The District of Joban Keio East Line

Keio East Line

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Keio East Line
General
Status Operational
Owner Kowloon-Canton_Railway_Corporation
Locale Joban
Termini Aki
Aki East
Stations 2
Initials KEL
Service
Operator(s) Kowloon-Canton_Railway_Corporation
Depot(s) Aki_Depot
Rolling stock KCR EMU
Former Rolling Stock KCRC_K-Stock KCRC_M-Train
History
Opened May 1st, 1912
Technical
Line Length 1.5km (0.93mil)
Track gauge 1435mm
Electrification 25Kv
Operating speed 80km/h

The Keio East Line (Chinese: 京王東線) is a rail line operated by the Kowloon-Canton Railway, running from Iwaki to Hatchōbori, and is the shortest line in KCRC and in the whole of Joban.

History

Freight Era

Acting as branch line of the Keio Freight Line for locomotives to access Aki Port in the early 1910s, the line would only use 1 locomotive with a few freight wagons as the need for goods transportation at Aki wasn't that big, therefore only a tank engine would be placed on the line and would run round trips every few hours due to the short length not allowing for long freight trains.

Passenger Era

With the Keio Line also being electrified in the mid-1980s, it would also be decided that this line would be electrified to allow for the coastal eastern regions of Aki to have a direct link to the city. Electrification would be completed only 6 months after construction started in June of 1984 and trains being from the same order for the Sakuya Line. The line now currently uses 1 2-car set of KCR EMU and runs every half hour from each termini.

Stations

Not completed

Rolling Stock