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{{InfoBox route|title=Keio East Line|depots=[[Aki_Depot]]|operate_speed=80km/h|electrification=25Kv|track_gauge=1435mm|line_length=1.5km (0.93mil)|technical_category=Technical|line_opened=May 1st, 1912|hist_category=History|former_rolling_stock=[[KCRC_K-Stock]] [[KCRC_M-Train]]|rolling_stock=[[KCR EMU]]|operators=[[Kowloon-Canton_Railway_Corporation]]|colorline1=#004D20|service_category=Suburban Rail|initials=KEL|station_amount=2|terminus=[[Aki_Station|Aki]]<br>[[Aki_East_Station|Aki East]]|locale=Joban|owner=[[Kowloon-Canton_Railway_Corporation]]|status=Operational|general_category=Overview|image_desc=|colorline2=|image=}}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 Line|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 [[KCR EMU|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 ==

* [[KCR EMU]] (Since Dec 1984)

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