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| Above: YouTubeCA video - The Subway in Kyoto, Japan - Length: 10:25 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - 京都の路地ウラ電車を訪ねて Tramway in Kyoto,Japan - Length: 3:39 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Keihan Keishin line from Lake Biwa to Kyoto Subway - Length: 5:47 mins. |
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MAP
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Please note that the OSM map used as a template for this map corresponds to the situation at the time the map was downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, it may show bridges and highways that were built later.
ROUTES
SUBWAY ROUTES
Operator: 京都市交通局 (Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau)
| Ka | Karasuma (烏丸) Line | 竹田 (Takeda) - 京都駅前 (Kyōto Station) - 烏丸御池 (Karasuma Oike) - 国際会館 (Kokusaikaikan) |
| To | Tōzai (東西) Line | 太秦天神川 (Uzumasa-Tenjingawa) - 二条 (Nijō) - 烏丸御池 (Karasuma Oike) - 三条 (Sanjō) - 御陵 (Misasagi) - 六地蔵 (Rokujizō) |
INTERURBAN TRAM ROUTES
Operator: 京福電気鉄道 (Keifuku Electric Railroad)
| 四条大宮 (Shijō-ōmiya) - 嵐山 (Arashiyama) | |
| 北野 (Kitano) - 嵐山 (Arashiyama) |
Operator: 京阪電気鉄道 (Keihan Electric Railway) - 京津線 (Keishin line)
| 大津 (Ōtsu) - 御陵 (Misasagi) [Most services continue in the Tōzai underground service to downtown Kyoto and beyond] | |
| 坂本 (Sakamoto) - 大津 (Ōtsu) - 石山寺 (Ishiyamadera) |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Keifuku line: 11 km.
- Keihan (Keishin) line: 22 km.
- Subway: 25 km.
HISTORY
- Municipal tramway: 1 Feb. 1895 - 30 Sept. 1978. (Narrow gauge [Line 10 - Kitano tramway]: till 31 July 1961)
- Keifuku line: 1910 - today.
- Keihan (Keishin) line: 1912 - today.
- Subway: 29 May 1981 - today
GAUGE
- Municipal tramway: 1435 mm. (Line 10 [Kitano tramway] until 31 July 1961: 1067 mm.)
- Keifuku line: 1435 mm.
- Keihan (Keishin) line: 1435 mm.
- Subway: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Demery, L.W., Forty, R., DeGroote, R. and Higgins, J.W. Electric railways of Japan - Vol.2: Central Japan. London: Light Rail Transit Association, 1985.
- Forty, R. and Higgins, J.W. "Japan today (Part 5: Osaka and Kyoto)", Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transit, Nov. 1977 (40:479), p.376-387.
- 原口隆行 (Haraguchi, T.) 日本の路面電車 I (Japan's Street Railways, Pt.I) Tokyo: JTB, 2000.
- 沖中忠順、福田静二 (Okinaka, T. & Fukuda, S.) 京都市電が走った街今昔 (Kyoto city tramways - Yesterday and today). Tokyo: JTB, 2000.
WIKIS
- 京福電気鉄道 / Keifuku Electric Railroad
- 京阪京津線 (Keihan Keishin line)
- 京都市電 (Kyoto City trams)
- 京都市営地下鉄 / Kyoto Municipal Subway
- 京都市交通局 (Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau)
WEB SITES
- 京福電気鉄道 / Keifuku Electric Railroad
- 京都市電のページ / Kyoto City Trams in Memory
- 京都市交通局 / Public transport in Kyoto
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