Kintetsu Nara Line

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For other uses, see Nara Line.

The Kintetsu Nara Line (近鉄奈良線, -sen) is a railway line of the Kintetsu Corporation connecting Higashiosaka, Ikoma, and Nara, Japan. In 1970, the Namba Line was opened, and the actual starting station of the Nara Line moved to Kintetsu Namba Station.

[edit] Operation

Trains go direct to the Namba Line, and lead to Kintetsu Namba Station. Between Yamato-Saidaiji and Kintetsu Nara, trains of the Kyoto Line also run.

Express trains, Rapid Express trains, and Limited Express trains run between Namba and Nara. Semi-Express trains run between Namba and Yamato-Saidaiji in the afternoon, and between Namba and Nara in the rush hour. Local trains run between Namba and Higashi-Hanazono, Namba and Higashi-Ikoma, or between Namba and Yamato-Saidaiji. Some local trains run between Namba and Nara.

On March 21, 2006, Higashi-Hanazono Station became one of the stops of the Semi-Express trains, and the Suburban Semi-Express trains (区間準急, Kukan-Junkyū) started to be operated on the Nara Line (Station stops: Nippombashi, Uehommachi, Tsuruhashi, Fuse, Kawachi-Kosaka, and every station between Higashi-Hanazono and Yamato-Saidaiji or Nara).

[edit] Stations

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Local trains(普通, Futsū or 各駅停車, Kakueki teisha) stop at every station.

Stations	Suburban Semi-Express (区間準急, Kukan-Junkyū)	Semi-Express (準急, Junkyū)	Express (急行, Kyūkō)	Rapid Express (快速急行, Kaisoku-Kyūkō)	Connecting Lines	Location
Namba Line
Kintetsu Namba Station	●	●	●	●	West Japan Railway (JR West): Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) (JR Namba Station) Nanka Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line and Koya Line (Namba Station) Osaka Municipal Subway: Midosuji Line, Yotsubashi Line, and Sennichimae Line (Namba Station)	Chūō-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
Kintetsu Nippombashi Station	●	●	●	●	Osaka Municipal Subway: Sakaisuji Line, and Sennichimae Line (Nippombashi Station)	Chūō-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
Osaka Line
Uehommachi Station	●	●	●	●	Osaka Municipal Subway: Tanimachi Line, and Sennichimae Line (Tanimachi Kyu-chome Station)	Tennoji-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
Tsuruhashi Station	●	●	●	●	West Japan Railway (JR West): Osaka Loop Line Osaka Municipal Subway: Sennichimae Line	Ikuno-ku, Osaka
Imazato Station	\|	\|	\|	\|		Ikuno-ku, Osaka
Nara Line
Fuse Station	●	●	●	\|	Kintetsu: Osaka Line	Higashi-osaka	Osaka Prefecture
Kawachi-Eiwa Station	\|	\|	\|	\|
Kawachi-Kosaka Station	●	●	\|	\|
Yaenosato Station	\|	\|	\|	\|
Wakae-Iwata Station	\|	\|	\|	\|
Kawachi-Hanazono Station	\|	\|	\|	\|
Higashi-Hanazono Station	●	●	▲	▲
Hyotan-yama Station	●	\|	\|	\|
Hiraoka Station	●	\|	\|	\|
Nukata Station	●	\|	\|	\|
Ishikiri Station	●	●	●	\|
Ikoma Station	●	●	●	●	Kintetsu: Keihanna Line and Ikoma Line Kintetsu: Ikoma Cable Line (Toriimae Station)	Ikoma	Nara Prefecture
Higashi-Ikoma Station	●	●	\|	\|		Ikoma
Tomio Station	●	●	\|	\|		Nara
Gakuen-mae Station	●	●	●	●
Ayameike Station	●	●	\|	\|
Yamato-Saidaiji Station	●	●	●	●	Kintetsu: Kyoto Line and Kashihara Line
Shin-Omiya Station	●	●	●	●
Kintetsu Nara Station	●	●	●	●