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English: The original plan for the 'Hikari' Shinkansen was for it to run without stopping at Kyoto Station, thus bypassing the southern part of Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 東海道新幹線の計画当初は、京都駅を経由せずに京都府南部を短絡させて同地に新幹線の駅を設け、速達列車の「ひかり(列車)」は京都を通過させる案となっていた。
English: This was met by considerable opposition from the local governments and residents, however, who had been appeased with a plan to create a platform for the Shinkansen within Kyoto Station (see the Railways and Politics section for further details).
Japanese: 自治体や地元市民などの猛反発を受けた事から、京都駅に新幹線ホームを併設の上で全列車停車に落ち着いた経緯がある（鉄道と政治の項目も参照の事）。
English: When 'Nozomi' was introduced in March 1992, at the outset 'Nozomi 301,' the first train starting from Tokyo, ran without stopping at Nagoya and Kyoto.
Japanese: また「のぞみ(列車)」が登場した1992年3月、東京発の一番列車「のぞみ301号」は名古屋駅と京都駅を通過していた。
English: In Nagoya the people protested, saying Nagoya had been skipped, skipped, while in Kyoto the people were slightly nervous because it wasn't the train that arrived at the best time for tourism.
Japanese: 名古屋では名古屋飛ばしとして問題となったが、京都では観光に適した時間帯の列車でもなかった事から、ほとんど問題視されなかった。
English: This 'Nozomi 301' was abolished through the revision of the timetable in November 1997, and consequently there is no Shinkansen passing nonstop at Kyoto Station.
Japanese: 1997年11月のダイヤ改正でこの「のぞみ301号」は廃止され、以降京都を通過する新幹線は存在しない。
English: September 5, 1876: The railway provisionally opened between Omiya-dori Temporary Train Station (near the present Umekoji (Freight) Station) and Mukomachi Station.
Japanese: 1876年（明治9年）9月5日-大宮通仮停車場（現在の梅小路駅付近）-向日町間の鉄道が仮開業。
English: February 5, 1877: The railway's inauguration ceremony was held with Emperor Meiji present.
Japanese: 1877年（明治10年）2月5日-明治天皇を迎えて鉄道開業式を挙行。
English: August 18, 1879: The railway between Kyoto Station and Otani Station (Shiga Prefecture) went into operation.
Japanese: 1879年（明治12年）8月18日-京都-大谷駅(滋賀県)間の鉄道開業。
English: This line was further extended to Otsu Station (later Hamaotsu Station), and afterwards it was incorporated into the Tokaido Main Line.
Japanese: この路線はその後大津駅（後の浜大津駅）まで延伸され、さらに後には東海道本線の一部となった。
English: February 1, 1895: Kyoto Electric Railway (later integrated into Kyoto City Trams) started operating between Shiokoji-Higashitoin Station (around Kyoto Station) and Fushimi-Shimoaburakake Station.
Japanese: 1895年（明治28年）2月1日-京都電気鉄道（のち京都市電に統合）の塩小路東洞院（京都駅前付近）-伏見下油掛間が開業。
English: April 1, 1897: Kyoto Station on the Nara Railway was separated as Shichijo Station on.
Japanese: 1897年（明治30年）4月1日-奈良鉄道の京都駅を七条駅として分離。
English: June 1, 1908: Shichijo Station, on the former Nara Railway, was integrated into Kyoto Station.
Japanese: 1908年（明治41年）6月1日-旧・奈良鉄道の七条駅を京都駅に統合。
English: June 21, 1913: Cargo started being handled in a separate form by the newly opened Umekoji Station.
Japanese: 1913年（大正2年）6月21日-貨物の取扱いを新設の梅小路駅に分離。
English: A new line was constructed between Momoyama Station and Inari Station, while the old Tokaido Main Line between Inari Station and Kyoto Station was incorporated into the Nara Line.
Japanese: 桃山-稲荷間に新線を建設し、東海道本線旧線（稲荷-京都間）を奈良線に編入。
English: November 15, 1928: Nara Electric Railways (the present-day Kintetsu Kyoto Line) opened its Kyoto Station.
