is a railroad company based in Kyoto Prefecture

Kyoto Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Kyoto.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Kyoto prefecture was known as Yamashiro....

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 (but with offices in Fukui Prefecture

Fukui Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Fukui.- Prehistory :The Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry, on the Sugiyama River within the city limits of Katsuyama, has yielded the Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis and Fukuisaurus tetoriensis as well as an unnamed...

) in operation since March 2, 1942. It is a parent company of Keifuku Bus

Keifuku Bus

is a bus transportation company based in Fukui Prefecture, Japan in operation since June 1941. It is a sister company of Keifuku Electric Railroad Co., Ltd., and a part of the Keifuku Group of companies. The company colours are burgundy and taupe.-External links:...

, and an affiliated company of Keihan Electric Railway

Keihan Electric Railway

is a Japanese railway operator in Osaka, Kyoto, and Shiga Prefectures. It is known as , or .-History:Keihan started its operation between Osaka and Kyoto in 1910. It was the first electric railway to connect these two cities, and the first line on the left bank of Yodo River...

, which owns 42.89% of the company stock. The company's stock is traded on the second section of the Osaka Stock Exchange.

Lines

This railway started service in 1910, operated at that time by . It was transferred to the Kyoto-based electric power generation company . Later it built the Kitano Line.:

• Randen tram
  Tram
  A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...
  
   lines
  • Arashiyama Main Line (嵐山本線), 7.2 km
  • Kitano Line (北野線), 3.8 km
• Eizan Cable
  Keifuku Cable Line
  The , officially the , is Japanese funicular line in Sakyō, Kyōto, Kyōto, operated by Keifuku Electric Railroad. The line opened in 1925, as a western route to Enryaku-ji, a famous temple on Mount Hiei. The line has 561 m vertical interval, the largest in the country.-Basic data:*Distance: 1.3 km /...
  
   (叡山鋼索線), 1.3 km (Funicular
  Funicular
  A funicular, also known as an inclined plane or cliff railway, is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope; the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalance each other.-Operation:The basic principle of funicular...
  
  )
• Eizan Ropeway (叡山ロープウェイ), 0.5 km (Aerial tramway
  Aerial tramway
  An aerial tramway , cable car , ropeway or aerial tram is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary ropes for support while a third moving rope provides propulsion...
  
  )

The Main Line connects Kyoto's city center (Shijo-Omiya terminal) and scenic Arashiyama

Arashiyama

is a district on the western outskirts of Kyoto, Japan. It also refers to the mountain across the Ōi River, which forms a backdrop to the district.Notable tourist sites in Arashiyama include...

 area in the western suburb. The Kitano Line is from Kitano Hakubaicho Station near Kitano Tenman-gū

Kitano Tenman-gu

' is a Shinto shrine in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.-History:It was built in 947, to appease the angry spirit of bureaucrat, scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane, who had been exiled as a result of political maneuvers of his enemies in the Fujiwara clan....

 to Katabiranotsuji Station in the midst of Main Line. The cable and ropeway lines are for visitors to Mount Hiei

Mount Hiei

is a mountain to the northeast of Kyoto, lying on the border between the Kyoto and Shiga prefectures, Japan.The temple of Enryaku-ji, the first outpost of the Japanese Tiantai sect of Buddhism, was founded atop Mount Hiei by Saichō in 788. Both Nichiren and Honen studied at the temple before...

 on the northeastern edge of the city, together with Eizan Electric Railway's Eizan Main Line.

Formerly the company operated several railway lines in Fukui Prefecture. Some of them are now operated by Echizen Railway

Echizen Railway

is a railway company located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It owns and operates the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line between Fukui and Katsuyama and the Mikuni Awara Line between Fukui and Sakai.-History:...

.

The Eizan Electric Railway also belonged to Keifuku until 1985.

Etymology

"Keifuku" is composed of two letters "京" and "福", former denotes Kyoto, latter Fukui. Lines of then Kyoto Dento were in Fukui of its hydraulic source and in the area of supply in Kyoto, thus named after Kyoto and Fukui. Often mistaken is that the company has or had a plan to connect their lines of the two prefectures.