Keifuku Electric Railroad
# Keifuku Electric Railroad

Keifuku Electric Railroad Co., Ltd. (京福電気鉄道株式会社, Keifuku Denki Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a railroad company based in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan (but with offices in Fukui Prefecture) in operation since March 2, 1942. It is a parent company of Keifuku Bus and Kyoto Bus, and an affiliated company of Keihan Electric Railway, which owns 42.89% of the company stock. The company's stock is traded on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

## Lines

This railway started service in 1910, operated at that time by Arashiyama Electric Tram Railway (嵐山電車軌道, Arashiyama Densha Kidō). It was transferred to the Kyoto-based electric power generation company Kyoto Dento (京都電燈, Kyōto Dentō). Later it built the Kitano Line.

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

The Eizan Electric Railway also belonged to Keifuku until 1985.

### Randen

The Randen (嵐電, Randen) is a small network of interurban lines classified legally as tramways in Kyoto.

**Arashiyama Line**

The Arashiyama Line (嵐山本線, Arashiyama Honsen) connects Kyoto's city center (Shijo-Omiya terminal) and scenic Arashiyama area in the western suburb.

| No. | Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A1 | Shijō-Ōmiya | 四条大宮 | 0 | Hankyu Kyoto Main Line (HK-84: Ōmiya Station) | Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto |
| A2 | Sai | 西院 | 1.4 | Hankyu Kyoto Main Line (HK-83) | Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto |
| A3 | Nishiōji-Sanjō | 西大路三条 | 2.0 | | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| A4 | Yamanouchi | 山ノ内 | 2.8 | | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| A5 | Randen-Tenjingawa | 嵐電天神川 | 3.7 | Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line (T17: Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station) | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| A6 | Kaikonoyashioro | 蚕ノ社 | 3.9 | | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| A7 | Uzumasa-Kōryūji | 太秦広隆寺 | 4.4 | | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| A8 | Katabiranotsuji | 帷子ノ辻 | 5.2 | Randen Kitano Line JR West Sanin Main Line (Sagano Line) (JR-E07: Uzumasa Station) | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| A9 | Arisugawa | 有栖川 | 5.7 | | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| A10 | Kurumazaki-Jinja | 車折神社 | 6.2 | | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| A11 | Rokuōin | 鹿王院 | 6.5 | | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| A12 | Randen-Saga | 嵐電嵯峨 | 6.9 | JR West Sanin Main Line (Sagano Line) (JR-E08: Saga-Arashiyama Station) Sagano Romantic Train (Torokko Saga Station) | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| A13 | Arashiyama | 嵐山 | 7.2 | | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |

**Kitano Line**

The Kitano Line (北野線, Kitano Sen) is from Kitano Hakubaicho Station near Kitano Tenmangū to Katabiranotsuji Station in the midst of Arashiyama (Main) Line.

| No. | Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| B9 | Kitano-Hakubaichō | 北野白梅町 | 0 | | Kita-ku, Kyoto |
| B8 | Tōjiin Ritsumeikan University | 等持院・立命館大学衣笠キャンパス前 | 0.7 | | Kita-ku, Kyoto |
| B7 | Ryōanji | 龍安寺 | 0.9 | | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| B6 | Myōshinji | 妙心寺 | 1.3 | | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| B5 | Omuro-Ninnaji | 御室仁和寺 | 1.7 | | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| B4 | Utano | 宇多野 | 2.1 | | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| B3 | Narutaki | 鳴滝 | 2.6 | | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| B2 | Tokiwa | 常磐 | 2.9 | | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| B1 | Satsueisho-mae | 撮影所前 | 3.5 | JR West Sanin Main Line (Sagano Line) (JR-E07: Uzumasa Station) | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| A8 | Katabiranotsuji | 帷子ノ辻 | 3.8 | Randen Arashiyama Line JR West Sanin Main Line (Sagano Line) (JR-E07: Uzumasa Station) | Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |

### Eizan Cable

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The Eizan Cable (叡山ケーブル, Eizan Kēburu), officially the Cable Line (鋼索線, Kōsaku-sen), is a funicular line in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto.

### Eizan Ropeway

The Eizan Ropeway (叡山ロープウェイ, Eizan Rōpuwei) (Ja) is an aerial tramway in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. The line length is 0.5 km (0.31 mi).

The cable and ropeway lines are for visitors to Mount Hiei on the northeastern edge of the city, together with Eizan Electric Railway's Eizan Main Line.

## History

### Arashiyama Line

The Arashiyama Tram opened the line in 1910, with 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge and electrified at 600 V DC. The Kyoto Electric Light Company acquired the line in 1918, and double-tracked the track between 1925 and 1928. Keifuku acquired the line in 1942.

### Kitano Line

The Kyoto Electric Light Company opened the line between 1925 and 1926, and double-tracked the Tokiwa to Narutaki section in 1930. Plans to double-track the rest of the line were abandoned as a result of the economic depression. Keifuku acquired the line in 1942.

### Former connecting lines

* Arashiyama Station: A 3 km (1.9 mi) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) line electrified at 600 V DC and dual track except for the Kiyotaki tunnel operated to Kiyotaki between 1929 and 1944. It connected to a 2 km (1.2 mi) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) funicular which climbed 638 m (2,093 ft) to Atago Jinja on Mount Atago, Kosaku line which operated for the same period. Closed due to war time austerity measures, efforts to re-establish the incline in the 1950s were unsuccessful. (Atagosan Tetsudo [ja])

## Etymology

"Keifuku" is composed of two characters "京" and "福", the former denoting Kyoto and the latter Fukui. As the Kyoto Dento lines used to be in Fukui, the hydraulic source, and in Kyoto, the company took the name "Keifuku".