Japanese: 1928年（昭和3年）11月15日-奈良電気鉄道（現在の近鉄京都線）の京都駅が開業。
English: January 8, 1934: In the JNR Station yard, a person who had come to see off a passenger of the special train provided for the people joining the Kure Marine Corps was crushed to death.
Japanese: 1934年（昭和9年）1月8日-国鉄駅構内で呉海兵団入営臨時列車の見送り客圧死事故。
English: November 18, 1950: A fire broke out from the switchboard room of the dinning located within the JNR Station yard, and the station burned down.
Japanese: 1950年（昭和25年）11月18日-国鉄駅構内の食堂配電室から出火し駅舎全焼。
English: August 1, 1961: The Kyoto City Trams Horikawa Line (known as the Kitano Line, between Kyoto-ekimae Station and Kitano Station) was abolished.
Japanese: 1961年（昭和36年）8月1日-京都市電堀川線（通称：北野線、京都駅前-北野）が廃止。
English: October 1, 1977: The remaining in-service section of Kyoto City Trams Karasuma Line (between Kyoto-ekimae Station and Karasuma Shichijo Station) was abolished.
Japanese: 1977年（昭和52年）10月1日-京都市電烏丸線の残存区間（京都駅前-烏丸七条）が廃止。
English: May 29, 1981: The Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line (between Kyoto Station and Kitaoji Station) started operating with the inauguration of Kyoto Station of the Kyoto Municipal Subway.
Japanese: 1981年（昭和56年）5月29日-京都市営地下鉄烏丸線（京都-北大路間）と共に地下鉄京都駅開業。
English: April 1, 1987: After the division and privatization of JNR, the operation of the Shinkansen at JNR Kyoto Station was succeeded by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and the operation of the conventional lines was succeeded by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Japanese: 1987年（昭和62年）4月1日-国鉄分割民営化に伴い、国鉄京都駅の新幹線部分を東海旅客鉄道、在来線部分を西日本旅客鉄道が継承。
English: June 11, 1988: The Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line extended its operation (between Kyoto Station and Takeda Station).
Japanese: 1988年（昭和63年）6月11日-京都市営地下鉄烏丸線（京都-竹田間）が延伸開業。
English: July 12, 1997: A new Kyoto Station Building was completed as the fourth generation of the JR Kyoto Station Building.
Japanese: 1997年（平成9年）7月12日-JR京都駅4代目駅舎となる新・京都駅ビル完成。
English: 2008: It was scheduled to extend the Nanboku-Jiyu-Tsuro because the construction of a new shopping mall, which will be the biggest mall in the prefecture, is planned for the south side of the station.
Japanese: 2008年（平成20年）-南側に府内最大のショッピングモールができるため、南北自由通路を延伸させる予定（補正予算が組まれる）。
English: It is scheduled to extend the existing Nanboku-Jiyu-Tsuro to south or southwest over Hachijo-dori Street within 2008.
Japanese: 2008年中に南北自由通路を南または南西に八条通を跨ぐ形で延伸する計画がある。
English: The limited express "Kuroshio" chimes out the melody of 'Gion Kouta' when it arrives at Kyoto Station.
Japanese: 特急『くろしお(列車)』の京都駅到着時の車内チャイムは「祇園小唄」。
English: This station is considered a unique case where the same line of the same company makes a stop on the ground as well as underground, because the trains of the Kintetsu Kyoto Line depart and arrive on the ground while the trains that go through to the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line from the Kintetsu Line make their stop underground.
Japanese: 当駅は、地上の駅に近鉄京都線が発着し、地下の駅に近鉄から京都市営烏丸線へ直通する電車が停車するため、地上と地下に同じ事業者・同じ路線の車両が停車する珍しい駅である。
English: When the present station building was completed, the melody of the arrival chime was changed to the one that had previously been used as the departing chime on the Seibu Line (this melody is still used at Seibu-chichibu Station).
Japanese: 現在の駅ビルが完成すると同時に、接近メロディがかつて西武鉄道で発車メロディとして使われていた曲（西武秩父駅では現在も使用している）に変更された。
English: On the station building the sign of the station name 'Kyoto Station' was placed, which neither the second nor the third building had (in case of the third-generation building, the sign was installed on the wall after the privatization to JR).
