{{Short description|Japanese Railway Line}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox rail line | name = Takao Line | native_name = 高尾線 | native_name_lang = ja | color = {{rcr|Keio|KO}}<!-- DeepPink --> | logo = Number prefix Keio-line.svg | logo_width = | image = Keio-Takao-Line 8000.jpg | image_width = 300px | caption = An 8000 series EMU train on the Takao Line in November 2021 | linenumber = {{color|#{{rcr|Keio|KO}}|'''KO'''}} | type = Commuter rail | system = Keio Electric Railway | status = In service | locale = Tokyo | start = {{STN|Kitano|x|Tokyo}} | end = {{STN|Takaosanguchi|x}} | stations = 7 | routes = | daily_ridership = | open = {{start date and age|1967|10|01|df=y}} | close = | owner = Keio Corporation | operator = Keio Corporation | character = | depot = | stock = Keio 5000 series{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}<br />Keio 7000 series<br />Keio 8000 series{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}<br />Keio 9000 series | linelength = {{cvt|8.6|km}}<ref name=Terada>{{cite book| last = Terada| first = Hirokazu| script-title=ja: データブック日本の私鉄 |trans-title=Databook: Private Railways of Japan| publisher = Neko Publishing| date = July 2002| location = Tokyo, Japan| pages = 62–63| isbn = 4-87366-874-3}}</ref> | tracklength = | tracks = | maxincline = 3.5% | minradius = {{cvt|200|m|ft}} | trainprotection = Keio ATC | | gauge = {{RailGauge|1372mm|lk=on}} | electrification = {{1,500 V DC}} (overhead catenary) | speed = {{cvt|105|km/h|mph|round=5|abbr=on}}<ref name=Terada/> | elevation = | map = {{routemap|inline=1 |map = \KHSTa~~ ~~ ~~{{STN|Shinjuku|x}} \LSTR~~ ~~ ~~Keio Line \BHF~~0~~{{STN|Kitano|x|Tokyo}} KHSTaq\ABZgr~~ ~~ ~~Keiō Line ({{STN|Keio Hachiōji|x}}) \KRZo~~ ~~ ~~10pxYokohama Line10px \BHF~~1.7~~{{STN|Keiō-Katakura|x}} \BHF~~3.2~~{{STN|Yamada|x|Tokyo}} exSTR+l\eABZgr~~ ~~ ~~10pxGoryō Line \BHF~~4.3~~{{STN|Mejirodai|x}} \BHF~~5.8~~{{STN|Hazama|x|Tokyo}} STR+r\STR~~ ~~ ~~10pxChūō Main Line BHF\BHF~~6.9~~{{STN|Takao|x|Tokyo}} STRr\STR~~ ~~ ~~10pxChūō Main Line \KBHFe~~8.6~~{{STN|Takaosanguchi|x}} \KBHFaq~~ ~~ ~~Takao Mountain Railroad }} | map_state = collapsed }} The {{Nihongo|'''Takao Line'''|高尾線|Takao-sen}} is a railway line operated by the Japanese private railway operator Keio Corporation. The line connects Kitano Station on the Keio Line, to Takaosanguchi Station, and offers access to Mount Takao at the terminal. It is {{RailGauge|1372mm}} gauge, electrified at 1,500 V DC. The line originally terminated at Goryōmae to service visitors to the Musashi Imperial Graveyard.
During the daytime, most trains operate through to/from the Shinjuku terminal on the Keio Line.
==Service patterns== On the Takao Line, Keio operates six different service types, with trains running through to and from the Keio Main Line. * {{Color box|DarkGray}} {{Nihongo|Local|各駅停車|Kakueki Teisha}} (L) * {{Color box|Blue}} {{Nihongo|Rapid|快速|Kaisoku}} (R) * {{Color box|Yellow}} {{Nihongo|Semi Express|区間急行|Kukan Kyūkō}} (SeE) * {{Color box|LightSeaGreen}} {{Nihongo|Express|急行|Kyūkō}} (E) * {{Color box|DeepPink}} {{Nihongo|Special Express|特急|Tokkyū}} (SpE) * {{Color box|#231714}} Mt.TAKAO (MT) - Reserved-seat supplementary-fare services to and from Shinjuku, operating on weekends and holidays with three round-trips.
==Stations== All stations are in Hachiōji, Tokyo.
