Keihan Main Line


The Keihan Main Line 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.

Train services

As of March 2022, the following services are operated.
;Liner
;Rapid Limited Express "Rakuraku"
;Limited Express
;Commuter Rapid Express - "down" trains only, on weekday mornings
;Rapid Express - premium car is reserved seating
;Midnight Express - "up" trains only
;Express
;Commuter Sub-express - "down" trains only, on weekday mornings
;Sub-express
;Semi-express
;Local
;Operation in non-rush hours per hour

Stations

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

    Rolling stock

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.
The section from Temmabashi to Gamo Signal Box was quadruple-tracked and elevated in 1970. Quadruple-tracking and elevation was continued northwards, with the Doi to Neyagawa Signal Box section completed in 1982. In 1987, in Kyoto, the street-level section from Tōfukuji to Sanjo was replaced by a tunnel section, which was extended to the current terminus, Demachiyanagi, in 1989. Hirakatashi Station was elevated in 1993, Neyagawashi Station in 1999, and Yodo Station in 2011.
Works to elevate the remaining at-grade section between Neyagawashi Station and Hirakatashi Station, including Kōrien Station, Kozenji Station and Hirakata-kōen Station, began in September 2022. Preliminary works such as land acquisition had already been in progress since 2013. 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 of train services to the elevated tracks planned to be completed in 2028.