Keiō Line

Not to be confused with Keiyō Line.

"Keio Line" redirects here. For the Richard Pinhas and Merzbow album, see Keio Line (album).

Keio Line
300px A Keio 8000 series EMU on the Keio Line in 2007
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Tokyo
Termini	Shinjuku Keiō-Hachiōji
Stations	32
Website	www.keio.co.jp
Operation
Opened	1913
Owner	Keio Corporation
Technical
Line length	37.9 km (23.55 mi)
Track gauge	1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	110 km/h (70 mph)

Route diagram

Legend Motoyawata Toei Shinjuku Line Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Seibu Shinjuku Line (Seibu Shinjuku) Saikyō, Shōnan-Shinjuku lines Chūō Main Line Yamanote Line Odakyu Odawara Line 0.0 Shinjuku left: Keio New Line, right: Keio Line Toei Ōedo Line (Shinjuku Nishiguchi) (Hatsudai) (Hatagaya) 3.6 Sasazuka 4.4 Daitabashi Keio Inokashira Line 5.2 Meidaimae Keio Inokashira Line 6.1 Shimo-Takaido Tokyu Setagaya Line 7.0 Sakurajōsui 7.8 Kami-Kitazawa 8.4 Hachimanyama 9.1 Roka-kōen 9.9 Chitose-Karasuyama 11.5 Sengawa 12.5 Tsutsujigaoka 13.3 Shibasaki 14.2 Kokuryō 14.9 Fuda 15.5 Chōfu Keio Sagamihara Line Hashimoto 17.0 Nishi-Chōfu 17.7 Tobitakyū 18.8 Musashinodai Shiraitodai Seibu Tamagawa Line 19.6 Tama-Reien 20.4 Higashi-Fuchū Keio Keibajō Line Fuchū-Keiba-Seimon-mae 21.9 Fuchū Musashino Line 23.1 Bubaigawara Nanbu Line 24.7 Nakagawara 26.3 Seiseki-Sakuragaoka 28.0 Mogusaen Tama-Dōbutsukōen Keio Dōbutsuen Line Tama Toshi Monorail Line 29.7 Takahatafudō 32.1 Minamidaira 33.4 Hirayamajōshi-kōen 34.9 Naganuma 36.1 Kitano Keio Takao Line Takaosan-guchi Yokohama Line x20px Chuo Main Line (Hachiōji) Hachikō Line 37.9 Keiō-Hachiōji

The Keio Line (京王線, Keiō-sen) is a 37.9 km railway line in western Tokyo, Japan, owned by the private railway operator Keio Corporation. It connects Shinjuku, Tokyo, with the suburban city of Hachiōji. The Keio Line is part of a network with interchanges and through running to other lines of Keio Corporation: the Keio New Line, Keio Sagamihara Line, the Keio Keibajo Line, the Keio Dobutsuen Line, the Keio Takao Line, and the 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge Keio Inokashira Line.

Services

Five types of rapid services are operated on the Keiō Line, along with local trains. Destinations are from Shinjuku unless otherwise indicated. English abbreviations are tentative for this article.

Special Express (特急, tokkyū) (SpE)

Most services bound for Keiō-Hachiōji and Takaosanguchi; can make the run from Shinjuku in 37 minutes and to Shinjuku in 39 minutes.

Semi Special Express (準特急, juntokkyū) (SSE)

Most services bound for Keiō-Hachiōji and Takaosanguchi.

Express (急行, kyūkō) (E)

Most services run from the Toei Shinjuku Line through onto the Sagamihara Line via Chōfu; other services in mornings and evenings are bound for Keiō-Hachiōji, Takaosanguchi and Takahatafudō.

Semi Express (区間急行, kukan kyūkō) (SeE)

Most bound for on the Sagamihara Line.Until 2013 it was weekday only service and called tsūkin kaisoku (通勤快速).

Rapid (快速, kaisoku) (R)

Most services for Hashimoto and Keiō-Tama-Center on the Sagamihara Line.

Local (各駅停車, kakueki teisha)

Also known as kakutei (各停) for short. Until 2001 it was called futsū (普通).

Stations

• All stations are located in Tokyo.
• Local trains stop at all stations.

Legend:

• ● - all trains stop at this station;◇- trains stop at this station during special events;｜- all trains pass
• R - Rapid; SeE - Semi Express; E - Express; SSE - Semi-Special Express; SpE - Special Express