Japanese: また2・3代目駅舎には存在しなかった「京都駅」の看板が取り付けられた（3代目にはJR化後に取り付けられていた）。
English: To transfer to Shichijo Station on the Keihan Main Line of Keihan Electric Railway, though it is a bit far (a distance of about a kilometer), passengers go on foot (most passengers use the Nara Line to Tofukuji Station or use the Kintetsu Kyoto Line to Kintetsu-Tanbabashi Station in order to take a train of the Keihan Main Line).
Japanese: 京阪電気鉄道京阪本線の七条駅とも若干（1km程度）距離はあるものの、徒歩で乗り換える客もいる（一般的には奈良線利用で東福寺駅または近鉄京都線利用での近鉄丹波橋駅まで出て、京阪本線に乗り換える事が多い）。
English: It is the base station by which to calculate the fare, because it's one of the stations 'within Kyoto City' according to the JR definition of designated city areas.
Japanese: JRの特定都区市内制度における「京都市内」の駅であり、運賃計算の中心駅である。
English: When Nara Electric Railway (the current Kintetsu Kyoto Line) presented a direct connection with Kyoto Station, the initial plan proposed the installation of a subway line running beneath JNR Station and the construction of a station on the north side of Karasuma-guchi.
Japanese: 近鉄京都線の前身は奈良電気鉄道であり、同社が京都駅への乗り入れを最初に計画した時は、地下線を採用して国鉄駅の下を通り、烏丸口の北側へ設ける予定としていた。
English: However, a terminal station was provisionally constructed on the grounds of the present site because, in addition to budgetary constraints, there was also a need for the construction to be completed before the Enthronement Ceremony for Emperor Showa.
Japanese: しかし、昭和天皇即位の礼が実施されるのに間に合わせる必要があった事、それに予算の問題もあって、とりあえず仮の駅として、現在地に地上でターミナル駅を建設した。
English: Since then, the station facility, which was supposed to be provisional, has not been moved; and when the construction of Tokaido Shinkansen started, the station was elevated in order to have a similar structure to that of the present station building, which permitted the platforms to be placed just beneath the Shinkansen station.
Japanese: その後、仮設置の予定であった駅設備は移設される事もなく、東海道新幹線の建設に合わせて駅を高架化し、現在のように新幹線駅の真下にホームが設けられる構造となった。
English: Most of the local trains are bound for Saidaiji Station, while the express and limited express trains vary their destinations according to the train; however, roughly speaking the expresses are bound for Nara (during the daytime the line is also available from Subway Kyoto Station,
Japanese: 普通電車は西大寺行がほとんどであるが、急行と特急は列車によって行先が異なり、大まかに分けて急行は奈良行（日中は地下鉄京都駅からも利用可能。
English: though it is necessary to pay the extra fare for the subway section), for Tenri, and for Kashiharajingu-mae (to Saidaiji Station, the express stops at the same stations), while the limited expresses are bound for Nara, for Kashiharajingu-mae and Kashikojima (please see the section "Kintetsu Limited Express").
Japanese: ただし地下鉄の運賃も必要になる）、天理行、橿原神宮前行（西大寺まではすべて同じ停車駅）が、特急は奈良行、橿原神宮前行、賢島行がある（近鉄特急を参照の事）。
English: Trains of the Kintetsu series 3200, and 3220, which are convertible with the subway, take two different tracks: one to this station and the other to Subway Kyoto Station (Karasuma Kyoto Station).
Japanese: 地下鉄対応車両近鉄3200系電車、近鉄3220系電車は、運用の関係上当駅と地下鉄京都駅（烏丸京都駅）の2か所へ乗り入れる。
English: By the year 2010, Platform 4 (see above) will be newly constructed, and the ticket wicket on the first floor will be removed and integrated with the ticket wicket of the second floor.
