# Keihan Main Line

The Keihan Main Line (京阪本線, Keihan-honsen) is a railway line in Japan operated by Keihan Electric Railway. The line runs between Sanjō Station in Kyoto and Yodoyabashi Station in Osaka. There are through services to the Keihan Ōtō Line and the Keihan Nakanoshima Line. Trains from Kyoto to Osaka are treated as "down" trains, and from Osaka to Kyoto as "up" trains.

## Train services

As of March 2022, the following services are operated.

### Liner (ライナー, Liner) (Ln)

    All cars reserved seating. Trains run "down" in the morning, and "up" in the evening. Weekdays Only.

### Rapid Limited Express "Rakuraku" (快速特急"洛楽", Kaisoku Tokkyū "Rakuraku") (RLE)

    Premium car is reserved seating only

### Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū) (LE)

    Premium car is reserved seating only

### Midnight Express (深夜急行, Shinya Kyūkō) (ME) - "up" trains only (Discontinued in 7/2021)

    A train departs from Yodoyabashi for Kuzuha at 0:20 a.m. and passes Moriguchishi and Hirakata-kōen.

### Commuter Sub-express (通勤準急, Tsūkin Junkyū) (CSbE) - "down" trains only, on weekday mornings

    Trains are operated from Demachiyanagi, Kuzuha, Hirakatashi to Yodoyabashi or Nakanoshima in the morning and pass Moriguchishi.

### Local (普通, Futsū)

    Trains stop at all stations.

### Operation in non-rush hours per hour

    Limited express: 6 round trips between Yodoyabashi and Demachiyanagi
    Express: 3 round trips between Yodoyabashi and Kuzuha
    Sub. express: 3 round trips between Yodoyabashi and Demachiyanagi
    Local: 6 round trips between Nakanoshima and Kayashima, of which 3 extend to Demachiyanagi

