Sagano Line

The Sagano Line (嵯峨野線, Sagano-sen) is the popular name for a portion of the Sanin Main Line in the suburbs of Kyoto, Japan. The electrified and double-tracked railway is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line starts at Kyoto Station and ends at Sonobe Station.

Sagano Line
221 series on a local service
Overview
Native name	嵯峨野線
Owner	JR West
Locale	Kyoto Prefecture
Termini	Kyoto Sonobe
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	Urban Network
History
Opened	1988 (1897)
Technical
Line length	34.2 km (21.3 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Operating speed	130 km/h (81 mph)

The Sagano Line forms part of JR West's "Urban Network". This name has been in use since 1988.

Sagano Scenic Railway

The Sagano Scenic Railway (嵯峨野観光鉄道, Sagano Kankō Tetsudō) is a sightseeing railway that uses an abandoned section of the Sanin Main Line originally built in 1897. In 1989, the Sanin Main Line was rerouted between the present day Saga-Arashiyama Station to Umahori to accommodate track duplication and electrification. However the old route which ran along the Hozu River, had been popular with tourists. The Sagano Scenic Railway, an affiliate of JR West and developed jointly with the city of Kameoka, was founded, and the Sagano Scenic Line began operation in 1991.

The track and stations were all formerly used by the Sanin Main Line and still owned by JR West, while the train is composed of a former JR West Class DE10 diesel locomotive and torokko open-sided cars (derived from the English "truck") converted from former freight gondola cars.

The Sagano Scenic Line stations are as follows (Sagano Line station in parentheses):

Torokko Saga (Saga Arashiyama) - Torokko Arashiyama - Torokko Hozukyo (Hozukyō) - Torokko Kameoka (Umahori)

Stations

• All stations on the Sagano Line are located in Kyoto Prefecture
• Rapid services stop at Kyoto, Nijo, Emmachi, Saga-Arashiyama, and every station from Kameoka to Sonobe.

No.	Station	Japanese	Rapid	Distance (km)	Connections	Location
Sanin Main Line
E01	Kyoto	京都	●	0.0	Tōkaidō Shinkansen JR Kyoto Line Biwako Line Kosei Line Nara Line  B  Kintetsu Kyoto Line Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line	Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
E02	Umekōji-Kyōtonishi	梅小路京都西	|	1.7
E03	Tambaguchi	丹波口	|	2.5
E04	Nijo	二条	●	4.2	Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line	Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
E05	Emmachi	円町	●	5.8
E06	Hanazono	花園	|	6.9		Ukyo-ku, Kyoto
E07	Uzumasa	太秦	|	8.6	Randen Arashiyama Main Line
E08	Saga-Arashiyama	嵯峨嵐山	●	10.3	Sagano Scenic Railway Randen Arashiyama Main Line
E09	Hozukyo	保津峡	|	14.3		Kameoka
E10	Umahori	馬堀	|	18.1	Sagano Scenic Railway
E11	Kameoka	亀岡	●	20.2
E12	Namikawa	並河	●	23.4
E13	Chiyokawa	千代川	●	25.2
E14	Yagi	八木	●	28.2		Nantan
E15	Yoshitomi	吉富	●	32.2
E16	Sonobe	園部	●	34.2
Continuing service on the Sanin Main Line to Fukuchiyama and beyond

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