Keiō Line - WikiHQ

The is a railway line in western Tokyo, Japan, owned by the private railway operator Keiō Corporation. It connects Shinjuku, Tokyo, with the suburban city of Hachiōji. The Keiō Line is part of a network with interchanges and through running to other lines of Keiō Corporation: the Keiō New Line, Keiō Sagamihara Line, the Keiō Keibajō Line, the Keiō Dōbutsuen Line, the Keiō Takao Line, and the gauge Keiō Inokashira Line.

Services

Six different types of limited-stop services are operated on the Keiō Line, along with local trains. Destinations are from Shinjuku unless otherwise indicated. English abbreviations are tentative for this article.

;

: Also known as for short. Until 2001 it was called .

; (R)

: Most services for Hashimoto and Keiō-Tama-Center on the Sagamihara Line, and Takaosanguchi on the Takao Line

; (SeE)

: Most bound for on the Sagamihara Line. Until 2013, these were weekday-only services called .

; (E)

:Most services run from the Toei Shinjuku Line locally and used as the express on the Sagamihara Line via Chōfu in mornings and evenings; other services in mornings and evenings are bound for Keiō-Hachiōji, Takaosanguchi and Takahatafudō.

; (SpE)

: Most services bound for Keiō-Hachiōji and Takaosanguchi can make the run from Shinjuku in 37 minutes and 39 minutes respectively.

; Mt. TAKAO (MT)

: Reserved-seat supplementary-fare services between Shinjuku and Takaosanguchi on the Takao Line. Services operate weekends and holidays with three round-trips. Trains to Takaosanguchi run nonstop after Meidaimae, while trains to Shinjuku make additional stops to receive passengers.

; (KL)

: Reserved-seat supplementary-fare services between Shinjuku and either Keiō-Hachiōji or Hashimoto. Services operate seven days a week, with services to Shinjuku in the morning and from Shinjuku in the evening. Fewer trains operate on weekends and holidays. On trains from Shinjuku, reserved seat tickets are only required up to the first train stop after Meidaimae, after which the train's seats become unreserved.

Stations

All stations are located in Tokyo.
Local trains stop at all stations.

Legend:

● - all trains stop at this station

◇ - trains stop at this station during special events

▲ - Shinjuku-bound trains stop to pick up passengers

｜- all trains pass

R - Rapid; SeE - Semi Express; E - Express; SpE - Special Express; KL - Keiō Liner; MT - Mt.TAKAO

{| class="wikitable" rules="all"

! rowspan="2"|No.

! rowspan="2"|Station

! rowspan="2"|Japanese

! colspan="2"|Distance (km)

!style="background:lightblue; width:1em;" rowspan="2"|R

!style="background:yellow; width:1em;" rowspan="2"|SeE

!style="background:lightgreen; width:1em;" rowspan="2"|E

!style="background:pink; width:1em;" rowspan="2"|SpE

!style="background:black;color:#c6406e; width:1em;" rowspan="2" |KL

!style="background:black;color:#c6406e; width:1em;" rowspan="2" |MT

!rowspan="2"|Transfers

!rowspan="2"|Location

!style="width:2.5em;"|Between Stations

!style="width:2.5em;"|Total

|新宿

|style="text-align:center;"|-

|style="text-align:right;"|0.0

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|●

|Shinjuku

| colspan="13" style="text-align:center;" | and stations are only accessible via the Keiō New Line.

|笹塚

|style="text-align:right;"|3.6

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

| (KO04; some trains through from Chōfu, Hashimoto, and Keiō-Hachiōji)

|Shibuya

|代田橋

|style="text-align:right;"|0.8

|style="text-align:right;"|4.4

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|rowspan="5" style="white-space:nowrap;"|Setagaya

|明大前

|style="text-align:right;"|0.8

|style="text-align:right;"|5.2

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|●

| (IN08)

|下高井戸

|style="text-align:right;"|0.9

|style="text-align:right;"|6.1

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

| (SG10)

|桜上水

|style="text-align:right;"|0.9

|style="text-align:right;"|7.0

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|上北沢

|style="text-align:right;"|0.8

|style="text-align:right;"|7.8

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|八幡山

|style="text-align:right;"|0.6

|style="text-align:right;"|8.4

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|Suginami

|芦花公園

|style="text-align:right;"|0.7

|style="text-align:right;"|9.1

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|rowspan="2"|Setagaya

|千歳烏山

|style="text-align:right;"|0.8

|style="text-align:right;"|9.9

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|仙川

|style="text-align:right;"|1.6

|style="text-align:right;"|11.5

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|rowspan="8"|Chōfu

|つつじヶ丘

|style="text-align:right;"|1.0

|style="text-align:right;"|12.5

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|柴崎

|style="text-align:right;"|0.8

|style="text-align:right;"|13.3

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|国領

|style="text-align:right;"|0.9

|style="text-align:right;"|14.2

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|布田

|style="text-align:right;"|0.7

|style="text-align:right;"|14.9

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|◇

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|◇

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|◇

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|◇

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|調布

|style="text-align:right;"|0.6

|style="text-align:right;"|15.5

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

| (KO18; some trains through from Shinjuku)

