Kintetsu Railway , referred to as , is a Japanese passenger railway company, managing infrastructure and operating passenger train service. Its railway system is the largest in Jap ...

Kintetsu 3220 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway since 2000. Background The 3220 series is the first member of Kintetsu's commuter train lineup, the concept of which was to ...

File:Kintetsu-3200 001 JPN.JPG, Kintetsu 3200 series train File:Kintetsu-3220 001 JPN.JPG, Kintetsu 3220 series train

History

The section between and was completed on May 29, 1981. The line was extended from to on June 11, 1988. Through services from to on the Kyoto Line started on August 28, 1988. The line was extended from to on October 24, 1990. Oike Station was renamed

Karasuma Oike Station is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line and Tōzai Line in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Lines * ** (Station Number: K08) ** (Station Number: T13) Layout The station is the transferring station operated by Kyoto Municipal ...

on May 22, 1997, prior to the inauguration of the Tōzai Line running beneath the east-west . The line was extended from to on June 3, 1997. Express services from to in

started on March 15, 2000.

References

*This article was translated from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on July 4, 2009.

External links

Public transport in Kyoto
(Kyoto City Web) {{Osaka transit Kyoto Municipal Subway Standard gauge railways in Japan Railway lines opened in 1981 1981 establishments in Japan