Kintetsu Nagano Line

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Kintetsu Nagano Line
Line length:	12.5 km
Gauge:	1067 mm
Voltage:	1500 =
Legend Ōsaka Abenobashi Minami-Osaka Line Dōmyōji Line Dōmyōji 0.0 Furuichi Furuichi Depot/Minami-Osaka Line 3.4 Kishi 5.7 Tondabayashi 6.3 Tondabayashi-nishiguchi 7.3 Kawanishi 8.7 Takidanifudō 10.5 Shionomiya Nankai: Kōya Line 12.5 Kawachi-Nagano

The Nagano Line (近鉄長野線, Kintetsu Nagano-sen^?) is a railway line of Japanese private railway company Kintetsu Corporation branching off Minami-Osaka Line at Furuichi in southern suburbs of Osaka. The line connects cities of Habikino, Tondabayashi and Kawachi-Nagano in Osaka Prefecture, terminates at Kawachi-Nagano with connection to Nankai Electric Railway Kōya Line.

Contents 1 History 2 Operation 2.1 Rapid service 3 Stations

[edit] History

The Nagano Line was constructed and opened as the sole line of Kayō Railway (河陽鉄道, Kayō Tetsudō^?) who aimed to connect inland town Kawachi-Nagano to Kashiwara on the Kansai Main Line (then of Kansei Railway (関西鉄道, Kansei Tetsudō^?, also read as Kwansei, Kansai)). The successor Osaka Railway (II) decided and built its own line directly to Osaka, branching from Dōmyōji. The company then opened a line diverting from Furuichi to Nara Prefecture, to complete present Minami-Osaka Line. Thus the line to Kawachi-Nagano became a branch line, present Nagano Line.

[edit] Operation

Nearly all trains go through up to/down from Ōsaka Abenobashi on Minami-Osaka Line. A few trains return at Tondabayashi.

[edit] Rapid service

All trains stop at all stations on the Nagano Line, however, in the section of Minami-Osaka Line most trains are operated as rapids.

Local (普通, Futsū^?) (L)

Limited number of operation, in the morning down to Tondabayashi or Kawachi-Nagano, in midnight up to Furuichi or Osaka Abenobashi.

Semi-Express (準急, Junkyū^?) (SE)

Four trains per hour per direction, all day, all to/from Osaka Abenobashi.

Express (急行, Kyūkō^?) (Ex)

In the rush hours, to/from Osaka Abenobashi.

[edit] Stations

All stations are located in Osaka Prefecture.

Station	L	SE	Ex	Location
Furuichi	S	S	S	Habikino
Kishi	S	S	S	Tondabayashi
Tondabayashi	S	S	S
Tondabayashi-nishiguchi	S	S	S
Kawanishi	S	S	S
Takidanifudō (Osaka Otani University)	S	S	S
Shionomiya	S	S	S	Kawachi-Nagano
Kawachi-Nagano	S	S	S

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Osaka • Nagoya Line Area	Osaka Line • Shigi Line • Nagoya Line • Yunoyama Line • Suzuka Line • Yamada Line • Toba Line • Shima Line
Nara • Kyoto Line Area	Namba Line • Nara Line • Ikoma Line • Keihanna Line • Kyoto Line • Kashihara Line • Tenri Line • Tawaramoto Line
1,067 mm lines	Minami-Osaka Line • Dōmyōji Line • Nagano Line • Gose Line • Yoshino Line
762 mm lines	Utsube Line • Hachiōji Line
Funicular lines	Ikoma Cable Line • Nishi-Shigi Cable Line
Ropeway lines	Katsuragi Ropeway
Former lines	Iga Line • Hokusei Line • Yōrō Line