Osaka Higashi Line

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The Osaka Higashi Line (おおさか東線 Ōsaka-Higashi-sen?) is a railway line operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Before being named on August 23, 2007, the line was constructed with the tentative name "Osaka Outer Loop Line (大阪外環状線 Ōsaka-soto-kanjōsen?)". The line will connect Shin-Osaka Station in northern Osaka with Kyūhōji Station in Yao, forming an arc around the eastern suburbs of the city, but currently only the southern half of the line, between Hanaten and Kyūhōji, is in operation.

The southern part opened on March 15, 2008.[1] Because of problems with the site purchase, the construction of the northern part has been delayed and the section is expected to open in 2011.

The line is constructed and owned by the Osaka Soto-Kanjo Railway Co., Ltd. (大阪外環状鉄道株式会社 Ōsaka Sotokanjō Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha?) as a Category-3 railway business under the Railway Business Act of Japan. JR West operates trains as a Category-2 railway business.

[edit] Stations

  • S: Rapid service trains stop.
  • |: Rapid service trains pass.
Status Station km Thgough
Rapid Service		 Connections Ward/City
Under construction
(existing on other line)		 Shin-Osaka
新大阪		   through to
Amagasaki
via the
Gakkentoshi Line
and the
JR Tozai Line		 JR Kyoto Line, Sanyō Shinkansen, Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
Under construction Nishi-Suita*
西吹田		     Suita
Awaji*
淡路		   Hankyu Kyoto Line, Hankyu Senri Line Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka
Miyakojima*
都島		     Miyakojima-ku, Osaka
Noe*
野江		   Keihan Main Line, Osaka Municipal Subway Tanimachi Line (Noe-Uchindai Station) Joto-ku, Osaka
Under construction
(existing on other line)		 Shigino
鴫野		   | Gakkentoshi Line, Osaka Municipal Subway Imazatosuji Line
In operation Hanaten
放出		 0.0 S Gakkentoshi Line Tsurumi-ku, Osaka
Takaida-Chūō
高井田中央		 1.7 | Osaka Municipal Subway Chuo Line (Takaida Station) Higashiosaka
JR Kawachi-Eiwa
JR河内永和		 3.3 | Kintetsu Nara Line (Kawachi-Eiwa Station)
JR Shuntokumichi
JR俊徳道		 3.9 | Kintetsu Osaka Line (Shuntokumichi Station)
JR Nagase
JR長瀬		 4.9 |  
Shin-Kami
新加美		 7.6 |   Hirano-ku, Osaka
Kyūhōji
久宝寺		 9.2 S Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) Yao
Rapid Service go through to Nara via the Yamatoji Line.
  • Stations with tentative names are marked with *.

[edit] References

  1. ^ JR West Press Release (December 20, 2007) (Japanese)

[edit] External links

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