Karasuma Line

{| {{Railway line header}} {{UKrail-header2|Karasuma Line|#3cb371}} {{BS-table}} {{BS2||tKBHFa|0.0|K01 {{ja-stalink|Kokusaikaikan}}||}} {{BS2||tBHF|1.6|K02 {{ja-stalink|Matsugasaki|Matsugasaki|Kyoto}}||}} {{BS2||tBHF|2.6|K03 {{ja-stalink|Kitayama|Kitayama|Kyoto}}||}} {{BS2||tWSTR|||[[Kamo River]]|}} {{BS2||tBHF|3.8|K04 {{ja-stalink|Kitaōji}}||}} {{BS2||tBHF|4.6|K05 {{ja-stalink|Kuramaguchi}}||}} {{BS2||tBHF|5.4|K06 {{ja-stalink|Imadegawa}}||}} {{BS2||tBHF|6.9|K07 {{ja-stalink|Marutamachi}}||}} {{BS4||tBHFq|O2=HUB81|tKRZt|tSTRq|||←[[Tozai Line (Kyoto)|Tozai Line]] (T13)→|}} {{BS2||O1=HUB62|tBHF|O2=HUB82|7.6|K08 {{ja-stalink|Karasuma Oike}}||}} {{BS2||tSTR|||←[[Hankyu Kyoto Line]]→|}} {{BS4||tSTRq|tKRZt|tBHFq|O4=HUB81|||{{ja-stalink|Karasuma}}|}} {{BS4|||tBHF|O3=HUB84||O4=HUB61|8.5|K09 {{ja-stalink|Shijō}}||}} {{BS2||tBHF|9.3|K10 {{ja-stalink|Gojō|Gojō|Kyoto}}||}} {{BS4|ÜWo+r||tSTR||||←[[Sanin Main Line]]|}} {{BS4|STR||O2=HUB63|tBHF|O3=HUB82||10.3|K11 {{ja-stalink|Kyoto}}||}} {{BS4|ABZ3lf|BHFq|O2=HUB26|tKRZ|ABZ3lg|||←[[Tōkaidō Main Line]]→|}} {{BS4|STRrg|KBHFr|O2=HUB26|tSTR|STR|||←[[Kintetsu Kyoto Line]]|}} {{BS4|KRZu|BHFq|O2=HUB83|tKRZ|KRZu|||←[[Tōkaidō Shinkansen]]→|}} {{BS4|LUECKE||tSTR|STRlf|||[[Nara Line]]→|}} {{BS2||tBHF|11.1|K12 {{ja-stalink|Kujō|Kujō|Kyoto}}||}} {{BS2||tBHF|11.8|K13 {{ja-stalink|Jūjō|Jūjō|Kyoto Municipal Subway}}||}} {{BS2||tWSTR|||[[Kamo River]]|}} {{BS2||tBHF|13.0|K14 {{ja-stalink|Kuinabashi}}||}} {{BS2|tSTRrg|tABZrf||||}} {{BS4|LUECKE|tSTR|TUNNELe|||||}} {{BS4|STRlf|tKRZ|ABZlg||||Kintetsu Kyoto Line|}} {{BS2|TUNNELe|STR||||}} {{BS2|KDSTe|STR||Takeda Depot||}} {{BS2||BHF|13.7|K15 {{ja-stalink|Takeda|Takeda|Kyoto}}||}} {{BS2||LUECKE|||Kintetsu Kyoto Line|}} {{BS2||HST|||{{ja-stalink|Shin-Tanabe}}|}} {{BS2||HST|||{{ja-stalink|Yamato-Saidaiji}}|}} {{BS2||TUNNELa|||[[Kintetsu Nara Line]]|}} {{BS2||tKHSTe|||{{ja-stalink|Kintetsu Nara}}|}} |} |} The {{nihongo|'''Karasuma Line'''|烏丸線|Karasuma-sen}} is one of the two lines of the [[Kyoto Municipal Subway]] operated by [[Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau]] in [[Kyoto]], Japan. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is colored green, and its stations are given numbers following the letter '''''K'''''. It serves the following [[wards of Kyoto]]: [[Sakyō-ku, Kyoto|Sakyō-ku]], [[Kita-ku, Kyoto|Kita-ku]], [[Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto|Kamigyō-ku]], [[Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto|Nakagyō-ku]], [[Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto|Shimogyō-ku]], [[Minami-ku, Kyoto|Minami-ku]], and [[Fushimi-ku, Kyoto|Fushimi-ku]]. It connects {{ja-stalink|Kokusaikaikan}} in Sakyō-ku and {{ja-stalink|Takeda||Kyoto}} in Minami-ku. Between {{ja-stalink|Kitaōji}} and {{ja-stalink|Jūjō|Jūjō|Kyoto Municipal Subway}}, trains run beneath the north-south {{Nihongo|Karasuma Street|烏丸通り|Karasuma-dōri}}, hence the name. They link to the other subway line, the [[Tozai Line (Kyoto)|Tozai Line]], at {{ja-stalink|Karasuma Oike}}. They also connect to the [[Japan Railways Group|JR]] lines at [[Kyoto Station]] and the [[Hankyu Kyoto Line]] running beneath [[Shijō Street]] at the intersection of [[Shijō Karasuma]], Kyoto's [[central business district]]. At Shijō Karasuma, the subway station is named {{ja-stalink|Shijō}}, whereas Hankyu's station is called {{ja-stalink|Karasuma}}. The Transportation Bureau and [[Kintetsu Corporation]] jointly