The Kyoto Line was built by Nara Electric Railway(奈良電気鉄道,Nara Denki Tetsudō?) in 1928. The track between Kyoto Station and Horiuchi Station (present-day Kintetsu-Tambabashi Station) was placed on the site of a removed railway, which had been rerouted and is now called the JR Nara Line.
The railway provided the through services to the lines of Kintetsu (originally, Osaka Electric Tramway) from the beginning and was merged into Kintetsu in 1963. Between 1945 and 1968, there were through services with the Keihan Main Line using crossovers at Tambabashi. In 1988, the through services with the Karasuma Line was introduced.
Stations
S: All trains stop
M: Only express trains operated from Kyoto to Kintetsu Miyazu stop
X: Only down (southbound) trains which depart from Kyoto at or after 7:00 p.m. stop
|: Trains pass
Local trains (普通) stop at every station between Kyoto and Yamato-Saidaiji.