is a Japanese

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company whose two lines run entirely in Sakyō-ku in the city of

Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the c ...

, Kyoto Prefecture. The name of this small railway network is abbreviated as , and is derived from the name of its predecessor, the of the

Keifuku Electric Railroad is a railroad company based in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan (but with offices in Fukui Prefecture) in operation since March 2, 1942. It is a parent company of Keifuku Bus and Kyoto Bus, and an affiliated company of Keihan Electric Railway, which ...

. The present company was founded in 1985 as a subsidiary of Keifuku. The purpose of reorganization was to reduce the huge deficit of the Eiden lines, which had been completely isolated from the main Keifuku network since the abandonment of the Kyoto City Tramways in 1978. The split-off was considered to be an urgent matter, awaiting the completion of a long-awaited rail connection between the two networks of Eiden and Keihan. The

Keihan Electric Railway , known colloquially as the , , or simply , is a major Japanese private railway operator in Osaka, Kyoto, and Shiga Prefectures. The transit network includes seven lines; four main lines with heavy rolling stock, two interurban lines, and a funic ...

was at that time constructing the Ōtō Line to the Eiden terminal at Demachiyanagi. The opening of the Ōtō Line significantly reduced the deficit of Eiden. Later on, in 2002, all shares of Keifuku were transferred from Keifuku to Keihan, of which Eiden became a wholly owned subsidiary. This railway accepts the Surutto Kansai card for payment, but not the

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card. The line is featured in the ''Japanese Rail Sim 3D: Journey to Kyoto'' train simulation game for the

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Lines

Eizan Main Line is a Japanese private railway company whose two lines run entirely in Sakyō-ku in the city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture. The name of this small railway network is abbreviated as , and is derived from the name of its predecessor, the of the ...

:Demachiyanagi — Yase-Hieizanguchi: 5.6 km Kurama Line icon

Kurama Line is a Japanese private railway company whose two lines run entirely in Sakyō-ku in the city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture. The name of this small railway network is abbreviated as , and is derived from the name of its predecessor, the of the ...

:Takaragaike — Kurama: 8.8 km

Rolling stock

For service *"Deo 700" series "Deo 710" type, "Deo 720" type, "Deo 730" type 1-car *"Deo 800" series 2-car *"Deo 900" series 2-car named "Kirara" *"Deo 600" type 2-car For maintenance *"Deto 1000" type

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