The Keihan Main Line is a railway line in Japan operated byKeihan 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 20 August 2017, the following services are operated. ;Liner ;Rapid Limited Express "Rakuraku" ;Limited Express ;Commuter Rapid Express - "down" trains only, on weekday mornings ;Rapid Express ;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.
: Stations using melodies composed by musician Minoru Mukaiya in train departure announcements.
All trains stop at all stations. There is no through service to the Keihan Main Line. Until March 15, 2013, several trains going through to the Keihan Main Line were operated on weekdays as rapid trains. They were named "Hikoboshi" and "Orihime,” unlike other Keihan line rapid trains which were not named. ;Rapid Express ;Commuter Rapid Express
New 13000 series four-car electric multiple unit trains were introduced on the line from April 2012, replacing the earlier 2600 series EMUs.
Keihan Ōtō Line
The Ōtō Line is a railway line in Kyoto that was opened on 5 October 1989 by the Keihan Electric Railway. The Ōtō Line re-established a rail connection between the Keihan Main Line and the Eizan Electric Railway, which had been severed when the Kyoto City streetcars ceased running in 1978. The line is operated as an extension of the Keihan Main Line. All trains continue into the Keihan Main Line and Keihan Nakanoshima Line in Osaka. The double-track line is situated below Kawabata Street, along the left bank of the Kamo River. Despite its length of 2.3 km, it serves as an important transport corridor in central Kyoto.
Stations
Keihan Nakanoshima Line
The Keihan Nakanoshima Line is a railway line operated by the Keihan Electric Railway in Osaka, Japan. It opened on 19 October 2008, and has a ruling grade of 1 in 25.
Services
The following services operate on the Nakanoshima line, with through-running to/from the Keihan Main Line. All services stop at all stations on the Nakanoshima line.
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.
Keihan Katano Line
The line was built and opened by an independent railway company, Shigi-Ikoma Electric Railway in 1929. The company aimed to build a line to connect its main line, the present-day Ikoma Line, but cancelled the plan for financial reasons, and transferred the operation to Keihan. The operator was renamed Katano Electric Railway in 1939, Keihanshin Express Electric Railway in May 1945, and Keihan Electric Railway on 1 December 1949. From 9 June 2012, new 13000 series 4-car EMUs were introduced on the line.
Keihan Ōtō Line
29 August 1924: Kyoto Electric Light acquired a license for laying local railways between Demachiyanagi and Sanjo. 10 April 1950: Keihan Electric Railway established the Ōtō Line Construction Preparation Committee. 1 July 1972: Kamogawa Electric Railway was established. 20 February 1974: Provincial railway laying licence between the Keifuku Electric Railway 25 February 1974: Kamogawa Electric Railway acquires a license for laying a local railway between Demachiyanagi and Sanjo. 30 November 1984: A groundbreaking ceremony was held at the Ōtō Line construction work. 1 April 1989: Keihan Electric Railway merges with Kamogawa Electric Railway. 5 October 1989: Opened as Ōtō Line. The timetable revision accompanying this has been carried out ahead of 27 September, until noon 5 October was operated as a forwarding train in the Ōtō Line. 19 October 2008: Because there is a station of the same name on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line, the Marutamachi Station of this line is renamed to Jingu-Marutamachi Station. 5 December 2015: ATS operation begins on the Ōtō Line
Keihan Uji Line
The line opened on 1 June 1913, electrified at 600 V DC. The voltage on the line was raised to 1,500 V DC in December 1983.