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		R	SeE	E	SSE	SpE	Transfers	Location
			Between Stations	Total
KO01	Shinjuku	新宿	-	0.0	●	●	●	●	●	■ Chuo Line (Rapid) ■ Chuo-Sobu Line ■ Yamanote Line ■ Saikyo Line ■■ Shonan Shinjuku Line Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-08) Toei Oedo Line (E-27) (Shinjuku-Nishiguchi (E-01)) Toei Shinjuku Line(S-01) Odakyu Odawara Line Seibu Shinjuku Line (Seibu-Shinjuku)	Shinjuku
Hatsudai (KO02) and Hatagaya (KO03) stations are only accessible via the Keio New Line.
KO04	Sasazuka	笹塚	3.6	3.6	●	●	●	●	｜	Keio New Line (some trains through from Chōfu)	Shibuya
KO05	Daitabashi	代田橋	0.8	4.4	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜		Setagaya
KO06	Meidaimae	明大前	0.8	5.2	●	●	●	●	●	Keio Inokashira Line
KO07	Shimo-Takaido	下高井戸	0.9	6.1	●	｜	｜	｜	｜	Tokyu Setagaya Line
KO08	Sakurajōsui	桜上水	0.9	7.0	●	●	●	｜	｜
KO09	Kami-Kitazawa	上北沢	0.8	7.8	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜
KO10	Hachimanyama	八幡山	0.6	8.4	●	｜	｜	｜	｜		Suginami
KO11	Roka-kōen	芦花公園	0.7	9.1	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜		Setagaya
KO12	Chitose-Karasuyama	千歳烏山	0.8	9.9	●	●	●	●	｜
KO13	Sengawa	仙川	1.6	11.5	●	●	｜	｜	｜		Chōfu
KO14	Tsutsujigaoka	つつじヶ丘	1.0	12.5	●	●	●	｜	｜
KO15	Shibasaki	柴崎	0.8	13.3	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜
KO16	Kokuryō	国領	0.9	14.2	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜
KO17	Fuda	布田	0.7	14.9	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇
KO18	Chōfu	調布	0.6	15.5	●	●	●	●	●	Keio Sagamihara Line (some trains through from Shinjuku)
KO19	Nishi-Chōfu	西調布	1.5	17.0	●	｜	｜	｜	｜
KO20	Tobitakyū	飛田給	0.7	17.7	●	◇	◇	◇	◇
KO21	Musashinodai	武蔵野台	1.1	18.8	●	｜	｜	｜	｜	Seibu Tamagawa Line (Shiraitodai)	Fuchū
KO22	Tama-Reien	多磨霊園	0.8	19.6	●	｜	｜	｜	｜
KO23	Higashi-Fuchū	東府中	0.8	20.4	●	●	●	◇	◇	Keio Keibajo Line (some trains through from Shinjuku)
KO24	Fuchū	府中	1.5	21.9	●	●	●	●	●
KO25	Bubaigawara	分倍河原	1.2	23.1	●	●	●	●	●	■ Nambu Line
KO26	Nakagawara	中河原	1.6	24.7	●	●	｜	◇	｜
KO27	Seiseki-Sakuragaoka	聖蹟桜ヶ丘	1.6	26.3	●	●	●	●	●		Tama
KO28	Mogusaen	百草園	1.7	28.0	●	●	◇	◇	◇		Hino
KO29	Takahatafudō	高幡不動	1.7	29.7	●	●	●	●	●	Keio Dobutsuen Line (some trains through from Shinjuku) Tama Toshi Monorail Line
KO30	Minamidaira	南平	2.4	32.1	●	●	｜	｜	｜
KO31	Hirayamajōshi-kōen	平山城址公園	1.3	33.4	●	●	｜	｜	｜
KO32	Naganuma	長沼	1.5	34.9	●	●	｜	｜	｜		Hachiōji
KO33	Kitano	北野	1.2	36.1	●	●	●	●	●	Keio Takao Line (some trains through from Shinjuku)
KO34	Keiō-Hachiōji	京王八王子	1.8	37.9	●	●	●	●	●	■ Chuo Main Line (Hachiōji) ■ Yokohama Line (Hachiōji) ■ Hachiko Line (Hachiōji)

Events at stations marked with a "◇" symbol for which trains make special seasonal stops:

• Fuda Station: Chofu City Fireworks Festival
• Tobitakyū Station: Soccer games, concerts, etc. at Ajinomoto Stadium
• Higashi-Fuchū Station: Events (including the Arima Kinen) at Tokyo Racecourse; transfer to the Keiō Keibajō Line
• Nakagawara Station: Seiseki-Tamagawa Fireworks Festival
• Mogusaen Station: Saturdays and holidays during the Plum Blossom Festival

History

The Shinjuku to Chōfu section opened in 1913 as a 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) gauge line electrified at 600 V DC, and was progressively extended in both directions so that the line connected Shinjuku and Fuchu in 1916. The Sasazuka to Fuchu section was double-tracked between 1920 and 1923.

The extension to Higashi-Hachiōji (now Keiō-Hachiōji) was completed by a related company, Gyokunan Electric Railway, in 1925. This electrified line was built to the Japanese standard narrow gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) in an attempt to seek a government subsidy, and so trains from each railway could not operate on the other's tracks. The subsidy application was rejected on the basis that the line competed with the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chuo Main Line, and so the Gyokunan Electric Railway merged with the Keio Electric Railway Co., the line was regauged to 1,372 mm, and operation of trains from Shinjuku to Higashi-Hachiōji commenced in 1928.

The Fuchu to Nakagawara and Seiseki-Sakuragaoka to Kitano sections were double-tracked in 1929. In 1963, the Shinjuku underground station, including double-tracking from Sasazuka, commenced service, and the overhead line voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC. The Nakagawara to Seiseki-Sakuragaoka section was double-tracked in 1964. The Kitano to Keio-Hachioji section was double-tracked in 1970, and the relocation of the terminal station underground was completed in 1989.

From the start of the revised timetable introduced on 25 September 2015, Semi Special Express services were also to stop at Sasazuka and Chitose-Karasuyama stations, and Semi Express services will also stop at Sengawa Station.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

External links

• Keio Corporation website (Japanese)
• Keio Corporation website (English)