Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line

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Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line
Osaka Abenobashi Station,Semi Express heading to Kawachi Nagano, EMU 6820 series ("Series 21")
Osaka Abenobashi Station,
Semi Express heading to Kawachi Nagano,
EMU 6820 series ("Series 21")
Line length: 39.8 km
Gauge: 1067 mm
Voltage: 1500 =
tSTR
Osaka Municipal Subway: Midōsuji Line
tSTR STR
JR-W: Osaka Loop Line, Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)
tHSTR tKRZt KRZt tHBHF
Subway: Tanimachi Line Tennōji
uBHFl tSTR STR
Hankai: Uemachi Line (Tennōji-eki-mae)
KBFa tBHF BHF KBFa
0.0 Ōsaka Abenobashi , , Tennōji
KRZt tSTRrf STR STR
ELEVa STRrg ABZdf KRZo
JR-W: Osaka Loop Line
KRZo-ELEV ABZ3rf KRZu STRrf
JR-W: Hanwa Line
BHF-ELEV ELEVa
1.1 Koboreguchi
ELEV STRlf-ELEV
JR-W: Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)
BHF-ELEV
2.2 Kita-Tanabe
BHF-ELEV
2.8 Imagawa
tSTRlf
ELEV + tHSTR
Osaka Municipal Subway: Tanimachi Line
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ueHSTR + ELEV
Nankai: Hirano Line
BHF-ELEV
3.9 Harinakano
BHF-ELEV
5.2 Yata
ELEVe
eKRZo
JR-W: Hanwa freight line
WBRÜCKE1
Yamato River
BHF KDSa
7.4 Kawachi-Amami Furuichi Depot Amami Train Space
ABZrg STRrf
BHF
8.4 Nunose
BHF
9.2 Takaminosato
BHF
10.1 Kawachi-Matsubara
BHF
11.7 Eganoshō
BHF
12.7 Takawashi
BHF
13.8 Fujiidera
eBHF
Ōjingoryō-mae abandoned in 1974
BHF
15.7 Hajinosato
STRlf HSTR ABZlg
Dōmyōji Line
BHF
16.4 Dōmyōji
STRrg eHBHF STRrf
Konda Hachiman abandoned in 1974
BHF
18.4 Furuichi
KDSr ABZdf STRlg
Furuichi Depot/Nagano Line
HSTe STR
Kawachi-Nagano
BHF
20.1 Komagatani
BHF
22.1 Kaminotaishi
BHF
27.4 Nijōzan
BHF
28.5 Nijō-jinjaguchi
BHF
30.5 Taimadera
BHF
31.2 Iwaki
BHF
32.4 Shakudo
STRrg ABZrf
Gose Line
HSTe STR
Kintetsu Gose
BHF
34.3 Takadashi
KRZo
JR-W: Wakayama Line
BHF
35.7 Ukiana
BHF
36.9 Bōjō
BHF
38.6 Kashiharajingū-nishiguchi
eBHF
Kashiharajingū abandoned in 1939
eABZrg exHSTR exHSTR
Yoshino Line, Unebi Line
STR STRrg ABZ3rg
Kashihara Line
BHF KBFe DST
39.8 Kashiharajingū-mae
ABZrg HSTR STRrf
Truck conversion facility
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Yoshino Line
HSTe
Yoshino
Limited Express EMU series 26000
Limited Express EMU series 26000

The Minami-Osaka Line (南大阪線 Miamni-Ōsaka-sen?) of Kintetsu Corporation is a railway line connecting Ōsaka Abenobashi, southern downtown of Osaka and Kashiharajingū-mae in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture via Osaka's southern suburb cities of Matsubara, Fujiidera and Habikino, and Yamato-Takada and Kashihara of Nara Prefecture. The line is the major access from Osaka to southern part of Nara Basin, and together with Yoshino Line to Yoshino refuge of Emperor Godaigo.

The network comprised of this line and some branch lines is the exception of the Kitetsu network, with the track gauge 1.067 m due to a historical reason.

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[edit] History

The first section of the line opened in 1898 in a part between Kashiwara Station and Furuichi Station by Kayō Railway (河陽鉄道 Kayō Tetsudō?). The next year Kanan Railway (河南鉄道 Kanan Railway?) took over the line, then the company renamed itself Osaka Railway. The railway constructed its own access line to Osaka center, completed in 1923 and electrified with 1500V DC, then the highest voltage in Japan. Later extension to Nara Prefecture, present Kashiharajingū-mae was built in 1929 and through operation began to Yoshino Railway (吉野鉄道 Yoshino Tetsudō?), now Kintetsu Yoshino Line. The entire route was competing with the present Kintetsu Osaka Line, but Osaka Railway was merged to the then Kansai Kyūkō Railway (関西急行鉄道 Kansai Kyūkō Tetsudō?), predecessor of Kintetsu, in 1943.

[edit] Operations

Some trains go through to the Nagano Line and the Yoshino Line, some between Furuichi and Gose Station in Gose Line, and from Gose to Osaka Abenobashi. Local trains run between Osaka Abenobashi and Fujiidera or Furuichi, and between Furuichi and Kashiharajingū-mae. The conductorless trains run between Furuichi and Kashiharajingū-mae.

[edit] Rapid service

Semi-Express (準急 Junkyū?) (SmE)
Suburban Express (区間急行 Kukan Kyūkō?) (SbE)
Express (急行 Kyūkō?) (Ex)
Rapid Express (快速急行 Kaisoku Kyūkō?) (RE)
Seasonal, stops in Minami-Osaka Line are same with Express.
Limited Express (特急 Tokkyū?) (LE)
See Kintetsu Limited Express.

[edit] Stations

  • S: stop
  • *: Limited Express trains stop on New Year Eve and the New Year.
  • Local trains (普通) stop at every station.

For distances and connections, see route diagram.

Stations SmE SbE Ex LE Location
Ōsaka Abenobashi S S S S Abeno-ku, Osaka Osaka Prefecture
Koboreguchi        
Kita-Tanabe         Higashi-
sumiyoshi
-ku
, Osaka
Imagawa        
Harinakano        
Yata        
Kawachi-Amami (Hannan University)         Matsubara
Nunose        
Takaminosato        
Kawachi-Matsubara S      
Eganoshō         Habikino
Takawashi        
Fujiidera S       Fujiidera
Hajinosato S      
Dōmyōji S      
Furuichi S S S * Habikino
Komagatani S      
Kaminotaishi S      
Nijōzan S       Kashiba Nara Prefecture
Nijō-jinjaguchi S       Katsuragi
Taimadera S      
Iwaki S      
Shakudo S S S S
Takadashi S S S S Yamatotakada
Ukiana S S    
Bōjō S S     Kashihara
Kashiharajingū-nishiguchi S S    
Kashiharajingū-mae S S S S
Down to Yoshino on Yoshino Line  

[edit] Statistics

  • Distance: 39.8 km
  • Track: dual
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Kintetsu Lines
1,435 mm lines
Osaka • Nagoya Line Area Osaka LineShigi LineNagoya LineYunoyama LineSuzuka LineYamada LineToba LineShima Line
Nara • Kyoto Line Area Namba LineNara LineIkoma LineKeihanna LineKyoto LineKashihara LineTenri LineTawaramoto Line
1,067 mm lines Minami-Osaka LineDōmyōji LineNagano LineGose LineYoshino Line
762 mm lines Utsube LineHachiōji Line
Funicular lines Ikoma Cable LineNishi-Shigi Cable Line
Ropeway lines Katsuragi Ropeway

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