Kyoto Municipal Subway
Encyclopedia
is the metro
network in the city of Kyoto
, Japan
. It is operated by Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau
. It has two lines.
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
network in the city of Kyoto
Kyoto
is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...
, 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...
. It is operated by Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau
Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau
is an agency of the city government of Kyoto, Japan that operates municipal subways and city buses within the city. Previously, it also operated trams and trolley buses.-Subway:The Kyoto Municipal Subway operates the following two lines:*Karasuma Line...
. It has two lines.
Lines
| Color & Icon | Name | Mark | First section opened |
Last ex- tension |
Length km/miles |
Stations | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| green | - | Karasuma Line | K | 1981 | 1997 | 13.7/8.5 | 15 | |
| Via trackage rights | Kintetsu Kintetsu , named Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. in English until June 27, 2003, is a Japanese rail transit corporation commonly known as . It is the largest non-JR railway in Japan. Its complex network of lines connects Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Tsu and Ise... Kyōto Line |
- | 1988 | 2000 | 31.0/19.3 | 22 | ||
| Kintetsu Kintetsu , named Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. in English until June 27, 2003, is a Japanese rail transit corporation commonly known as . It is the largest non-JR railway in Japan. Its complex network of lines connects Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Tsu and Ise... Nara Line |
2000 | - | 4.4/2.7 | 3 | ||||
| vermilion | - | Tōzai Line | T | 1997 | 2004 | 8.7/5.4 | 8 | |
| Via trackage rights | 1997 | - | 3.4/2.1 | 4 | ||||
| - | 1997 | 2008 | 3.0/1.9 | 5 |