Keifuku Electric Railroad

This railway started service in 1910,^[3] operated at that time by Arashiyama Electric Tram Railway (嵐山電車軌道, Arashiyama Densha Kidō). It was transferred to the Kyoto-based electric power generation company Kyoto Dento (京都電燈, Kyōto Dentō). Later it built the Kitano Line.^[4]

Formerly the company operated several railway lines in Fukui Prefecture. Some of them are now operated by Echizen Railway.^[5]

The Eizan Electric Railway also belonged to Keifuku until 1985.^{[6][citation needed]}

The Randen (嵐電, Randen) is a small network of interurban lines classified legally as tramwaysinKyoto.

The Arashiyama Line (嵐山本線, Arashiyama Honsen) connects Kyoto's city center (Shijo-Omiya terminal) and scenic Arashiyama area in the western suburb.

The Kitano Line (北野線, Kitano Sen) is from Kitano Hakubaicho Station near Kitano Tenmangū to Katabiranotsuji Station in the midst of Arashiyama (Main) Line.

The Eizan Cable (叡山ケーブル, Eizan Kēburu), officially the Cable Line (鋼索線, Kōsaku-sen), is a funicular line in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto.

The Eizan Ropeway (叡山ロープウェイ, Eizan Rōpuwei) (Ja) is an aerial tramwayinSakyo-ku, Kyoto. The line length is 0.5 km (0.31 mi).

The cable and ropeway lines are for visitors to Mount Hiei on the northeastern edge of the city, together with Eizan Electric Railway's Eizan Main Line.

The Arashiyama Tram opened the line in 1910, with 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge and electrified at 600 V DC. The Kyoto Electric Light Company acquired the line in 1918, and double-tracked the track between 1925 and 1928. Keifuku acquired the line in 1942.^{[7][citation needed]}

The Kyoto Electric Light Company opened the line between 1925 and 1926, and double-tracked the Tokiwa to Narutaki section in 1930. Plans to double-track the rest of the line were abandoned as a result of the economic depression. Keifuku acquired the line in 1942.^{[7][citation needed]}

• Arashiyama Station: A 3 km (1.9 mi) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) line electrified at 600 V DC and dual track except for the Kiyotaki tunnel operated to Kiyotaki between 1929 and 1944. It connected to a 2 km (1.2 mi) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) funicular which climbed 638 m (2,093 ft) to Atago JinjaonMount Atago, Kosaku line which operated for the same period. Closed due to war time austerity measures, efforts to re-establish the incline in the 1950s were unsuccessful. (Atagosan Tetsudo [ja])^{[citation needed]}

"Keifuku" is composed of two characters『京』and "福", the former denoting Kyoto and the latter Fukui. As the Kyoto Dento lines used to be in Fukui, the hydraulic source, and in Kyoto, the company took the name "Keifuku".

• List of railway lines in Japan

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

• Randen
• Keifuku Electric Railroad (in Japanese)