Keikyu Daishi Line

Keikyu Daishi Line
A 1500 series 4-car set on the Keikyu Daishi Line in January 2012
Overview
Native name	京急大師線
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Termini	Keikyū Kawasaki Kojimashinden
Stations	7
Operation
Opened	1899
Owner	Keikyu
Technical
Line length	4.5 km (2.8 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	60 km/h (35 mph)

The Keikyu Daishi Line (京急大師線, Keikyū Daishi-sen^?) is a 4.5 km (2.8 mi) railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu. It connects Keikyu Kawasaki Station and Kojimashinden Station, both located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki.

Keikyu Daishi Line services are operated only by four-car electric multiple unit (EMU) trains, stopping at all stations between Keikyu Kawasaki and Kojimashinden. During the weekday off-peak, trains run at 10-minute intervals, increased to 5-minute intervals during the morning and evening peaks.

Services on the line are normally operated using four-car Keikyu 1500 series EMUs, but are occasionally operated by other types, including four-car Keikyu 600 series or Keikyu 2000 series EMUs.

The line was opened on 21 January 1899 by the Daishi Electric Railway (大師電気鉄道^?), as a standard gauge line electified at 600 V DC, between Kawasaki Station (later renamed Rokugōbashi Station (六郷橋駅^?), which closed in 1949) and Daishi Station (later renamed Kawasaki-Daishi Station). The company was renamed Keihin Electric Railway (京浜電気鉄道^?) on 25 April 1899. The line was double-tracked over its entire length from 29 November the same year, and extended from Rokugōbashi Station to the present-day Keikyu Kawasaki Station on 1 September 1902.