Karasuma Line

Karasuma Line
Karasuma Line
	Kyoto subway 20 series unit 31 at Takeda station
Overview
Native name	烏丸線
Locale	Kyoto
Termini	Kokusaikaikan; Takeda;
Stations	15
Website	http://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Kyoto Municipal Subway
Operator(s)	Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau
Depot(s)	Takeda
Rolling stock	10 series, 20 series EMUs
History
Opened	29 May 1981; 43 years ago
Technical
Line length	13.7 km (8.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed	75 km/h (45 mph)
Route map
Route map
	Subway Map

Karasuma Line

The Karasuma Line (烏丸線, Karasuma-sen) is one of the two lines of the Kyoto Municipal Subway operated by Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau in Kyoto, Japan. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is colored green, and its stations are given numbers following the letter "K". It serves seven of Kyoto's eleven wards: Sakyō-ku, Kita-ku, Kamigyō-ku, Nakagyō-ku, Shimogyō-ku, Minami-ku, and Fushimi-ku. It connects Kokusaikaikan in Sakyō-ku and Takeda in Minami-ku.

Between Kitaōji and Jūjō, trains run beneath the north–south Karasuma Street, hence the name. They link to the other subway line, the Tozai Line, at Karasuma Oike. They also connect to the JR lines at Kyoto Station and the Hankyu Kyoto Line running beneath Shijō Street at the intersection of Shijō Karasuma, Kyoto's central business district. At Shijō Karasuma, the subway station is named Shijō, whereas Hankyu's station is called Karasuma.

The Transportation Bureau and Kintetsu Railway jointly operate through services, which continue to the Kintetsu Kyoto Line to Kintetsu Nara Station in Nara. The Karasuma Line and the Kyoto Line connect at Kyoto and Takeda.

This line covers a total distance of 13.7 km (8.5 mi) in 26 minutes and the average daily ridership in 2009 was 411,881 passengers.^[2]

Stations

No.	Station name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
K01	Kokusaikaikan	国際会館	0.0		Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
K02	Matsugasaki	松ヶ崎	1.6		Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
K03	Kitayama	北山	2.6		Kita-ku, Kyoto
K04	Kitaōji	北大路	3.8		Kita-ku, Kyoto
K05	Kuramaguchi	鞍馬口	4.6		Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
K06	Imadegawa	今出川	5.4		Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
K07	Marutamachi	丸太町	6.9		Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
K08	Karasuma Oike	烏丸御池	7.6	Tōzai Line (T13)	Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
K09	Shijō	四条	8.5	Hankyu Kyoto Line (HK-85: Karasuma Station)	Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
K10	Gojō	五条	9.3
K11	Kyoto	京都	10.3	Tōkaidō Shinkansen A Tokaido Main Line (JR Kyoto Line, Biwako Line) (JR-A31) E San'in Main Line (Sagano Line) (JR-E01) D Nara Line (JR-D01) B Kyoto Line (B01)
K12	Kujō	九条	11.1		Minami-ku, Kyoto
K13	Jūjō	十条	11.8		Minami-ku, Kyoto
K14	Kuinabashi	くいな橋	13.0		Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
K15	Takeda	竹田	13.7	B Kyoto Line (B05, through trains available)	Fushimi-ku, Kyoto

The section between Kitaōji and Kyoto was completed on May 29, 1981.^[1] The line was extended from Kyoto to Takeda on June 11, 1988.^[1] Through services from Kitaōji to Shin-Tanabe on the Kyoto Line started on August 28, 1988. The line was extended from Kitaōji to Kitayama on October 24, 1990. Oike Station was renamed Karasuma Oike Station on May 22, 1997, prior to the inauguration of the Tōzai Line running beneath the east–west Oike Street (御池通, Oike-dōri). The line was extended from Kitayama to Kokusaikaikan on June 3, 1997. Express services from Kokusaikaikan to Kintetsu Nara in Nara started on March 15, 2000.^{[citation needed]}

This article was translated from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on July 4, 2009.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 119. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
^ "京都市交通局：地下鉄のあゆみと概要". www.city.kyoto.lg.jp. Retrieved 2019-04-28.