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===Railways=== [[File:Kyoto Station building-3.jpg|thumb|The interior of [[Kyōto Station]]]] Kyoto is served by rail transportation systems operated by several different companies and organizations. The city's main gateway terminal, [[Kyōto Station]], connects the [[Tokaido Shinkansen]] bullet train line with five [[JR West]] lines, a [[Kintetsu Railway|Kintetsu]] line, and a municipal subway line. The [[Keihan Electric Railway]], the [[Hankyu Railway]], and other rail networks also offer frequent services within the city and to other cities and suburbs in the [[Kinki]] region. Although Kyoto does not have its own commercial airport, the limited express [[Haruka (train)|''Haruka'']] operated by JR West carries passengers from [[Kansai International Airport]] to Kyōto Station in 73 minutes.<ref>[http://www.westjr.co.jp/english/travel/kix/index.html JR-WEST: Travel Information > Access to Kansai Airport] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060407004442/http://www.westjr.co.jp/english/travel/kix/index.html |date=April 7, 2006 }}</ref> The [[Kyoto Railway Museum]] in [[Shimogyō-ku]], operated by JR West, displays many steam, diesel, and electric locomotives used in Japan from the 1880s to the present. ====High-speed rail==== The [[Tokaidō Shinkansen]], operated by [[Central Japan Railway Company|JR Central]], provides [[high-speed rail]] service linking Kyoto with [[Nagoya]], [[Yokohama]], and [[Tokyo]] to the east and with nearby [[Osaka]] to the west. Beyond Osaka, many trains boarding at Kyoto continue on the [[San'yō Shinkansen]] route managed by JR West, providing access to cities including [[Kobe]], [[Okayama]], [[Hiroshima]], [[Kitakyushu]], and [[Fukuoka]]. The trip from Tokyo to Kyoto takes around 2.5 hours, and the trip from [[Hakata Station]] in Fukuoka to Kyoto takes just over three hours by the fastest train service [[Nozomi (train)|''Nozomi'']]. All Shinkansen trains stop at Kyōto Station, including [[Hikari (train)|''Hikari'']] and [[Kodama (train)|''Kodama'']] trains. ====Conventional lines==== [[File:Railway map around Kyoto City.png|thumb|300px|Railway map around Kyoto City]] ;[[Hankyu|Hankyu Railway]] :*[[Hankyu Arashiyama Line]] :*[[Hankyu Kyoto Main Line]] ;[[Keihan Electric Railway]] :*[[Keihan Main Line]] :**[[Keihan Ōtō Line]] :*[[Keihan Keishin Line]] :*[[Keihan Uji Line]] ;[[Kintetsu Railway]] :*[[Kyoto Line (Kintetsu)|Kintetsu Kyoto Line]] ;[[Sagano Scenic Railway]] :*Sagano Scenic Line ;[[West Japan Railway Company]] (JR West) :*[[Kosei Line]] :*[[Nara Line (JR West)|Nara Line]] :*[[San'in Main Line]] ([[Sagano Line]]) :*[[Tōkaidō Main Line]] ([[JR Kyoto Line]]/[[Biwako Line]]) ====Subways==== {{Main|Kyoto Municipal Subway}} [[File:Kyoto subway 20 series unit 31 20220506 Takeda.jpg|thumb|A [[Karasuma Line]] subway train at [[Takeda Station (Kyoto)|Takeda Station]]]] The [[Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau]] operates the [[Kyoto Municipal Subway]] consisting of two lines: the [[Karasuma Line]] and the [[Tōzai Line (Kyoto)|Tōzai Line]]. The two lines are linked at [[Karasuma Oike Station]] near Kyoto's central business district. The Karasuma Line runs primarily north to south between the terminal of [[Kokusaikaikan Station]] and [[Takeda Station (Kyoto)|Takeda Station]], and takes its name from the fact that trains run beneath [[Karasuma Street]] between [[Kitaōji Station]] in Kita-ku and [[Jūjō Station (Kyoto Municipal Subway)|Jūjō Station]] in Minami-ku. The Karasuma Line connects to the [[Hankyu Kyoto Main Line]] at the intersection of Shijō Karasuma in Kyoto's central business district and to [[Japan Railways Group|JR lines]] and the [[Kyoto Line (Kintetsu)|Kyoto Kintetsu Line]] at Kyōto Station. In addition, the Transportation Bureau and [[Kintetsu Railway|Kintetsu]] jointly operate through services which continue to [[Kintetsu Nara Station]] in [[Nara, Nara|Nara]], the capital city of [[Nara Prefecture]]. The Tōzai Line runs from the southeastern area of the city towards the center, then east to west (''tōzai'' in Japanese) through the Kyoto downtown area where trains run beneath the east–west streets of [[Sanjō Street]], [[Oike Street]], and {{Ill|Oshikōji Street|ja|押小路通}}. The [[Keihan Keishin Line]] has been integrated into this line, and thus Keihan provides through services to {{STN|Hamaōtsu|x}} in the neighboring city of [[Ōtsu]], the capital of [[Shiga Prefecture]]. Within the city of Kyoto, the Tōzai Line also connects to the Keihan lines at [[Yamashina Station]], [[Misasagi Station]], and [[Sanjō Keihan Station]], and to the [[Keifuku Electric Railroad]] at the terminal of [[Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station]]. ====Tramways==== ;[[Eizan Electric Railway]] (Eiden) :*Eizan Kurama Line :*Eizan Main Line ;[[Keifuku Electric Railroad]] (Randen) :*Keifuku Arashiyama Main Line :*Keifuku Kitano Line
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