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| Above: YouTubeCA video - 京都市電 昭和53年 Tram in Kyoto,Japan 1978 - Length: 1:56 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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MAPS
INSET: CENTRAL KYŌTO
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Chronology of major track abandonments 1961-1976 (with affected routes in parentheses)
- Kitano line (10): 31 July 1961
- Kyōto Station - Chūshojima / Inari (9,18,19): 31 March 1970
- Senbon / Ōmiya lines (1, 5, 7, 11, 17, 20, 21): 22 Jan. 1972
- Shijō line (1, 7, 17, 20, 21): 22 Jan. 1972
- Karasuma line (4, 6, 11, 15, 21): 31 March 1974
ROUTES
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
Operator: 京都市交通局 (Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau)
| 2 | 京都駅前 (Kyōto Station) - 河原町通り (Kawaramachi Dōri) - 出町柳通り (Demachiyanagi Dōri) - 白川通り (Shirakawa Dōri) - 丸太町通り (Marutamachi Dōri) - 西大路通り (Nishiōji Dōri) - 西大路九条 (Nishiōji Kujō) |
| 4 | 京都駅前 (Kyōto Station) - 七条通り (Shichijō Dōri) - 西大路通り (Nishiōji Dōri) - 金閣寺 (Kinkakuji Temple) - 北大路通り (Kitaōji Dōri) - - 烏丸車庫前 (Karasumaru Shakomae) |
| 5 | 京都駅前 (Kyōto Station) - 河原町通り (Kawaramachi Dōri) - 北大路通り (Kitaōji Dōri) - 金閣寺 (Kinkakuji Temple) - 西大路通り (Nishiōji Dōri) - 西院駅 (Sai-in Station) |
| 6 | 京都駅前 (Kyōto Station) - 七条通り (Shichijō Dōri) - 東大路通り (Higashiōji Dōri) - 北大路通り (Kitaōji Dōri) - 烏丸車庫前 (Karasumaru Shakomae) |
| 8 | 九条車庫前 (Kujō Shakomae) - 九条通り (Kujō Dōri) - 東福寺 (Tōfukuji Temple) - 東大路通り (Higashiōji Dōri) - 七条通り (Shichijō Dōri) - 西大路通り (Nishiōji Dōri) - 九条通り (Kujō Dōri) - 九条車庫前 (Kujō Shakomae) [Circular route, both directions] |
| 12 | 西院駅 (Sai-in Station) - 西大路通り (Nishiōji Dōri) - [Loop in both directions consisting of:] 丸太町通り (Marutamachi Dōri) - 白川通り (Shirakawa Dōri) - 出町柳通り (Demachiyanagi Dōri) - 今出川通り (Imadegawa Dōri) - 白梅町 (Hakubaichō) - 西大路通り (Nishiōji Dōri) - |
| 13 | 河原町四条 (Kawaramachi Shijō) - 河原町通り (Kawaramachi Dōri) - 北大路通り (Kitaōji Dōri) - 高野 (Takano) |
| 16 | 九条車庫前 (Kujō Shakomae) - 九条通り (Kujō Dōri) - 東福寺 (Tōfukuji Temple) - 東大路通り (Higashiōji Dōri) - 北大路通り (Kitaōji Dōri) - 烏丸車庫前 (Karasumaru Shakomae) |
| 22 | 九条車庫前 (Kujō Shakomae) - 九条通り (Kujō Dōri) - 東福寺 (Tōfukuji Temple) - 東大路通り (Higashiōji Dōri) - 出町柳通り (Demachiyanagi Dōri) - 今出川通り (Imadegawa Dōri) - 白梅町 (Hakubaichō) - - 西大路通り (Nishiōji Dōri) - 九条通り (Kujō Dōri) - 九条車庫前 (Kujō Shakomae) [Circular route, both directions] |
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)
| 京阪三条 (Keihan-Sanjō) - 大津 (Ōtsu) [Local service] | |
| 京阪三条 (Keihan-Sanjō) - 大津 (Ōtsu) - 石山寺 (Ishiyamadera) [Express Keihan-Sanjō - Ōtsu] | |
| 坂本 (Sakamoto) - 大津 (Ōtsu) - 石山寺 (Ishiyamadera) |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Municipal tramway: 46 km.
- Keifuku line: 11 km.
- Keihan (Keishin) line: 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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