Karasuma Line

The 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 Template:STN in Sakyō-ku and Template:STN in Minami-ku.

Between Template:STN and Template:STN, trains run beneath the north–south Karasuma Street, hence the name. They link to the other subway line, the Tozai Line, at Template:STN. 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 Template:STN, whereas Hankyu's station is called Template:STN.

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 Template:Cvt in 26 minutes and the average daily ridership in 2009 was 411,881 passengers.

Stations

No.	Station name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Template:KTSN	Template:STN	国際会館	0.0		Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Template:KTSN	Template:STN	松ヶ崎	1.6
Template:KTSN	Template:STN	北山	2.6		Kita-ku, Kyoto
Template:KTSN	Template:STN	北大路	3.8
Template:KTSN	Template:STN	鞍馬口	4.6		Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
Template:KTSN	Template:STN	今出川	5.4
Template:KTSN	Template:STN	丸太町	6.9		Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
Template:KTSN	Template:STN	烏丸御池	7.6	Template:Ric (T13)
Template:KTSN	Template:STN	四条	8.5	File:Number prefix Hankyu Kyōto line.svg Hankyu Kyoto Line (HK-85: Karasuma Station)	Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
Template:KTSN	Template:STN	五条	9.3
Template:KTSN	Template:STN	京都	10.3	Template:Plainlist
Template:KTSN	Template:STN	九条	11.1		Minami-ku, Kyoto
Template:KTSN	Template:STN	十条	11.8
Template:KTSN	Template:STN	くいな橋	13.0		Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
Template:KTSN	Template:STN	竹田	13.7	Template:Rcb Kyoto Line (B05, through trains available)

Rolling stock

Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau

• 10 series
• 20 series

• A 10 series (6th batch) EMU on an express service bound for Kokusaikaikan
  A 10 series (6th batch) EMU on an express service bound for Kokusaikaikan
• Kyoto subway 20 series unit 31 at Takeda station
  Kyoto subway 20 series unit 31 at Takeda station

Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd.

• Kintetsu 3200 series
• Kintetsu 3220 series

• Kintetsu 3200 series train
  Kintetsu 3200 series train
• Kintetsu 3220 series train
  Kintetsu 3220 series train

History

The section between Template:STN and Template:STN was completed on May 29, 1981. The line was extended from Template:STN to Template:STN on June 11, 1988. Through services from Template:STN to Template:STN on the Kyoto Line started on August 28, 1988. The line was extended from Template:STN to Template:STN 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 . The line was extended from Template:STN to Template:STN on June 3, 1997. Express services from Template:STN to Template:STN in Nara started on March 15, 2000.

References

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

External links

• Public transport in Kyoto (Kyoto City Web)