## Stations

* S: Trains stop.
* s: limited stop
* |, ↑, ↓: Trains pass.
* ↑, ↓: Only one direction.
* ▼: Boarding only in "up" direction.
* ▲: Boarding only in "down" direction.
* (M): Stations using melodies composed by musician Minoru Mukaiya in train departure announcements.
* For train abbreviations, see above.
| Station number | Station | Japanese | SmE | SbE | CSbE | Ex | ME | RE | CRE | LE | RLE | Ln | Transfers | Location | Location |
| Through section | Through section | from Temmabashi: L, SmE, SbE, CSbE, RE, CRE: to Nakanoshima on the Nakanoshima Line | from Temmabashi: L, SmE, SbE, CSbE, RE, CRE: to Nakanoshima on the Nakanoshima Line | from Temmabashi: L, SmE, SbE, CSbE, RE, CRE: to Nakanoshima on the Nakanoshima Line | from Temmabashi: L, SmE, SbE, CSbE, RE, CRE: to Nakanoshima on the Nakanoshima Line | from Temmabashi: L, SmE, SbE, CSbE, RE, CRE: to Nakanoshima on the Nakanoshima Line | from Temmabashi: L, SmE, SbE, CSbE, RE, CRE: to Nakanoshima on the Nakanoshima Line | from Temmabashi: L, SmE, SbE, CSbE, RE, CRE: to Nakanoshima on the Nakanoshima Line | from Temmabashi: L, SmE, SbE, CSbE, RE, CRE: to Nakanoshima on the Nakanoshima Line | from Temmabashi: L, SmE, SbE, CSbE, RE, CRE: to Nakanoshima on the Nakanoshima Line | from Temmabashi: L, SmE, SbE, CSbE, RE, CRE: to Nakanoshima on the Nakanoshima Line | from Temmabashi: L, SmE, SbE, CSbE, RE, CRE: to Nakanoshima on the Nakanoshima Line | from Temmabashi: L, SmE, SbE, CSbE, RE, CRE: to Nakanoshima on the Nakanoshima Line | from Temmabashi: L, SmE, SbE, CSbE, RE, CRE: to Nakanoshima on the Nakanoshima Line |
| KH01 | Yodoyabashi (M) | 淀屋橋 | S | S | S | S | S | S | | S | S | ▼ | Keihan Nakanoshima Line (Ōebashi) Osaka Metro Midosuji Line | Chūō-ku, Osaka | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH02 | Kitahama | 北浜 | S | S | S | S | S | S | | S | S | ▼ | Keihan Nakanoshima Line (Naniwabashi) Osaka Metro Sakaisuji Line | Chūō-ku, Osaka | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH03 | Temmabashi (M) | 天満橋 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | ▼ | Keihan Nakanoshima Line Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line | Chūō-ku, Osaka | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH04 | Kyōbashi (M) | 京橋 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | ▼ | JR West:  O Osaka Loop Line  H Gakkentoshi Line (Katamachi Line)  H JR Tōzai Line Osaka Metro Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line | Miyakojima-ku, Osaka | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH05 | Noe | 野江 | | | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | | | | | Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line (Noe-Uchindai)  F JR West Osaka Higashi Line (JR-Noe) | Jōtō-ku, Osaka | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH06 | Sekime | 関目 | | | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | | | | | Osaka Metro Imazatosuji Line (Sekime-Seiiku) | Jōtō-ku, Osaka | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH07 | Morishōji | 森小路 | | | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Asahi-ku, Osaka | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH08 | Sembayashi | 千林 | | | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Asahi-ku, Osaka | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH09 | Takii | 滝井 | | | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Moriguchi | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH10 | Doi | 土居 | | | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Moriguchi | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH11 | Moriguchi-shi (M) | 守口市 | S | S | ↑ | S | ↓ | S | ↑ | | | | | | | | Moriguchi | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH12 | Nishisansō | 西三荘 | S | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Kadoma | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH13 | Kadoma-shi | 門真市 | S | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | | | | | ■ Osaka Monorail Main Line | Kadoma | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH14 | Furukawabashi | 古川橋 | S | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Kadoma | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH15 | Ōwada | 大和田 | S | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Kadoma | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH16 | Kayashima (M) | 萱島 | S | S | S | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Neyagawa | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH17 | Neyagawashi | 寝屋川市 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | | | | | | | | Neyagawa | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH18 | Kōrien (M) | 香里園 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | | | | | | | | Neyagawa | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH19 | Kōzenji | 光善寺 | S | S | S | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Hirakata | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH20 | Hirakata-kōen | 枚方公園 | S | S | S | S | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Hirakata | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH21 | Hirakatashi (M) | 枚方市 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | | | S | Keihan Katano Line | Hirakata | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH22 | Gotenyama | 御殿山 | S | S | S | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Hirakata | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH23 | Makino | 牧野 | S | S | S | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Hirakata | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH24 | Kuzuha (M) | 樟葉 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | | | S | | Hirakata | Osaka Prefecture |
| KH25 | Hashimoto | 橋本 | | S | S | | | | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Yawata | Kyoto Prefecture |
| KH26 | Iwashimizu-hachimangū (M) | 石清水八幡宮 | | S | S | S | | | | ↑ | | | | | | | Keihan Cable Line (Cable-hachimangu-guchi) | Yawata | Kyoto Prefecture |
| KH27 | Yodo (Kyoto Racecourse) (M) | 淀 (京都競馬場) | | S | S | s | | | | ↑ | s | | | | | | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto Prefecture |
| KH28 | Chūshojima (M) | 中書島 | | S | S | S | | S | S | S | | | S | Keihan Uji Line | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto Prefecture |
| KH29 | Fushimi-Momoyama | 伏見桃山 | | S | S | | | | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto Prefecture |
| KH30 | Tambabashi (M) | 丹波橋 | | S | S | S | | S | S | S | | | S | Kintetsu Kyoto Line (Kintetsu-Tambabashi) | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto Prefecture |
| KH31 | Sumizome | 墨染 | | S | S | | | | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto Prefecture |
| KH32 | Fujinomori | 藤森 | | S | S | | | | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto Prefecture |
| KH33 | Ryūkokudai-mae-fukakusa (M) | 龍谷大前深草 | | S | S | | | | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto Prefecture |
| KH34 | Fushimi-Inari | 伏見稲荷 | | S | S | S | | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto Prefecture |
| KH35 | Toba-kaidō | 鳥羽街道 | | S | S | | | | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto Prefecture |
| KH36 | Tōfukuji | 東福寺 | | S | S | | | | | | ↑ | | | | | | | D JR West Nara Line | Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto Prefecture |
| KH37 | Shichijō | 七条 | | S | S | S | | S | S | S | S | ▲ | | Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto Prefecture |
| KH38 | Kiyomizu-Gojō | 清水五条 | | S | S | S | | | | ↑ | | | | | | | | Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto Prefecture |
| KH39 | Gion-Shijō | 祇園四条 | | S | S | S | | S | S | S | S | ▲ | Hankyu Kyoto Main Line (Kyoto-kawaramachi) | Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto Prefecture |
| KH40 | Sanjō (M) | 三条 | | S | S | S | | S | S | S | S | ▲ | Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line (Sanjō Keihan) Keihan Ōtō Line | Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto Prefecture |
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| KH41 | Jingū-Marutamachi (M) | 神宮丸太町 | | S | S | S | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sakyō-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto Prefecture |
| KH42 | Demachiyanagi (M) | 出町柳 | | S | S | S | | S | S | S | S | ▲ | Eizan Electric Railway Main Line | Sakyō-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto Prefecture |

## Rolling stock

* Keihan 3000 series express in January 2018
* Keihan 13000 series express in August 2017

## History

The Temmabashi to Kiyomizu-Gojo section opened as dual track, electrified at 1,500 V DC, in 1910, and was extended to Sanjo in 1915. The Temmabashi to Yodoyabashi section opened in 1963.
The section from Temmabashi to Gamo Signal Box was quadruple-tracked and elevated in 1970. Quadruple-tracking and elevation was continued northwards, with the Doi to Neyagawa Signal Box section completed in 1982. In 1987, in Kyoto, the street-level section from Tōfukuji to Sanjo was replaced by a tunnel section, which was extended to the current terminus, Demachiyanagi, in 1989. Hirakatashi Station was elevated in 1993, Neyagawashi Station in 1999, and Yodo Station (along with the line section next to the new Yodo Depot) in 2011.
Works to elevate the remaining at-grade section between Neyagawashi Station and Hirakatashi Station, including Kōrien Station, Kozenji Station and Hirakata-kōen Station, began in September 2022. Preliminary works such as land acquisition had already been in progress since 2013. The project aims to eliminate 21 level crossings in the affected section, some of which are closed for up to 40 minutes per hour during the morning and afternoon rush hour. Work is expected to finish by 2027 with the transition of train services to the elevated tracks planned to be completed in 2028.