Metro photo courtesy Magnus Stomfelt

Kyoto

Type	Full Metro and LRT
Stations	27
Lines	2
Length In Subway	25.4 km (approx)
Length Topside	1 km (approx)
Total Length	26.4 km
Year Built	1981
Address	Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau  Minu-Bojo-Cho 48, Nakakyoku  604 Kyoto, Japan
Links	Kyoto Citybus and Subway Guide (in Japanese) Streetcars of Kyoto More streetcar /LRT images from Yokhoo Subway photos by Mark Kavanagh Kyoto Subway Index Statistics from Bob Schwandl's MetroPlanet Great photo from Osamu Abe's site L'Empire Du Rail Photos and station tours from Hisakyu's Railway Guide
Comments	Kyoto has 4 mass transit railways, including the municipal subway, the Hankyu Electric Railway (2.1 miles underground), the Keihan Electric Railway (1.4 miles underground) and a 14.4 mile extension that links with the Keifuku Electric Railway. The new Tozai (east-west) line is completely automated. The municipal subway is mostly underground, with the exception of one station.

Streetcar/LRT, Kyoto from Yokhoo's Japanese Streetcars (l) Keifuku Electric Railway, (r) Eizan Electric Railway

Kyoto has the honour of the oldest streetcar line in Japan, the Fushimi line of the Kyoto Electric Railway, which opened in 1895. Sadly, the line closed in 1971. Currently, Kyoto's has only 4 tram lines:  two on the the Keifuku Denetsu, or the "Ranzan line" to Arayashima, opened in 1910, and two on the 21.6 km line to Otsu, opened in 1912 and run by the Eizan Electric Railway Co.