The Keishin Line ( 京津線 , Keishin-sen ) is an interurban partially- street running railway line in Japan operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway . The 7.5 km (4.7 mi) line connects Misasagi Station in Kyoto and Biwako-Hamaōtsu Station in the neighbouring city of Ōtsu .
5-487: Except trains between Shinomiya Station and Hamaōtsu Station in early morning and late night, all trains go directly from Hamaōtsu Station to Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station or Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Tōzai Line . During off peak hours, the line operates every 20 minutes. The station list is as of 1997 before the street running section was abandoned due to replacement by
10-624: The Tōzai Line subway. It also lists the corresponding subway stations that replaced the Keishin Line stations. The line was built in 1912 (dual track electrified at 600 V DC) to connect the city centers of Kyoto and Ōtsu by electric streetcars , as the steam-powered Tōkaidō Main Line was an indirect route between the two cities before its realignment in 1921. The busiest section of the line, between Keishin-Sanjō Station and Misasagi Station,
15-713: The Japanese Misplaced Pages. Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station (京都市役所前駅 Kyōto shiyakusho-mae eki ) is a stop on the Tozai Line of Kyoto Municipal Subway in Kyoto , Japan . It is in Nakagyo-ku . With the station number designation T12 , its station color is kara kurenai . Because it lies beneath the Kawaramachi-Oike intersection, the station also carries signs with
20-496: The name Kawaramachi Oike . The station has one island platform serving two tracks. Most trains of the Keihan Railway Keishin Line make their last stop at Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae before reversing direction. The station, the name of which means "in front of City Hall," is the closest to the offices of Kyoto's city government. The Honnō-ji was rebuilt nearby, rather than at its original location, following
25-517: Was replaced in 1997 by the Kyoto Subway Tōzai Line , and the voltage increased to 1,500 V DC in conjunction with this project. One of the aims of the realignment was to move the tracks underground in the Kyoto area, in order to remove the former alignment along public roads. The line retains its public road alignment in Ōtsu. This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in
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