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Keihan Electric Railway (Keihan Electric Railway, Keihan) will revise its timetable on Saturday, August 26, 2023.

The number of passengers has returned. Therefore, many lines have taken flexible measures, such as returning the number of trains to a certain extent, as in the case of the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, and increasing the number of trains when there are many passengers, as in the case of the JR West Hiroshima Rapid "City Liner". Many people were looking forward to Keihan's service as well... but the number of trains has been further reduced.

​Increased number of "liners"

The number of "liners" with reserved seats will be increased, with weekday mornings going to Yodoyabashi and evenings going to Demachiyanagi.

In the morning, the number of "liners" departing from Kuzuha at 8:19 and arriving at Yodoyabashi at 8:54 will be increased, and "liners" departing from Kuzuha and Hirakata will also stop at Korien and Neyagawa.

Fares for all trains except the "Premium Car" (same price as the limited express and rapid express) are set lower than the "Premium Car," but it is unclear how much it will cost to board from Korien or Neyagawashi.

In the evening, the train will stop at the same stations as before, but will pass through Neyagawashi and Korien. The "Liner" departing from Yodoyabashi Station at 9 p.m. will be discontinued, and the number of "Liner" trains departing from Yodoyabashi at 5:33 p.m. and 6:36 p.m. to Demachiyanagi will be increased.

In addition to these, a "Liner" departing from Demachiyanagi at 5:55 p.m. to Yodoyabashi will also be operated. This will meet the demand for returning home from Kyoto to Osaka.

​Further reduction of trains other than "Liner"

Early morning trains bound for Yodoyabashi will be introduced that change from "local" to "limited express" at Sanjo.

Some rapid limited express "Rakuraku" and "rapid express" trains on weekdays will be changed to "limited express." The number of trains departing from Sanjo Station in the evening at 5 p.m. will be reduced from 2 Rakuraku, 3 Limited Express, 2 Rapid Express, and 5 Local trains to 1 Rapid Limited Express, 4 Limited Express, 1 Liner, 1 Rapid Express, 2 Semi Express, and 3 Local trains.

The late-night outbound Limited Express to Hirakatashi will be changed to an Express to Yodo. Currently it connects at Tanbabashi, but after the change it will connect to a Local to Neyagawashi at Yodo. This means that there will be no more 7-car Limited Express trains.

In addition to this, there will be fewer Limited Express trains on weekends from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., and the number of trains will be reduced in the early morning and late night hours on weekdays and weekends. But that's not all.

The number of Semi Express trains will be reduced on weekdays during the daytime at 1 and 2 p.m. The frequency will be reduced from about one every 15 minutes to about one every 30 minutes (two trains per hour).

Instead, local trains bound for Hirakata City will run to Demachiyanagi, but the convenience of stations along the way, such as Neyagawa City and Korien, will be further reduced.

I miss the days when express, limited express, limited express, limited express, and local trains ran one every 10 minutes per direction during the day on weekdays. Now, even in the quadruple track section, there will only be 12 trains per hour (one every five minutes). This is the number of trains that run north of Takatsuki City on the Hankyu Kyoto Line, where there are fewer people.

All about cost reduction

There are various investment plans, such as increasing the number of "premium cars" on the 3000 series express trains to two cars and reducing the number of regular cars from seven to six, and extending the line to an IR (a complex resort with a casino, hotel, exhibition center, etc.) near the Osaka Expo site, but the convenience of the Keihan Line as a daily means of transportation will be further reduced.

Is this inevitable, given the decline in the productive population in Neyagawa and Kadoma, which are located along the line? I hope we don't end up in a situation where we can't transfer to a local train even if we ride the premium car...

JR Kyushu also has tourist trains, but there are similar signs, such as a decrease in rapid trains going from Hakata to Omuta, which is worrying.