Kintetsu Nara Line

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Kintetsu Nara Line
Gauge:	1435 mm
Voltage:	1500 =
Legend Sannomiya Hanshin: Main Line Amagasaki Nishikujo Hanshin: Hanshin Namba Line opening in spring 2009 Subway: Sennichimae Line Yamatoji Line (JR Namba) Subway: Yotsubashi Line Nankai Main, Koya lines (Namba) 6.1 0.0 Kintetsu Namba (Subway: Namba) Subway: Midōsuji Line Subway: Sakaisuji Line (Nippombashi) 5.3 0.8 Kintetsu Nippombashi (Subway: Nippombashi) Subway: Tanimachi Line (Tanimachi Kyūchōme) 4.1 2.0 Uehommachi (Subway: Tanimachi Kyūchōme) terminal for Osaka Line JR-W: Osaka Loop Line 3.0 3.1 Tsuruhashi 1.3 4.8 Imazato 0.0 6.1 Fuse Osaka Line/Nara Line Kintetsu: Osaka Line 0.8 6.9 Kawachi-Eiwa (JR-W: JR Kawachi-Eiwa) JR-W: Osaka Higashi Line 1.6 7.7 Kawachi-Kosaka 2.4 8.5 Yaenosato Yaenosato Depot, Tamagawa Workshop abandoned 4.1 10.2 Wakae-Iwata 5.0 11.1 Kawachi-Hanazono 5.6 11.7 Higashi-Hanazono Higashi-Hanazono Depot 7.0 13.1 Hyōtan-yama 8.3 14.4 Hiraoka 9.0 15.1 Nukata Kintetsu: Keihanna Line 10.1 16.2 Ishikiri Kusaezaka abandoned in 1964 New Ikoma Tunnel (3,494m) Kintetsu: Ikoma Cable (Toriimae) 14.2 20.3 Ikoma Kintetsu: Ikoma Line 15.4 21.5 Higashi-Ikoma Keihanna Line to Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka Higashi-Ikoma Train Space 17.7 23.8 Tomio 19.1 25.2 Gakuen-mae 20.1 26.2 Ayameike Kintetsu: Kyoto Line 22.3 28.4 Yamato-Saidaiji Kintetsu: Kashihara Line Saidaiji Depot 25.0 31.1 Shin-Ōmiya Aburasaka abandoned in 1969 JR-W: Kansai Main (Yamatoji) Line 26.7 32.8 Kintetsu Nara

The Nara Line (奈良線, Nara sen^?) is a Japanese railway line of Kintetsu Corporation (近畿日本鉄道, Kinki Nippon Tetsudō^?) (Kintetsu for short). The line is from Fuse Station in eastern suburb of Osaka to Kintetsu Nara Station in the historic city of Nara, but operationally trains start at Kintetsu Namba Station on the Nabma Line in southern downtown Osaka, runs on Osaka Line to Fuse. The eastern satellite cities such as Higashiosaka and Ikoma are along the line. Osaka and Nara have the shortest railway link among JR and Kintetsu lines.

[edit] History

The line was opened by the Osaka Electric Tramway (大阪電気軌道, Osaka Denki Kidō^?).

In 1970, the Namba Line was opened, and the operational starting station of the Line moved to Kintetsu Namba Station, until then Uehonmachi Station of Osaka Line.

[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. In 2009, trains will run on the Nara Line, the Namba Line, and the Hanshin Namba Line (on the same day the Hanshin Railway Nishi-Osaka Line is renamed to the Hanshin Railway Hanshin Namba Line, to extend to the Namba Station).

Express trains, Rapid Express trains, and Limited Express trains run between Namba and Nara. Semi-Express trains run between Namba and Yamato-Saidaiji in off-peak hours, 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 train (区間準急, Kukan-Junkyū) service started.

[edit] Stations

• x: Trains stop.
• |: Trains pass.
• *: Trains stop when rugby football games held.
• **: Limited express trains stop.
• Local trains (普通, Futsū or 各駅停車, Kakueki teisha) stop at every station.
• SSE: Suburban Semi-Express (区間準急, Kukan-Junkyū^?)
• SE: Semi-Express (準急, Junkyū^?)
• Ex: Express (急行, Kyūkō^?)
• RE: Rapid Express (快速急行, Kaisoku-Kyūkō^?)

Stations	SSE	SE	Ex	RE	Location
Namba Line
Kintetsu Namba**	x	x	x	x	Chūō-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
Kintetsu Nippombashi	x	x	x	x
Osaka Line
Uehommachi**	x	x	x	x	Tennoji-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
Tsuruhashi**	x	x	x	x	Ikuno-ku, Osaka
Imazato	|	|	|	|
Nara Line
Fuse	x	x	x	|	Higashi-Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
Kawachi-Eiwa	|	|	|	|
Kawachi-Kosaka (Osaka University of Commerce, Osaka Shoin Women's University)	x	x	|	|
Yaenosato	|	|	|	|
Wakae-Iwata	|	|	|	|
Kawachi-Hanazono	|	|	|	|
Higashi-Hanazono (Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium)	x	x	*	*
Hyōtan-yama	x	|	|	|
Hiraoka	x	|	|	|
Nukata	x	|	|	|
Ishikiri	x	x	x	|
Ikoma**	x	x	x	x	Ikoma	Nara Prefecture
Higashi-Ikoma (Tezukayama University)	x	x	|	|
Tomio	x	x	|	|	Nara
Gakuen-mae (Tezukayama Gakuen)**	x	x	x	x
Ayameike	x	x	|	|
Yamato-Saidaiji**	x	x	x	x
Shin-Ōmiya	x	x	x	x
Kintetsu Nara**	x	x	x	x

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1,435 mm lines
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