Japanese: 今後、2010年までに4番線新設（上記参照）と1階改札口を廃止し、2階へ改札口の統合を行う予定。
English: PiTaPa and ICOCA can be charged using the ticket machines installed outside the ticket gate, as well as the exit-fare machines and chargers inside the ticket gate.
Japanese: PiTaPa・ICOCAのチャージは改札外の券売機、改札内の精算機・チャージ機で取り扱っている。
English: In the Kyoto Line, due to the structure of the station, the L/C cars (long/cross changeable seat cars) are set up with long seats regardless of the hours.
Japanese: 京都線でL/Cカーを運行する際に時間帯に関係なくロングシートになっているのは、当駅の構造に起因する。
English: Because, Platform 3 has a structure that does not permit division of the incoming/outgoing flow, and when the train enters on Platform 3, even if the cross seats are set, it cannot turn around to adjust to the direction of the train turning back on the track.
Japanese: 3番線が乗降分離できない構造となっているため、3番線に入るとクロスシートにしても折り返しの際にシートを回転できなくなるためである。
English: Iwana-zushi (Char sushi), Unagi-no-nedoko, Shinsen-gumi yukari no Makunouchi (Shinsen-gumi Makunouchi Bento), Heian Bento, Kamo-gawa Bento, Sasa-Unagi, Takekago Bento (lunch box in bamboo basket), Shojin Bento (vegetarian lunch box), Tai-meshi (sea-bream rice), Kyo-Ogi
Japanese: 岩魚寿し/鰻のねどこ/新撰組ゆかりの幕の内/平安弁当/加茂川弁当/笹うなぎ/竹籠弁当/精進弁当/鯛めし/京扇
English: Kyofu Makunouchi (Kyoto-style Makunouchi), Kyoraku Bento, Kotemari, Nagomi Bento, Kyo-Yuzen, Ajisai Bento, Tonkatsu Bento (pork cutlet lunch), Chuka Bento (Chinese-style lunch), Kodawari Omusubi Bento (special riceball lunch), Yofu Bento (Western-style lunch), Tokusei Onigiri Bento (special recipe riceball lunch), Kuri Okowa (glutinous rice cooked with chestnuts)
Japanese: 京風幕の内/京洛弁当/こてまり/なごみ弁当/京友禅/味彩弁当/とんかつ弁当/中華弁当/こだわりおむすび弁当/洋風弁当/特製おにぎり弁当/栗おこわ
English: Nihon-no-aji Hakuran ("taste of Japan" expo), Soboro-boroboro Daisuki Bento, Kamigata Makunouch On-Bento (Kyoto/Osaka-style hot boxed lunch), Temari-zushi, Hanahisago, Taimeshi (sea-bream rice), Takenoko-gohan to Sakura-meshi (bamboo-shoot rice and "Sakura" rice), Higashiyama Gojo, Osaka meibutsu Mamushi-don (Osaka specialty grilled-eel rice), Tokusen Bento "Kyoto" (special recipe lunch "Kyoto"), Ushiwakamaru Gozen, Benkei Gozen, Kamigata Makunouchi (Kyoto/Osaka-style boxed lunch), Chuka Sansan (lunch with a variety of Chinese foods), Juju-tei, Tonkatsu Bento (pork-cutlet lunch), 21-seiki Shutsujin Bento (21st-century "kick-off"lunch), Gomoku Kamameshi (assorted rice in a small pot)
Japanese: 日本の味博覧/そぼろぼろぼろ大好き弁当/上方幕の内温弁当/てまり寿司/花瓢/鯛めし/竹の子ごはんと桜めし/東山五条/大阪名物まむし丼/特選弁当『京都』/牛若丸御前/弁慶御前/上方幕の内/中華餐々/じゅうじゅう亭/とんかつ弁当/21世紀出陣弁当/五目釜めし
English: The present Omiya Station (Kyoto Prefecture) on the Hankyu Kyoto Main Line was called 'Hankyu Kyoto Station' until the line was extended to Kawaramachi Station (Kyoto Prefecture) in 1963 (Keihanshin Kyoto Station until 1949, when the Keihan Electric Railway was decoupled, and Keihan Kyoto Station when the station was opened).
