Keikyū Main Line

Keikyu Main Line
An N1000 series EMU on the Keikyu Main Line in July 2021
Overview
Native name京急本線
OwnerKeikyu Corporation
Locale
Termini
Stations50
Service
SystemKeikyu
Route numberKK
OperatorKeikyu Corporation
DepotKanazawa-Bunko
Rolling stock
Daily ridership1,129,320 (daily, FY2010)
History
Opened1 February 1901 (1901-02-01) (as Shonan Electric Railway)
Technical
Line length55.5 km (34.5 mi)
Number of tracks2
3 (Koyasu–Kanagawa-shimmachi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Old gauge1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in)
ElectrificationOverhead line, 1,500 V DC
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph)
SignallingAutomatic closed block
Train protection systemC-ATS
Route map
-1.2
Sengakuji
0.0
Shinagawa
LeftTakanawa (abandoned in 1933)
0.7
Kitashinagawa
Kita-Bamba
merged to Shimbamba
1.4
Shimbamba
Minami-Bamba
merged to Shimbamba
2.2
Aomono-yokochō
2.7
Samezu
Hamakawa
abandoned in 1944
3.5
Tachiaigawa
Suzugamori
abandoned in 1944
4.8
Ōmorikaigan
LeftŌmori Branch Line
Ōmori-Teishajō-mae
Ōmori Hachiman
abandoned in 1944
5.7
Heiwajima
6.5
Ōmorimachi
7.2
Umeyashiki
8.0
Keikyū Kamata
Haneda Airport station and airport
Demura
abandoned in 1949
9.4
Zōshiki
10.6
Rokugōdote
Tama River: Tokyo/Kanagawa
11.8
Keikyū Kawasaki
Tokaido Main Line freight branchRight
13.1
Hatchōnawate
DownTokaido Main Line freight lineRight
13.8
Tsurumi-ichiba
LeftYokosuka LineDown
15.3
Keikyū Tsurumi
Sōjiji
abandoned in 1944
Kaigan Electric TramwayRight
16.1
Kagetsuen-mae
16.9
Namamugi
Up"Takashima Line" (freight)Right
Kirin
abandoned in 1949
18.3
Keikyū Shinkoyasu
19.3
Koyasu
Kanagawa-shimmachi
LeftShimmachi depot
20.5
Keikyū Higashi-kanagawa
21.5
Kanagawa
22.2
Yokohama
LeftTokaido Main, Yokosuka linesUp
Hiranuma
abandoned in 1944
23.4
Tobe
24.8
Hinodechō
25.6
Koganechō
26.5
Minamiōta
27.7
Idogaya
29.1
Gumyōji
DownYokohama Subway Blue LineUp
30.8
Kamiōoka
33.0
Byōbugaura
34.3
Sugita
LeftNegishi LineUp
36.7
Keikyū Tomioka
37.4
Nōkendai
39.5
Kanazawa-bunko
Kanazawa depot
40.9
Kanazawa-hakkei
42.8
Oppama
44.5
Keikyū Taura
LeftYokosuka LineDown
47.1
Anjinzuka
48.1
Hemi
LeftYokosuka LineUp
49.2
Shioiri
49.9
Yokosuka-chūō
51.1
Kenritsudaigaku
52.3
Horinouchi
53.1
Keikyū Ōtsu
54.2
Maborikaigan
55.5
Uraga

Through train destinations
beyond Sengakuji
Narita Airport station and airport
Sengakuji

The Keikyu Main Line (Japanese: 京急本線, Hepburn: Keikyū-honsen) is a private railway line in Japan, operated by Keikyu Corporation. The line connects the Tokyo wards of Minato, Shinagawa, Ōta, and the Kanagawa municipalities of Kawasaki, Yokohama and Yokosuka. The Keikyu Main Line began as a short 2 km (1.2 mi) line in 1895. By 1905 it was extended from Shinagawa Station in Tokyo to central Yokohama, becoming a major interurban line between the two cities.