JR Kyoto Line

JR Kyoto Line

The nihongo|JR Kyoto Line|JR京都線|JR Kyōto sen is the nickname of a portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line, between Kyoto Station and Osaka Station. The line is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

The Kyoto 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.

Trains

*Special Rapid Service (新快速)
**Continuing service from the Biwako Line and the Kosei Line. Stops at Kyoto, Takatsuki, Shin-Osaka, and Osaka. Continues from Osaka on the Kobe Line to Himeji and beyond. 223 series electric cars are used.
*Rapid Service (快速)
**Continuing service from the Biwako Line and the Kosei Line. Stops at every station between Kyoto and Takatsuki (skips Nishi-Oji, Mukomachi, Yamazaki and Shimamoto during mornings and nights), and then Ibaraki, Shin-Osaka, and Osaka. Continues from Osaka on the Kobe Line to Himeji and beyond. 223 series electric cars and 221 series electric cars are used.
*Local trains (普通)
**Service from Kyoto to Suma (daytime) and Nishi-Akashi (mornings and evenings) on the Kobe Line, and from Takatsuki to Shin-Sanda on the Takarazuka Line. Stops at all stations. 321 series electric cars and 207 series electric cars are used.

tations

S: stop; |: pass; *S: pass during mornings and nightsL: Local; R: Rapid; SR: Special RapidFor distances and transfers, see diagram.

Station under construction

One station is under construction on the JR Kyoto Line. The new station, Katsuragawa Station, will be in Minami-ku, Kyoto, between Nishi-Ōji Station and Mukōmachi Station (5.2 km from Kyoto Station). It is scheduled to be opened on October 18, 2008.

History

* March 13, 1988 – JR West starts the use of the line name JR Kyoto Line
* March 15, 2008 – Shimamoto Station opens (first opening of new station after the naming in 1988)

ee also

*Hankyu Kyoto Line
*Biwako Line
*JR Kobe Line


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