;Legend ● : All trains stop<br /> ▲ : Shinjuku-bound trains stop to pick up passengers<br /> │ : All trains pass
{| class="wikitable" |- ! No. ! Station ! Japanese ! Distance (km) (from Kitano) ! Distance (km) (from Shinjuku) !style="background:lightgray; "|L !style="background:lightblue; "|R !style="background:yellow;"|SeE !style="background:lightgreen;"|E !style="background:pink;"|SpE !style="background:black;color:#c6406e;"|MT ! Transfers |- | colspan="11" align="center" |↑ '''Through-running''' '''to/from the {{ric|Keio|KO|name=y}} towards Shinjuku ↑''' |- | {{KOSN|KO|33}} | {{STN|Kitano|x|Tokyo}} | 北野 | 0.0 | 36.1 |style="background:lightgray; text-align:center;"|● |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;"|▲ | {{ric|Keio|KO|name=y}} (KO33) |- | {{KOSN|KO|48}} | {{STN|Keiō-Katakura|x}} | 京王片倉 | 1.7 | 37.8 |style="background:lightgray; text-align:center;"|● |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;"|｜ | {{ric|JR East|JH|name=y}} ({{stn|Katakura|x}}: JH31) |- | {{KOSN|KO|49}} | {{STN|Yamada|x|Tokyo}} | 山田 | 3.2 | 39.3 |style="background:lightgray; text-align:center;"|● |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;"|｜ | |- | {{KOSN|KO|50}} | {{STN|Mejirodai|x}} | めじろ台 | 4.3 | 40.4 |style="background:lightgray; text-align:center;"|● |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;"|▲ | |- | {{KOSN|KO|51}} | {{STN|Hazama|x|Tokyo}} | 狭間 | 5.8 | 41.9 |style="background:lightgray; text-align:center;"|● |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;"|｜ | |- | {{KOSN|KO|52}} | {{STN|Takao|x|Tokyo}} | 高尾 | 6.9 | 43.0 |style="background:lightgray; text-align:center;"|● |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;"|▲ | {{ric|JR East|JC|name=y}} (JC24) |- | {{KOSN|KO|53}} | {{STN|Takaosanguchi|x}} | 高尾山口 | 8.6 | 44.7 |style="background:lightgray; text-align:center;"|● |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;"|● | |} <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.keio.co.jp/train/map/pdf/rosenzu.pdf | title=Key Railway Map | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326125325/https://www.keio.co.jp/train/map/pdf/rosenzu.pdf | archive-date=2024-03-26 }}</ref>
==History==
===Former Goryō Line=== On March 20, 1930, the Keio Electric Tramway opened the Goryō Line, a 6.3 km branch of the Keio Line, electrified at 600 V DC, between Kitano Station and Goryōmae Station. The terminus, Goryōmae, was a gateway for the tomb of Emperor Taishō.
The line had three intermediate stations: Katakura, Yamada, and Yokoyama. Yokoyama Station and Goryōmae Station were renamed Musashi-Yokoyama Station and Tamagoryōmae Station respectively in 1937. The line was single track and had a passing loop at Yokoyama Station. On weekdays, the line operated at 30 or 40 minute intervals, while at weekends it operated through trains to Yotsuya-Shinjuku Station, the Tokyo terminal of Keio at that time, at 20-minute intervals.<ref>{{cite journal| author = Iijima, Masashi|date=July 2003| title = Musashi Chūō Denki Tetsudō to Goryōsen ni tsuite| journal = The Railway Pictorial| volume = 734| pages = 127| publisher = Denkisha Kenkyūkai| issue = July 2003 Extra| location = Tokyo| language = ja}}</ref>
The Keio Electric Tramway was merged into Tokyō Kyūko Dentetsu (present-day Tokyu Corporation) in 1944. The new operator suspended operation of the Goryō Line on January 21, 1945, as a "not needed or not pressing" line, which was subject of the collection of metal for the war effort.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}
In 1948, Keio Teito Electric Railway (present-day Keio Corporation) was established and succeeded the former operation of Keiō Electric Tramway including the suspended Goryō Line.
===Takao Line=== During the economic boom in the 1960s, Keio decided to build a new line to Mount Takao, utilizing a part of the (effectively closed) Goryō Line. Keio opened the Takao Line on October 1, 1967, electrified at 1,500 V DC and dual track to Takao station. Of the former Goryō Line stations, Katakura Station (newly named Keiō-Katakura Station) and Yamada Station were revived.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}
==References== This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia. {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.keio.co.jp/english/index.html Keio Corporation website] {{in lang|en}}
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