Japanese: 阪急京都本線の大宮駅(京都府)は、河原町駅(京都府)への延伸が果たされた1963年まで「阪急京都駅」（1949年の京阪電気鉄道分離前は京阪神京都駅、開業時は京阪京都駅）を駅の名称とした。
English: Route numbers: 4・5・9・Rapid 9・16・17・19・26・28・33・Limited 33・42・50・73・75・78・81・Limited 81・100・101・205・Special Limited 205・206・208・South 5・Extra 28
Japanese: 4・5・9・快速9・16・17・19・26・28・33・特33・42・50・73・75・78・81・特81・100・101・205・快速205・206・208・南5・臨28の各系統
English: Toward: Yase, Ohara, Arashiyama, Daikaku-ji, Kiyotaki, Koke-dera (Suzumushi-dera), Kitaoji-eikimae, Kokusaikaikaneki-mae, Eizan-dentetsu (Eizan Electric Railway) Iwakura-ekimae (Kyoto Prefecture), Iwakura Muramatsu, Arisugawa (Arashiyama-eigyoshomae), Takano-shakomae (Takano-eigyoshomae)
Japanese: 八瀬・大原・嵐山・大覚寺・清滝・苔寺（鈴虫寺）・北大路駅前・国際会館駅前・叡山電鉄岩倉駅(京都府)前・岩倉村松・有栖川（嵐山営業所前）・高野車庫前（高野営業所前）方面
English: Toward: Nishioji Nanajo, Katsura-eki Higashi-guchi, Kokudo Nakayama, Katsurazaka-chuo, Kyoto Seishokoko (Kyoto Seisho High School)-mae, Nagamine, Oi-no-saka Toge, Kameoka-ekimae
Japanese: 西大路七条・桂駅東口・国道中山・桂坂中央・京都成章高校前・長峰・老の坂峠・亀岡駅前方面
English: Kyoto Kotsu (Maizuru) (subsidiary of Nippon Kotsu in Osaka; different from Keihan Kyoto Kotsu, a subsidiary of Keihan Bus)
Japanese: 京都交通(舞鶴)（日本交通(大阪)の子会社（京阪京都交通（京阪バスの子会社）とは別）。
English: Toward: KTR (Kitakinki Tango Railway) Miyazu-ekimae, Miyazu Sambashi, (Tankai Bus Miyazu Information Office (Baku Seed Tankai Circuit-IN-Miyazu)-mae/Ichinomiya Koronorikae-teiryujo (Ichinomiya seaway transfer bus stop)), KTR Ama-no-Hashidate-ekimae (Amanohashidate Hotel (Auberge Amanohashidate: Restaurant 'Pure')-mae), Nodagawa Tankai-mae, Taiza (Gyokomae (in front of the Taiza fishing port)/Kyotango City/Tango-cho)
Japanese: KTR宮津駅前・宮津桟橋（丹海バス宮津案内所（爆シード丹海サーキットIN宮津）前・一の宮航路乗り換え停留所）・KTR天橋立駅前（天橋立ホテル（オーベルジュ天橋立（レストラン「ピュール」）前）・野田川丹海前・間人（たいざ・漁港前・京丹後市・丹後町）方面行
English: The bus stop at the Hachijo-guchi of Kyoto Station is situated near the Nanboku-Jiyu-Tsuro, and the bus stop in front of Kyoto Hachijo-guchi Avanti is near the Hachijo Higashi-guchi.
