Eizan Electric Railway

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)^[1]Electrification600 V DC^[1]

Eizan Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

Native name	叡山電鉄株式会社
Company type	public kabushiki gaisha
Industry	ground transportation
Founded	Kyoto, Japan (July 6, 1985 (1985-07-06) by Keifuku Electric Railroad Co., Ltd.)
Headquarters	25-3, Tanaka-Kamiyanagicho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Services	rail transit service, etc.
Parent	Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

Eizan Railway
Legend
Keihan: Ōtō Line 0.0 E01 Demachiyanagi 0.9 E02 Mototanaka (northbound) Kyoto Tram (Streetcar) Higashiyama Line 0.9 E02 Mototanaka (southbound) 1.4 E03 Chayama·Kyōto-Geijutsudaigaku 2.1 E04 Ichijōji 2.9 E05 Shūgakuin Shugakuin Depot 3.8 0.0 E06 Takaragaike 4.4 E07 Miyake-Hachiman 5.6 E08 Yase-Hieizan-guchi Cable Yase (Keifuku: Eizan Cable Line) 0.9 E09 Hachiman-mae Takano River 1.7 E10 Iwakura 2.7 E11 Kino 3.5 E12 Kyoto Seikadai-mae 4.1 E13 Nikenchaya 5.3 E14 Ichihara 6.6 E15 Ninose 7.6 E16 Kibuneguchi 8.8 E17 Kurama Sanmon (Kurama-dera Cable)

Eizan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (叡山電鉄株式会社, Eizan Dentetsu) is a Japanese private railway company whose two lines run entirely in Sakyō-ku in the city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture.

The name of this small railway network is abbreviated as Eiden (叡電), and is derived from the name of its predecessor, the Eizan Electric Railway Division (叡山電鉄部, Eizan Dentetsu-bu) of the Keifuku Electric Railroad. The present company was founded in 1985 as a subsidiary of Keifuku. The purpose of reorganization was to reduce the huge deficit of the Eiden lines, which had been completely isolated from the main Keifuku network since the abandonment of the Kyoto City Tramways in 1978. The split-off was considered to be an urgent matter, awaiting the completion of a rail connection between the two networks of Eiden and Keihan. The Keihan Electric Railway was at that time constructing the Ōtō Line to the Eiden terminal at Demachiyanagi. The opening of the Ōtō Line significantly reduced the deficit of Eiden. Later on, in 2002, all shares of Keifuku were transferred from Keifuku to Keihan, of which Eiden became a wholly owned subsidiary. This railway accepts the Surutto Kansai card for payment, but not the PiTaPa card.

The line is featured in the Japanese Rail Sim 3D: Journey to Kyoto train simulation game for the Nintendo 3DS^[2] and Nintendo Switch.

Lines

Eizan Main Line

Demachiyanagi — Yase-Hieizanguchi: 5.6 km

Kurama Line

Takaragaike — Kurama: 8.8 km

Rolling stock

As of 2006^[update], the fleet consisted of 24 electric multiple unit cars.^{[1][needs update]}

For service

• "Deo 700" series "Deo 710" type, "Deo 720" type, "Deo 730" type 1-car
• "Deo 800" series 2-car
• "Deo 900" series 2-car named "Kirara"
• "Deo 600" type 2-car

For maintenance

• "Deto 1000" type

See also

• List of railway companies in Japan

References

External links

Shinkansen lines JR West lines
("Urban network")Urban rail transit systems

Osaka Metro (list of stations)	Midōsuji Line Tanimachi Line Yotsubashi Line Chūō Line Sennichimae Line Sakaisuji Line Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line Imazatosuji Line Nankō Port Town Line
Kobe Municipal Subway	Seishin-Yamate Line Kaigan Line Hokushin Line
Kyoto Municipal Subway	Karasuma Line Tōzai Line
Osaka Monorail	Main Saito
Hankai Tramway	Hankai Uemachi
Kobe New Transit	Port Island Line Rokkō Island Line
Keifuku Electric Railroad (Randen)	Arashiyama Line Kitano Line
Eizan Electric Railway (Eiden)	Eizan Main Line Kurama Line

Five major
private rail operators

Hankyu	Hankyu Kobe Main Itami Imazu Koyo Hankyu Takarazuka Main Minoo Hankyu Kyoto Main Senri Arashiyama
Hanshin	Hanshin Main Namba Mukogawa
Keihan	Keihan Main Oto Nakanoshima Katano Uji Otsu Lines ■ Keishin ■ Ishiyama Sakamoto
Nankai	Nankai Main Takashinohama Airport Tanagawa Kada Wakayamako Koya Shiomibashi Naniwasuji (under construction)
Kintetsu Railway	A Namba/Nara G Ikoma B Kyoto/Kashihara H Tenri I Tawaramoto C Keihanna D Osaka J Shigi F Minami Osaka/Yoshino N Domyoji O Nagano P Gose

Four semi-major
private rail operators

Semboku Rapid	Semboku Rapid Railway
Kitakyu	Namboku Line
Kōbe Rapid	Tōzai Line Namboku Line
Sanyo	Sanyo Main Line Aboshi Line

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