|西調布

|style="text-align:right;"|1.5

|style="text-align:right;"|17.0

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|飛田給

|style="text-align:right;"|0.7

|style="text-align:right;"|17.7

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|◇

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|◇

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|◇

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|◇

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|武蔵野台

|style="text-align:right;"|1.1

|style="text-align:right;"|18.8

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

| (: SW04 or : SW03)

|rowspan="6"|Fuchū

|多磨霊園

|style="text-align:right;"|0.8

|style="text-align:right;"|19.6

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|東府中

|style="text-align:right;"|0.8

|style="text-align:right;"|20.4

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|◇

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

| (KO23; some trains through from Shinjuku)

|府中

|style="text-align:right;"|1.5

|style="text-align:right;"|21.9

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|▲

|分倍河原

|style="text-align:right;"|1.2

|style="text-align:right;"|23.1

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|▲

| (JN21)

|中河原

|style="text-align:right;"|1.6

|style="text-align:right;"|24.7

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|聖蹟桜ヶ丘

|style="text-align:right;"|1.6

|style="text-align:right;"|26.3

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|▲

|Tama

|百草園

|style="text-align:right;"|1.7

|style="text-align:right;"|28.0

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|◇

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|◇

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|rowspan="4"|Hino

|高幡不動

|style="text-align:right;"|1.7

|style="text-align:right;"|29.7

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|▲

|南平

|style="text-align:right;"|2.4

|style="text-align:right;"|32.1

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|平山城址公園

|style="text-align:right;"|1.3

|style="text-align:right;"|33.4

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|長沼

|style="text-align:right;"|1.5

|style="text-align:right;"|34.9

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|｜

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|｜

|rowspan="3"|Hachiōji

|北野

|style="text-align:right;"|1.2

|style="text-align:right;"|36.1

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|▲

| (KO33; some trains through from Shinjuku)

|京王八王子

|style="text-align:right;"|1.8

|style="text-align:right;"|37.9

|style="background:lightblue; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:yellow; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:lightgreen; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:pink; text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:black;color:#c6406e;text-align:center;"|●

|style="background:white;text-align:center;"|

Events at stations marked with a "◇" symbol for which trains make special seasonal stops:

Fuda Station: Chofu City Fireworks Festival
Tobitakyū Station: Soccer games, concerts, etc. at Ajinomoto Stadium
Higashi-Fuchū Station: Events (including the Arima Kinen) at Tokyo Racecourse; transfer to the Keiō Keibajō Line
Nakagawara Station: Seiseki-Tamagawa Fireworks Festival
Mogusaen Station: Saturdays and holidays during the Plum Blossom Festival

History

The Shinjuku to Chōfu section opened in 1913 as a gauge interurban line electrified at 600 V DC, and was progressively extended in both directions so that the line connected Shinjuku and Fuchu in 1916. The Sasazuka to Fuchu section was double-tracked between 1920 and 1923. Additionally the overhead line voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC. The Nakagawara to Seiseki-Sakuragaoka section was double-tracked in 1964. The Kitano to Keiō-Hachiōji section was double-tracked in 1970, and the relocation of the terminal station underground was completed in 1989.

From the start of the revised timetable introduced on 25 September 2015, Semi Special Express services were also to stop at Sasazuka and Chitose-Karasuyama stations, and Semi Express services added a stop at Sengawa Station.

The flat junction west of Chofu station between the Keiō Line and Keiō Sagamihara Line has been a source of congestion in the entire Keiō network for years. Keiō has reconfigured the station and put the entire junction and Chofu Station underground to improve operations and separate traffic between the two lines. The underground section of the Keiō around Chofu Station to Kokuryo was completed in 2012.

Level crossings and congestion

The Keiō Line is infamous for its level crossings, of which the 25 lying on the section between Sasazuka and Sengawa stations are classified by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Construction Bureau as as they are closed to road traffic for over 40 minutes in an hour. Congestion on the Keiō Line is also a concern, with trains often running as close as 1 minute apart during rush hours. In 2016, Keiō and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Construction Bureau proposed that the section between Sasazuka and Chofu be grade separated and widened to quadruple-track to reduce the effects caused by the present bunching on the existing at-grade double-tracked line. Later the proposal evolved to call for two separate sets of tracks each dedicated to express and local services, similar to the Keiō and Keiō New lines between Sasazuka and Shinjuku Stations. The government has planned the grade-separating project for this section of line to be completed by 2022, but this date has been delayed due to land acquisition issues and is now slated to be completed in 2031.

Keiō has proposed a later phase for the whole corridor, which involves building another pair of underground tracks for express services between Sasazuka and Chofu, completing the quadruple-tracking of the corridor until the bifurcation of the Keiō New Line. The design of Chofu Station after the completion of the undergrounding works in 2012 allows for the inclusion of another set of underground express tracks in the future.