The is a railway line in
Kyoto
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, Japan, operated by private railway operator
Hankyu Railway
, trading as , is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Gro ...
. It connects
Katsura and
Arashiyama
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on the west side of the city, linking the area along the line to the
Hankyu Kyoto Main 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 bro ...
that extends east to central Kyoto and south to
Osaka
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.
The line is 4.1 km long.
Trains on the line mainly use 4-car
Hankyu 6300 series
The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated in Japan by the private railway operator Hankyu Railway since 1975.
Operations
The 4-car 6300 series trains operate on the Hankyū Arashiyama Line.
Formations 8-car sets
, a total of ...
electric multiple unit trains, which were originally built for limited express services on the main line from 1975 and refurbished for Arashiyama Line services from 2009.
History
The line opened as 1435mm gauge dual track electrified at 1500 VDC in November 1928.
One line of the dual track was removed in 1944 for metal collection as part of the Japanese war effort.
Crossing loops at both intermediate stations were built in 1950.
Stations
All four stations on the line are in
Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto. While the entire line is
single track
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, both the intermediate stations are equipped with crossing loops.
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
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Arashiyama Line
Arashiyama Line
Rail transport in Kyoto Prefecture
Standard gauge railways in Japan
Railway lines opened in 1928