operate through services, which continue to the [[Kintetsu Kyoto Line]] to [[Kintetsu Nara Station]] in [[Nara, Nara|Nara]]. The Karasuma Line and the Kintetsu Kyoto Line connect at Kyoto and Takeda. ==History== * The section between {{ja-stalink|Kitaōji}} and {{ja-stalink|Kyoto}} was completed on May 29, 1981. * The line was extended from {{ja-stalink|Kyoto}} to {{ja-stalink|Takeda|Takeda|Kyoto}} on June 11, 1988. * Through services from {{ja-stalink|Kitaōji}} to {{ja-stalink|Shin-Tanabe}} on the [[Kintetsu Kyoto Line]] started on August 28, 1988. * The line was extended from {{ja-stalink|Kitaōji}} to {{ja-stalink|Kitayama||Kyoto}} on October 24, 1990. * Oike Station was renamed [[Karasuma Oike Station]] on May 22, 1997, prior to the inauguration of the [[Tōzai Line (Kyoto)|Tōzai Line]] running beneath the east-west {{nihongo|Oike Street|御池通|Oike-dōri}}. * The line was extended from {{ja-stalink|Kitayama||Kyoto}} to {{ja-stalink|Kokusaikaikan}} on June 3, 1997. * Express services from {{ja-stalink|Kokusaikaikan}} to {{ja-stalink|Kintetsu Nara}} in [[Nara, Nara|Nara]] started on March 15, 2000. ==Stations== {|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable" !width="50px" style="border-bottom:solid 3px mediumseagreen"|Station number !width="120px" style="border-bottom:solid 3px mediumseagreen"|Station name !style="border-bottom:solid 3px mediumseagreen"|Connecting lines !width="50px" style="border-bottom:solid 3px mediumseagreen"|Location |- !width="60px"|K01 |width="120px"|{{ja-stalink|Kokusaikaikan}} |  |rowspan="2" width="50px"|[[Sakyo-ku, Kyoto]] |- !width="60px"|K02 |width="120px"|{{ja-stalink|Matsugasaki|Matsugasaki|Kyoto}} |  |- !width="60px"|K03 |width="120px"|{{ja-stalink|Kitayama|Kitayama|Kyoto}} |  |rowspan="2" width="50px"|[[Kita-ku, Kyoto]] |- !width="60px"|K04 |width="120px"|{{ja-stalink|Kitaōji}} |  |- !width="60px"|K05 |width="120px"|{{ja-stalink|Kuramaguchi}} |  |rowspan="2" width="50px"|[[Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto]] |- !width="60px"|K06 |width="120px"|{{ja-stalink|Imadegawa}} |  |- !width="60px"|K07 |width="120px"|{{ja-stalink|Marutamachi}} |  |rowspan="2" width="50px"|[[Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto]] |- !width="60px"|K08 |width="120px"|{{ja-stalink|Karasuma Oike}} | *[[Tozai Line (Kyoto)|Tozai Line]] (T13) |- !width="60px"|K09 |width="120px"|{{ja-stalink|Shijō}} | *[[Hankyu Kyoto Line]] ([[Karasuma Station]]) |rowspan="3" width="50px"|[[Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto]] |- !width="60px"|K10 |widith="120px"|{{ja-stalink|Gojō|Gojō|Kyoto}} |  |- !width="60px"|K11 |width="120px"|{{ja-stalink|Kyoto}} | *[[Tōkaidō Shinkansen]] *[[Tōkaidō Main Line]] ([[JR Kyoto Line]], [[Biwako Line]]), [[Sanin Main Line]] ([[Sagano Line]]), [[Nara Line]] *[[Kintetsu Kyoto Line]] |- !width="60px"|K12 |width="120px"|{{ja-stalink|Kujō|Kujō|Kyoto}} |  |rowspan="2" width="50px"|[[Minami-ku, Kyoto]] |- !width="60px"|K13 |width="120px"|{{ja-stalink|Jūjō|Jūjō|Kyoto Municipal Subway}} |  |- !width="60px"|K14 |width="120px"|{{ja-stalink|Kuinabashi}} |  |rowspan="2" width="50px"|[[Fushimi-ku, Kyoto]] |- !width="60px"|K15 |width="120px"|{{ja-stalink|Takeda|Takeda|Kyoto}} | *Kintetsu Kyoto Line (through trains are available) |} == External links == * [http://www.city.kyoto.jp/koho/eng/access/transport.html Public transport in Kyoto] (Kyoto City Web) {{en icon}} {{Osaka transit}} {{coord missing|Japan}}