TheKeishin Line (京津線,Keishin-sen) is aninterurban partially-street running railway line in Japan operated by theprivate railway operatorKeihan Electric Railway. The 7.5 km (4.7 mi) line connectsMisasagi Station inKyoto andBiwako-hamaotsu Station in the neighbouring city ofŌtsu.

Keishin Line
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A Keihan 800 series train on the street-running section
Overview
Native name	京津線
Locale	Kyoto andŌtsu, Japan
Termini	Misasagi Biwako-hamaotsu
Stations	7
Service
Type	Interurban
Operator(s)	Keihan Electric Railway
History
Opened	1912
Closed	1997 (Misasagi - Keishin-Sanjo)
Technical
Line length	7.5 km (4.7 mi)[1]
Number of tracks	2[2]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DCoverhead catenary
Route map

Except trains between Shinomiya Station and Biwako-hamaotsu Station in early morning and late night, all trains go directly from Biwako-hamaotsu Station toKyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station orUzumasa Tenjingawa Station on theKyoto City SubwayTōzai Line.^[3] During off peak hours, the line operates every 20 minutes.

Abandoned stations

• Midorigaoka Undōjō-mae: Shinomiya - Oiwake (extra station, abandoned in 1942)
• Kamisekidera: Ōtani - Kamisakaemachi (abandoned on August 15, 1971)
• Fudanotsuji: Kamisakaemachi - Biwako-Hamaōtsu (abandoned on October 1, 1946)

The station list is as of 1997 before the street running section was abandoned due to replacement by theTōzai Line subway. It also lists the corresponding subway stations that replaced the Keishin Line stations.

• Keihan 800 series, four-car EMUs

The line was built in 1912 (dual track electrified at 600 V DC) to connect the city centers of Kyoto and Ōtsu by electricstreetcars, as thesteam-poweredTōkaidō Main Line was an indirect route between the two cities before its realignment in 1921.^[4]

The busiest section of the line, betweenKeishin-Sanjō Station and Misasagi Station, was replaced in 1997 by theKyoto Subway Tōzai Line, and the voltage increased to 1,500 V DC in conjunction with this project in 1996.^[5] One of the aims of the realignment was to move the tracks underground in the Kyoto area, in order to remove the former alignment along public roads. The line retains its public road alignment in Ōtsu.

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

• 鉄の路を辿る Keihan Electric Railway