Japanese: 京都駅八条口は南北自由通路に近いところ、京都駅八条口アバンティ前は八条東口に近いところにある。
English: Meishin Highway Bus (Nishinihon JR Bus/JR Central Bus/Nagoyakanko-nikkyu/Meihan Kintetsu Bus)
Japanese: 名神ハイウェイバス（西日本JRバス・ジェイアール東海バス・名古屋観光日急・名阪近鉄バス）
English: Hiroshima Daytime Express Kyoto-go/Hiroshima Dream Kyoto-go (Chugoku JR Bus/Nishinihon JR Bus)
Japanese: 広島昼特急京都号・広島ドリーム京都号（中国ジェイアールバス・西日本JRバス）
English: Awa Express Kyoto-go (Nishinihon JR Bus/JR Shikoku Bus/Keihan Bus/Tokushima Bus)
Japanese: 阿波エクスプレス京都号（西日本JRバス・ジェイアール四国バス・京阪バス・徳島バス）
English: Takamatsu Express Kyoto-go (Nishinihon JR Bus/JR Shikoku Bus/Shikoku Kosoku Bus/Keihan Bus)
Japanese: 高松エクスプレス京都号（西日本JRバス・JR四国バス・四国高速バス・京阪バス）
English: Izumo-no-Okuni-go/Izumo Express Kyoto-go (Nishinihon JR Bus/Chugoku JR Bus/Keihan Bus/Ichibata Bus)
Japanese: 出雲阿國号・出雲エクスプレス京都号（西日本JRバス・中国JRバス・京阪バス・一畑バス）
English: *For the stations at which the trains on the Tokaido Shinkansen and the limited express/express trains on the JR West conventional lines make their stops, please see the sections of the respective trains; for the stations where the limited express trains of Kintetsu Railways make their stops, please see the section "Kintetsu Railways Limited Express."
Japanese: ※東海道新幹線の列車および西日本旅客鉄道の在来線特急・急行の停車駅は各列車記事を、近畿日本鉄道の特急の停車駅は近鉄特急の項を、それぞれ参照のこと。
English: Gojo Station (Kyoto Municipal Subway) (K10) - Kyoto Station (K11) - Kujo Station (Kyoto Prefecture) (K12)
Japanese: 五条駅(京都市営地下鉄)(K10)-京都駅(K11)-九条駅(京都府)(K12)
English: Hankyu Corporation (Hankyu Dentetsu) is a major private railway company operating the railways that connect Osaka Umeda Station with Kobe City, Takarazuka City and Kyoto City.
Japanese: 阪急電鉄株式会社（はんきゅうでんてつ、英語HankyuCorporation）は、大阪梅田駅と神戸市・宝塚市・京都市を結ぶ大手私鉄。
English: The company's central office is located in Osaka City (Kita Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture), but the location of the registered head office is 1-1, Sakae-machi, Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture.
Japanese: 本社事務所は大阪府大阪市北区(大阪市)にあるが、登記上の本店所在地は大阪府池田市栄町1番1号である。
English: It is one of the major private railway companies with an average of 1,950,000 (one million nine hundred fifty thousand) users a day and a total operation of 146.6 kilometers.
Japanese: 平均利用者数195万人/日、営業キロ146.6kmに及ぶ、大手私鉄の一つである。
English: The company is also known for managing the 'Takarazuka Revue,' a theater troupe consisting exclusively of female members.
Japanese: また、女性のみで構成される劇団「宝塚歌劇団」を運営していることでも知られる。
English: Mino-Arima Electric Tramline (Mino-Arima denki kido), which was founded in 1907, began operating the section between Umeda Station and Takarazuka Station as well as the section between Ishibashi Station (Osaka Prefecture) and Mino Station, which respectively correspond to the current Takarazuka Line and the Mino Line, on March 10, 1910,
Japanese: 1907年に設立された箕面有馬電気軌道が、1910年3月10日に現在の宝塚本線・箕面線にあたる梅田駅～宝塚駅、石橋駅(大阪府)～箕面駅を開業したのが始まり。
English: The founder, Ichizo KOBAYASHI, made efforts to develop the areas along the railway line in order to stabilize the management, and introduced multiple businesses such as land sales in lots, developing the Takarazuka New Hot Spring and creating the Takarazuka Shokatai (Takarazuka Chorus Group, which later became the Shojo Kageki-dan (Girls' Operetta Company), the current Takarazuka Revue Company).
Japanese: 創業者の小林一三は経営安定のため沿線開発に力を入れ、住宅地分譲、宝塚新温泉、宝塚唱歌隊（後の少女歌劇団、現在の宝塚歌劇団）などの事業を多角的に展開した。
English: The company's abbreviated name, 'Hankyu,' is derived from this name (later it was adopted as the official name).
