Keikyū Daishi Line

Keikyu Daishi Line
A 1500 series 4-car set on the Keikyu Daishi Line, January 2012
Overview
Native name	京急大師線
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Termini	Keikyū Kawasaki Kojimashinden
Stations	7
Operation
Opened	1899
Owner	Keikyu
Technical
Line length	4.5 km (2.8 mi)
No. of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	60 km/h (35 mph)

The Keikyu Daishi Line (京急大師線, Keikyū Daishi-sen) is a 4.5 km (2.8 mi) railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu. It connects Keikyu Kawasaki Station and Kojimashinden Station, both located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki.

Service patterns

Keikyu Daishi Line services are operated only by 4-car electric multiple unit (EMU) trains, stopping at all stations between Keikyū Kawasaki and Kojimashinden. During the weekday off-peak, trains run at 10-minute intervals, increased to 5-minute intervals during the morning and evening peaks.

Stations

No.	Station name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
KK20	Keikyu Kawasaki	京急川崎	0.0	Keikyū Main Line	Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki
KK21	Minatochō	港町	1.2
KK22	Suzukichō	鈴木町	2.0
KK23	Kawasaki-Daishi	川崎大師	2.5
KK24	Higashi-Monzen	東門前	3.2
KK25	Sangyō-Dōro	産業道路	3.8
KK26	Kojimashinden	小島新田	4.5

History

A train passing the abandoned Rokugōbashi Station in July 2011

The line was opened on 21 January 1899 by the Daishi Electric Railway (大師電気鉄道), as a standard gauge line electified at 600 V DC, between Kawasaki Station (later renamed Rokugōbashi Station (六郷橋駅), which closed in 1949) and Daishi Station (later renamed Kawasaki-Daishi Station). The company was renamed Keihin Electric Railway (京浜電気鉄道) on 25 April 1899. The line was double-tracked over its entire length from 29 November the same year, and extended from Rokugōbashi Station to the present-day Keikyu Kawasaki Station on 1 September 1902.

In 1904, the line was regauged to 1372 mm in conjunction with the regauging of the Keikyu Main Line, and was returned to standard gauge in 1933.

The line was extended to Sakuramoto in 1945, and the overhead line voltage was raised from the original 600 V DC to 1,500 V DC on 16 March 1951 except for the Shiohama - Sakuramoto section, which was transferred to the Kawasaki Streetcar Co. and operated as a tramway.

CTC signalling was commissioned in 1956, and in 1964 the Kojimashinden - Shiohama section was closed to allow for the construction of the Tokaido Freight Line.

Former connecting lines

In 1925, the Coast Electric Railway opened a 10 km, dual track 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) gauge freight-only line from Daishi Station to Sojiji, electrified at 600 V DC. Loss of traffic as a result of the economic depression resulted in the company merging with the Tsurumi Port Railway in 1930, which then commenced passenger services. The line closed in 1937.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

External links

• Keikyu route information (Japanese)