Kyoto – Ōtsu tram

Kyoto – Ōtsu tram
Type 600 train in the streets of Ōtsu
Basic information
Country	Japan
city	Kyoto , Ōtsu
opening	1912
operator	Keihan Denki Tetsudō KK
Infrastructure
Route length	21.6 km
Formerly the largest route	25.3 km
Gauge	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system	1500 V = overhead line
business
Lines	2

Type 800 train sets off from Hama-Ōtsu to Kyoto

Network development (entire urban area; continuous = existing, interrupted / dotted = closed)

The Kyōto – Ōtsu tram is the tram network between Kyōto and Ōtsu on the island of Honshū in Japan . It is operated by the private company Keihan Denki Tetsudō KK ( Japanese 京阪 電 気 鉄 道 株式会社 ) under the term Ōtsu line (s) ( 大 津 線 , Ōtsu-sen ).

It consists of two lines that meet in Ōtsu. The Ishiyama-Sakamoto Line ( 石山 坂 本 線 , ~ -sen ) runs parallel to the shores of Lake Biwa from Sakamoto in the north via Ōtsu to Ishiyamadera in the south. The Keishin Line ( 京津 線 , Keishin-sen ), which leads to Kyoto, begins at Hama-Ōtsu ( 浜 大 津 ) station, which is introduced into the urban subway network at Misasagi ( 御 陵 ) station and thus connected to the city center becomes. The only road-flush sections of the network are west of Hama-Ōtsu and are each less than 1 km long.

As the first, the line from Kyōto to Ōtsu was built in 1912, completely as a (overland) tram; It was not until 1997 that the section from Misasagi to Sanjō station ( 三条 ) was discontinued after the subway tunnel was completed. A short extension by Ōtsu took place in 1925. The line to Ishiyama was built in 1913/14 and extended to Sakamoto by 1927. Both lines were connected to each other in Hama-abtsu as early as 1946, but the current system was not built until 1981. The overland tramway to Osaka of the same company, which can be reached in Sanjō from 1915, was discontinued on the surface in 1987 after being converted into a railway and partially relocated to a tunnel.

Operation on the Ishiyama-Sakamoto line is carried out with a total of 15 (firmly coupled) two-car trains of two series. On the route to Kyoto, only eight tunnel-accessible four-car trains from Kawasaki are used, but they differ from those of the subway - also because of the short street-flush section in Ōtsu.

Web links

Commons : Keihan Electric Railway  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official Japanese Website (Japanese)