Japanese: 現在まで続く略称の「阪急」はこれに由来する（後、正式社名にも採用される）。
English: Its emergence in the field of transportation between Osaka and Kobe triggered a severe rivalry in competition with Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., which was already operating urban commuter trains between Osaka and Kobe.
Japanese: 阪神間に参入したことで、以後既に阪神間で都市間連絡電車を営業していた阪神電気鉄道とは激しく争うライバル関係となった。
English: In 1920, the operation between Juso Station on the Kobe Line and Kobe Station (later Kamitsutsui Station) started, and in 1936 the railway was extended to Sannomiya Station (located in Kobe City) using an elevated track.
Japanese: 1920年に神戸本線十三～神戸（後の上筒井駅）間を開業し、1936年には神戸市内の三宮駅へ高架線で乗り入れた。
English: Incidentally, the word 'Dentetsu' is a term coined by Ichizo KOBAYASHI because the then Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was opposed to the use of the term 'Denki Tetsudo (electric railway)' as a corporate name, based on the argument that this name was considered identical with 'electric tramways,' the term regulated by the Tramways Act; thereafter, the word 'Dentetsu' was conveniently adopted by various companies regulated by the Tramways Act when they intended to convert into rapid electric railways.
Japanese: なお、「電鉄」という語は、「電気鉄道」という語を商号に使用することに、鉄道省があくまで軌道法準拠の「電気軌道」である事を根拠として難色を示したことから、対策として小林一三が考え出した語で、以後軌道法監督下の各社が高速電気鉄道への脱皮を図る際に有効活用されることとなった。
English: In 1943, under the wartime enterprise integration policy Rikujokotsu Jigyo Chosei-ho (Land Traffic Business Adjustment Act), the company incorporated Keihan Electric Railway and became Keihanshin Electric Express Railway (for details of the merger, please refer to "Unification of Hanshin Electric Express Railway and Keihan Electric Railway").
Japanese: 1943年、戦時企業統合政策（陸上交通事業調整法）により京阪電気鉄道を合併、京阪神急行電鉄となる（この経緯については阪神急行電鉄京阪電気鉄道の統合と分離も参照）。
English: Subsequently, the abbreviated names 'Hankyu' and 'Keihan' were officially abandoned and 'Keihanshin (Express)' was introduced as a new abbreviation; however, the new name had not been fixed among the people and these names were used in a confused manner, such as 'Hankyu-Hanshin-mae' (Umeda) for an Osaka city tram station, 'Keihan-mae' (Tenmabashi) or 'Keihanshin-kyuko-mae' (Tenroku).
Japanese: なお、このとき「阪急」と「京阪」の略称は公式には使用されなくなり「京阪神（急行）」とされたが、世間には定着せず、大阪市電の電停名でも「阪急阪神前」（梅田）・「京阪前」（天満橋）・「京阪神急行前」（天六）などと、混合して用いられていたといわれている。
English: After the war (in 1949), the Keihan Line, Katano Line, Uji Line, Keishin Line and Ishiyama-Sakamoto Line were separated to form Keihan Electric Railway.
Japanese: 戦後の1949年に京阪線・交野線・宇治線・京津線・石山坂本線が京阪電気鉄道として再分離。
English: The Shinkeihan Railway (which was part of the Keihan) remained in Hankyu, forming the Kyoto Line, Senriyama Line (later the Senri Line), Juso Line (later incorporated into the Kyoto Line) and Arashiyama Line.
Japanese: かつて京阪の路線であった新京阪鉄道は阪急に残存し、京都本線・千里山線（後に千里線と改称）・十三線（後に京都本線へ編入）・嵐山線となった。
English: In 1959, the section between Umeda Station and Juso Station was installed with three tracks in each direction, and the terminal on the Kyoto Line was changed to Umeda Station from Tenjinbashi Station (currently Tenjinbashisuji-rokuchome Station).
Japanese: 1959年、梅田～十三間が3複線化され、京都本線のターミナルが天神橋駅（現・天神橋筋六丁目駅）から梅田駅になる。
English: In 1992, a travel card called the Lagare Card was introduced, but subsequently it developed into the KANSAI THRU PASS.
