JR Kyōto Line
local service
223-2000 series EMU on a Special Rapid Service, March 2017
Overview
Native nameJR京都線
OwnerJR West
LocaleKyoto Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture
Termini
  • Kyoto (Tōkaidō Line)
  • Osaka (Tōkaidō Line)
Stations17
Service
TypeHeavy rail
SystemUrban Network
Operator(s)JR West
JR Freight
History
OpenedJuly 26, 1876 (as part of Tōkaidō Main Line)
March 13, 1988 (renamed as JR Kyōto Line)
Technical
Line length42.8 km (26.6 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC (overhead lines)
Operating speedouter tracks: 130 km/h (81 mph)
inner tracks: 120 km/h (75 mph)

The JR Kyōto Line (JR京都線, JR Kyōto-sen) is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The name applies to the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line between Kyōto Station and Ōsaka Station.

The Kyōto Line operates in combination with the Biwako Line and the JR Kobe Line, and offers through service trains to the Kosei Line and the JR Takarazuka Line.

Basic data

Services

Commuter trains are classified in three types:

  • Special Rapid Service (新快速, Shin-Kaisoku)
    • Continuing service from the Biwako Line and the Kosei Line. Trains stop at Kyōto, Takatsuki, Shin-Ōsaka, and Ōsaka. Trains continue from Ōsaka on the JR Kōbe Line to Himeji and beyond. 223 series and 225 series EMUs are used. Daytime trains depart every 15 minutes and take 28 minutes from Kyōto to Ōsaka and vice versa.
  • Rapid Service (快速, Kaisoku)
    • Continuing service from the Biwako Line and the Kosei Line. Trains stop at Kyōto, Nagaokakyō, Takatsuki, Ibaraki, Shin-Ōsaka, and Ōsaka. After the morning, trains also stop at all other stations between Kyōto and Takatsuki and occasionally called local trains on this section. Trains continue from Osaka on the JR Kōbe Line to Himeji and beyond. 225 series, 223 series, 221 series EMUs are used.
  • Local (普通, Futsū)
    • Service from Kyōto to Nishi-Akashi on the JR Kōbe Line, and from Takatsuki to Shin-Sanda on the JR Takarazuka Line. Trains stop at all stations. 321 series EMUs and 207 series EMUs are used.

In addition to the three types of commuter trains, long-distance limited express trains connecting the Kyoto-Osaka region with Kansai International Airport (Haruka services), Hokuriku region (Thunderbird services) and other areas also frequently operate on the line. Freight trains also operate on the line except for the section near Osaka Station where freight trains use separate freight lines.

Stations

Legend:

  • ● : All trains stop
  • | : All trains pass
  • ▲ : Trains only after morning rush stop

Local trains stop at all stations. Rapid trains in the morning skip some stops between Kyoto and Takatsuki.

Official Line Name No. Station Japanese Distance (km) Stops Transfers Location
Rapid Special Rapid Ward, City Prefecture
Through services from Biwako Line and Kosei Line
Tōkaidō Main Line  JR-A31  Kyōto京都 0.0 ● ●
Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto Kyoto
 JR-A32  Nishiōji西大路 2.5 ▲ | Minami-ku, Kyoto
 JR-A33  Katsuragawa桂川
(久世)		 5.3 ▲ |
 JR-A34  Mukōmachi向日町 6.4 ▲ | Mukō
 JR-A35  Nagaokakyō長岡京 10.1 ● | Nagaokakyō
 JR-A36  Yamazaki山崎 14.1 ▲ | Ōyamazaki
 JR-A37  Shimamoto島本 16.3 ▲ | Shimamoto Osaka
 JR-A38  Takatsuki高槻 21.6 ● ● Takatsuki
 JR-A39  Settsu-Tonda摂津富田 24.5 | |
 JR-A40  JR-Sōjiji[1]JR総持寺 26.2 | | Ibaraki
 JR-A41  Ibaraki茨木 28.2 ● |
 JR-A42  Senrioka千里丘 31.1 | | Settsu
 JR-A43  Kishibe岸辺 32.8 | | Suita
 JR-A44  Suita吹田 35.2 | |
 JR-A45  Higashi-Yodogawa東淀川 38.3 | | Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
 JR-A46  Shin-Ōsaka新大阪 39.0 ● ●
 JR-A47  Ōsaka大阪 42.8 ● ●
Kita-ku, Osaka
Through services on JR Kobe Line

Through services on JR Takarazuka Line (Local only)

Closed station

From September 5, 1876 to the opening of Kyoto Station on February 6, 1877, Ōmiyadōri Temporary Station (大宮通仮停車場, Ōmiyadōri Kari Teishajō) was the station for the city of Kyoto. The temporary station was located at 40 chains (0.80 km) west of Kyoto Station construction site, or 3 miles and 47 chains (5.77 km) away from Mukōmachi Station.

Rolling stock

Local

  • 207 series (from 1991, through service with Fukuchiyama Line)
  • 321 series (from 2005, through service with Fukuchiyama Line)

Special Rapid and Rapid

  • 221 series (from 1989, through service with Kosei and Biwako Lines, until 2023)
  • 223-1000/2000/6000 series (from 1995, through service with Kosei and Biwako Lines, until 2030)
  • 225-0/100 series (from 2010, through service with Kosei and Biwako Lines, until 2030)

Limited express

Former

History

The line now called the JR Kyoto Line opened in 1876, only four years after the opening of the first railway in Japan. On 26 July 1876, the Japanese Government Railways opened the section between Ōsaka and Mukōmachi with an intermediate station at Takatsuki. On 9 August 1876, Yamazaki Station, Ibaraki Station and Suita Station opened. Kyoto Station opened on 6 February 1877.

On 1 June 1949, operation of the line was taken over by Japanese National Railways (JNR).

  • 1 October 1964 – Shin-Ōsaka Station opens with a Tōkaidō Shinkansen connection
  • 1 October 1970 – Operation of Special Rapid Service starts
  • 1 April 1987 – JR West becomes the operator of the line following privatization of JNR
  • 13 March 1988 – JR West starts the use of the line name JR Kyōto Line

References

  1. ↑ "Jr京都線、摂津富田～茨木駅間新駅の駅名が「Jr総持寺駅」に決定：Jr西日本".
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