Overview
The JR Kyoto Line / JR Kobe Line (A) is one continuous stretch of the Tokaido Main Line under two nicknames JR West coined in 1988: Kyoto to Osaka is the Kyoto Line, Osaka onward to Kobe is the Kobe Line, with Osaka Station the boundary. The 33 stations here are the local-train stops, served on a separate pair of tracks from the famous Shin-Kaisoku rapids.
Along the route
South from Kyoto past Yamazaki and its whisky distillery, through the commuter cities of Takatsuki and Ibaraki, into Shin-Osaka for the Shinkansen and on to Osaka itself. West of there come Amagasaki, Koshienguchi for the baseball stadium, and the leafy Nishinomiya–Ashiya belt, before Rokkomichi, Nada and the finish at Sannomiya and Kobe.
Why play it
At 33 stations this is one of the longest commuter runs in the game, packed with mouthfuls like settsu-motoyama and koshienguchi. A genuine endurance test of both stamina and accuracy.
Line data
Everything below is derived from the station data the game runs on, so it always matches what you actually type on the JR京都線・JR神戸線 — all 33 stops of it.
- Operator
- JR West
- Line symbol
- A
- Stations
- 33
- Shape
- Terminal to terminal
- Termini
- 京都 — 神戸
How much typing is this?
Typing every station name on this line takes 308 keystrokes, an average of 9.3 per station. The longest name is 東淀川 (higashi-yodogawa) at 15 keystrokes; the shortest is 摩耶 (maya) at 4. Those counts come from running each name's kana through the game's own romaji engine, so they are what your fingers actually do — not the length of the printed spelling.
Along the way: 3 names contain a small っ, which doubles the next consonant; 3 contain a small ゃ, ゅ or ょ, where the engine accepts both the Hepburn and Kunrei spellings (sha or sya, shu or syu); and 0 end in ん, whose trailing n folds into whatever comes next rather than standing alone.
Where you can change trains
5 of the 33 stations on this line connect to another line in the game. Follow any symbol to that line's guide.
- 京都SK 東海道・山陽新幹線D 奈良線E 嵯峨野線A 琵琶湖線K 烏丸線
- 新大阪M 御堂筋線F おおさか東線SK 東海道・山陽新幹線
- 大阪O 大阪環状線F おおさか東線
- 尼崎H JR東西線
- 元町HS 阪神本線
Every station on the line
All 33 stations in order, with the official station number, the name in kanji, the kana the typing is derived from, and its Hepburn romaji.
| # | No. | Station | Kana | Romaji |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A31 | 京都 | きょうと | kyoto |
| 2 | A32 | 西大路 | にしおおじ | nishi-oji |
| 3 | A33 | 桂川 | かつらがわ | katsuragawa |
| 4 | A34 | 向日町 | むこうまち | mukomachi |
| 5 | A35 | 長岡京 | ながおかきょう | nagaokakyo |
| 6 | A36 | 山崎 | やまざき | yamazaki |
| 7 | A37 | 島本 | しまもと | shimamoto |
| 8 | A38 | 高槻 | たかつき | takatsuki |
| 9 | A39 | 摂津富田 | せっつとんだ | settsu-tonda |
| 10 | A40 | JR総持寺 | じぇいあーるそうじじ | jr-sojiji |
| 11 | A41 | 茨木 | いばらき | ibaraki |
| 12 | A42 | 千里丘 | せんりおか | senrioka |
| 13 | A43 | 岸辺 | きしべ | kishibe |
| 14 | A44 | 吹田 | すいた | suita |
| 15 | A45 | 東淀川 | ひがしよどがわ | higashi-yodogawa |
| 16 | A46 | 新大阪 | しんおおさか | shin-osaka |
| 17 | A47 | 大阪 | おおさか | osaka |
| 18 | A48 | 塚本 | つかもと | tsukamoto |
| 19 | A49 | 尼崎 | あまがさき | amagasaki |
| 20 | A50 | 立花 | たちばな | tachibana |
| 21 | A51 | 甲子園口 | こうしえんぐち | koshienguchi |
| 22 | A52 | 西宮 | にしのみや | nishinomiya |
| 23 | A53 | さくら夙川 | さくらしゅくがわ | sakura-shukugawa |
| 24 | A54 | 芦屋 | あしや | ashiya |
| 25 | A55 | 甲南山手 | こうなんやまて | konan-yamate |
| 26 | A56 | 摂津本山 | せっつもとやま | settsu-motoyama |
| 27 | A57 | 住吉 | すみよし | sumiyoshi |
| 28 | A58 | 六甲道 | ろっこうみち | rokkomichi |
| 29 | A59 | 摩耶 | まや | maya |
| 30 | A60 | 灘 | なだ | nada |
| 31 | A61 | 三ノ宮 | さんのみや | sannomiya |
| 32 | A62 | 元町 | もとまち | motomachi |
| 33 | A63 | 神戸 | こうべ | kobe |