Japanese: 1992年、後にスルッとKANSAIへ発展するラガールカードによる乗車カード「ラガールカード」を開始する。
English: However, when the bubble economy collapsed the company suffered a huge loss due to the failure of redevelopment projects in areas such as Chayamachi.
Japanese: しかし、バブル経済崩壊で茶屋町地区などの再開発事業の失敗による巨額の損失を蒙った。
English: Moreover, the Kobe Line, Itami Line and the Imazu-kita (north) Line, among others, were seriously damaged by the great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake that occurred on January 17, 1995, but nearly all the lines were restored by June 12 of the same year and Itami Station (Hankyu) was reconstructed in 1998.
Japanese: 追い討ちをかけるように、1995年1月17日の阪神・淡路大震災では、神戸本線・伊丹線・今津（北）線などが甚大な被害を受けたが、同年6月12日にほぼ全線が復旧、1998年には伊丹駅(阪急)も再建された。
English: However, given the influence of the prolonged consumer recession, being intensified competition with West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the declining birthrate, the number of passengers has subsequently decreased.
Japanese: 震災以降も、長引く消費不況や西日本旅客鉄道などとの激しい競合、少子化などの影響により輸送人員は減少。
English: The group's businesses are now undergoing reorganization, such as the restructuring of real estate and hotel management; the closing of the 'Takarazuka Family Land' amusement park, whose 90-year history goes back to the opening of Takarazuka New Hot Spring; and the withdrawal from the management of 'Kobe Portopia Land' located in the Port Island (which was run by Kobe City for a while afterwards but was permanently closed in 2006).
Japanese: 不動産・ホテル事業の再編や、宝塚新温泉以来90年以上の歴史を持つ遊園地「宝塚ファミリーランド」の閉園、ポートアイランドにあった「神戸ポートピアランド」からの事業撤退（その後暫くは神戸市の手で運営を継続ののち、2006年閉園）など、グループ事業の再編が進められる。
English: To finalize the restructuring, on April 1, 2005 the company was reorganized into three companies: i) New Hankyu Corporation (the corporate name was changed from Hankyu Dentetsu Bunkatsu Junbi KK (Hankyu Corporation Division Preparation Company)), which partially succeeded four businesses--railway, real estate, leisure and commodity distribution--from the former Hankyu Corporation, ii) Hankyu Hotel Management, which controls the hotel business, and iii) Hankyu Travel International Co., Ltd., for tour business, amalgamating two direct subsidiaries; moreover, the former Hankyu Railway was transferred to the company Hankyu Holdings (currently Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.).
Japanese: その集大成として、2005年4月1日に、旧・阪急電鉄から鉄道、不動産、レジャー、流通の4事業を分割承継する新・阪急電鉄（阪急電鉄分割準備（株）から商号変更）と、ホテル経営を統括する阪急ホテルマネジメント、旅行業の阪急交通社の直営事業会社2社の合わせて3社に再編し、旧・阪急電鉄は持株会社阪急ホールディングス（現・阪急阪神ホールディングス）に移行した。
English: January 15, 1906: The organizing committee of Mino-Arima Electric Tramline (Mino-Arima denki tetsudo) was established.
Japanese: 1906年（明治39年）1月15日箕面有馬電気鉄道創立発起人会設立。
English: March 10, 1910: The Takarazuka line between Umeda and Takarazuka, as well as the Mino Line between Ishibashi and Mino, went into operation.
Japanese: 1910年（明治43年）3月10日宝塚本線梅田～宝塚間、箕面線石橋～箕面間が開業。
English: May 1, 1911: Takarazuka New Hot Spring (later Takarazuka Family Land) was opened.
Japanese: 1911年（明治44年）5月1日宝塚新温泉（後の宝塚ファミリーランド）が開業。
English: July 1, 1913: The Takarazuka Chorus Group (current Takarazuka Revue Company) was organized.
Japanese: 1913年（大正2年）7月1日宝塚唱歌隊（現在の宝塚歌劇団）を組織。