Karasuma Line

{{short description|Subway line in Kyoto, Japan}}

{{Infobox rail line

| box_width =

| name = Karasuma Line

| native_name = 烏丸線

| native_name_lang = ja

| color = {{rcr|Kyoto Municipal Subway|k}}

| logo = Subway KyotoKarasuma.svg

| logo_width = 50

| image = Kyoto subway 20 series unit 31 20220506 Takeda.jpg

| image_width = 300px

| caption = Kyoto subway 20 series unit 31 at Takeda station

| type = Rapid transit

| system = {{ric|Kyoto Municipal Subway|name=y}}

| status =

| locale = Kyoto

| start = {{STN|Kokusaikaikan|x}}

| end = {{STN|Takeda|x|Kyoto}}

| stations = 15

| routes =

| daily_ridership =

| open = {{start date and age|1981|05|29|df=y}}

| close =

| owner =

| operator = Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau

| character =

| depot = Takeda

| stock = 10 series,

20 series EMUs

| linelength = {{cvt|13.7|km|mi|abbr=on}}

| tracklength =

| tracks =

| gauge = {{RailGauge|sg|allk=on}}

| electrification = 1,500 V DC overhead catenary

| speed = {{cvt|75|km/h|mph|round=5|abbr=on}}

| elevation =

| website = http://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/

| map = [http://www.city.kyoto.jp/koho/eng/access/subway.html Subway Map]

| map_state = show

}}

{{Karasuma Line RDT}}

The {{nihongo|Karasuma Line|烏丸線|Karasuma-sen}} is one of the two lines of the Kyoto Municipal Subway operated by Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau in Kyoto, Japan. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is colored green, and its stations are given numbers following the letter "K". It serves seven of Kyoto's eleven wards: Sakyō-ku, Kita-ku, Kamigyō-ku, Nakagyō-ku, Shimogyō-ku, Minami-ku, and Fushimi-ku. It connects {{STN|Kokusaikaikan|x}} in Sakyō-ku and {{STN|Takeda|x|Kyoto}} in Minami-ku.

Between {{STN|Kitaōji|x}} and {{STN|Jūjō|x|Kyoto Municipal Subway}}, trains run beneath the north–south Karasuma Street, hence the name. They link to the other subway line, the Tozai Line, at {{STN|Karasuma Oike|x}}. They also connect to the JR lines at Kyoto Station and the Hankyu Kyoto Line running beneath Shijō Street at the intersection of Shijō Karasuma, Kyoto's central business district. At Shijō Karasuma, the subway station is named {{STN|Shijō|x}}, whereas Hankyu's station is called {{STN|Karasuma|x}}.

The Transportation Bureau and Kintetsu Railway jointly operate through services, which continue to the Kintetsu Kyoto Line to Kintetsu Nara Station in Nara. The Karasuma Line and the Kyoto Line connect at Kyoto and Takeda.

This line covers a total distance of {{Cvt|13.7|km}} in 26 minutes and the average daily ridership in 2009 was 411,881 passengers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/page/0000094752.html|title=京都市交通局：地下鉄のあゆみと概要|website=www.city.kyoto.lg.jp|access-date=2019-04-28}}