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Kyoto Municipal Subway
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Overview
Native name京都市営地下鉄
LocaleKyoto, Japan
Transit typeRapid transit
Number of lines2
Number of stations31
Daily ridership397,000 (2018)[1]
Websitewww2.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/webguide/en/tika/index_tika.html
Operation
Began operation29 May 1981 (1981-05-29)
Operator(s)Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau
Technical
System length31.2 km (19.4 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Top speed75 km/h (47 mph)
System map

Map of Kyoto Municipal Subway

The Kyoto Municipal Subway (京都市営地下鉄, Kyōto-shiei chikatetsu), also known as Kyoto City Subway, is the rapid transit network in the city of Kyoto, Japan. Operated by the Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau, it has two lines.

Lines

The Kyoto Municipal Subway is made up of two lines: the 13.7-kilometer (8.5 mi) long, 15-station Karasuma Line, and the 17.5-kilometer (10.9 mi) long, 17-station Tōzai Line, which together share one interchange station (Karasuma Oike Station):[2]

Color & Icon Mark Name First section
opened 		Last ex-
tension 		Length Stations
green K - Karasuma Line 1981 1997 13.7 km (8.5 mi) 15
- Via trackage rights Kintetsu Kyōto Line 1988[a] 2000 31.0 km (19.3 mi) 22[b]
Kintetsu Nara Line 2000[c] - 4.4 km (2.7 mi) 3[d]
vermilion T - Tōzai Line 1997[e] 2004 8.7 km (5.4 mi) 8
Via trackage rights 1997[f] - 3.4 km (2.1 mi) 3[g]
- 1997[h] - 3.0 km (1.9 mi) 4[i]
- 2008[j] - 2.4 km (1.5 mi) 2[k]
Total 31.2 km (19.4 mi) 31

Rolling stock

Karasuma Line

Tozai Line

Network Map

Map


See also

Notes

  1. ^ Between Takeda Station and Yamato-Saidaiji Station.
  2. ^ Including Takeda Station.
  3. ^ Between Yamato-Saidaiji Station and Kintetsu Nara Station.
  4. ^ Including Yamato-Saidaiji Station.
  5. ^ Between Rokujizō Station and Misasagi Station.
  6. ^ Between Misasagi Station and Sanjō Keihan Station; owned by Kyoto High-Speed Rail.
  7. ^ Including Keage Station, Higashiyama Station and Sanjō Keihan Station, but not including Misasagi Station.
  8. ^ Between Sanjō Keihan Station and Nijō Station.
  9. ^ Including Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station, Nijōjō-mae Station and Nijō Station, and the Karasuma Oike interchange station (previously counted with the Karasuma Line), but not including Sanjō Keihan Station.
  10. ^ Between Nijō Station and Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station.
  11. ^ Including Nishiōji Oike Station and Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station.

References

  1. ^ "市バス・地下鉄のお客様数について" (in Japanese). Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "Kyoto Municipal Subway". Japan Subway Association.

External links

Media related to Kyoto Subway at Wikimedia Commons

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