Kintetsu Nara Line

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For the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Nara Line, see Nara Line.

Nara Line
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Kansai
Termini	Fuse Kintetsu Nara
Stations	19
Operation
Opening	April 30, 1914
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Corporation
Depot(s)	Higashi-Hanazono Saidaiji
Technical
Line length	26.7 km (16.6 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8¹⁄₂ in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Operating speed	105 km/h (65 mph)

Kintetsu Nara Line

Legend

Lines of Kintetsu unless noted

Hanshin: Hanshin Namba Line (left)

Osaka Municipal Subway: Sennichimae Line (right)

JR West: Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)

JR Namba

Osaka Municipal Subway: Yotsubashi Line

6.1

0.0

Osaka Namba(Osaka Municipal Subway: Namba)

Osaka Municipal Subway: Midōsuji Line

Nankai: Nankai Main, Koya lines (Namba)

Namba Line

Osaka Municipal Subway: Sakaisuji Line

Nippombashi

5.3

0.8

Kintetsu Nippombashi

Osaka Municipal Subway: Tanimachi Line

Tanimachi Kyūchōme

4.1

2.0

Osaka Uehommachi

↓Osaka Line

JR West: Osaka Loop Line

3.0

3.1

Tsuruhashi

1.3

4.8

Imazato

0.0

6.1

Fuse

↓Nara Line←Osaka Line

JR West: Osaka Higashi Line

JR Kawachi-Eiwa

0.8

6.9

Kawachi-Eiwa

1.6

7.7

Kawachi-Kosaka

2.4

8.5

Yaenosato

Yaenosato Depotabandoned in 1967

Kinki Expressway

Tamagawa Workshopabandoned 1982

4.1

10.2

Wakae-Iwata

5.0

11.1

Kawachi-Hanazono

5.6

11.7

Higashi-Hanazono

Higashi-Hanazono Inspection Depot

7.0

13.1

Hyōtan-yama

8.3

14.4

Hiraoka

9.0

15.1

Nukata

Keihanna Line

10.1

16.2

Ishikiri

10.6

16.7

Kusaezakaabandoned in 1964

New Ikoma Tunnel (3,494m)

Ikoma Tunnel

↑Osaka/Nara↓

Ikoma Cable (Toriimae)

14.2

20.3

Ikoma

Ikoma Line

15.4

21.5

Higashi-IkomaHigashi-Ikoma Signal Box

Keihanna Line to Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka

Higashi-Hanazono Inspection Higashi-Ikoma Depot

New Ōtani Tunnel

17.7

23.8

Tomio

19.1

25.2

Gakuen-mae

20.1

26.2

Ayameike

Kyoto Line

22.3

28.4

Yamato-Saidaiji

Kashihara Line

Saidaiji Inspection Depot

(Extra) Camp Car1947-1951

25.0

31.1

Shin-Ōmiya

JR West: Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)

JR West: Kansai Main Line former route

25.9

32.0

Aburasakaabandoned in 1969

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 Sannomiya Station on the Hanshin Railway Main Line in Kobe, Amagasaki Station or Osaka Namba Station on the Namba 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.

History

The line was opened by Osaka Electric Railway Company (大阪電気軌道, Osaka Denki Kidō) in 1914.

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.

Operation

Trains run to and from the Kintetsu Namba Line and the Hanshin Namba Line, and lead to Osaka Namba Station and Amagasaki Station, and Rapid Express trains also to Sannomiya Station on the Hanshin Main Line. Between Yamato-Saidaiji and Kintetsu Nara, through trains of the Kyoto Line also run.

Local trains: Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Osaka Namba - Higashi-Hanazono or Yamato-Saidaiji (partly Kintetsu Nara); in the morning and the evening:Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Osaka Namba - Hyotan-yama or Higashi-Ikoma; partly: Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Osaka Namba - Ishikiri; partly: Yamato-Saidaiji - Kintetsu Nara; only one train: Ikoma → Yamato-Saidaiji (as the last connection from the last limited express train from Osaka for Nara)
Suburban Semi-Express trains: Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Osaka Namba - Yamato-Saidaiji or Kintetsu Nara
Semi-Express trains: Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Osaka Namba - Yamato-Saidaiji or Kintetsu Nara
Express trains, Limited Express trains: Osaka Namba - Kintetsu Nara
Rapid Express trains: Sannomiya (Hanshin) or Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Osaka Namba - Kintetsu Nara

Stations

S: Trains stop.
|: Trains pass.
*: Trains stop when the large events are held at Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium.
(LE): 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)
s: One rapid express train for Nara stop at Ayameike on the school days of Kinki University Elementary School and Kinki University Kindergarten.

Line name	Station name	SSE	SE	Ex	RE	Location
Hanshin Railway line through section		Amagasaki	Amagasaki		Sannomiya
Namba Line	Osaka Namba (LE)	S	S	S	S	Chūō-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
	Kintetsu Nippombashi	S	S	S	S	Chūō-ku, Osaka
	Osaka Uehommachi (LE)	S	S	S	S	Tennoji-ku, Osaka
Osaka Line	Osaka Uehommachi (LE)	S	S	S	S	Tennoji-ku, Osaka
	Tsuruhashi (LE)	S	S	S	S	Ikuno-ku, Osaka
	Imazato	\|	\|	\|	\|	Ikuno-ku, Osaka
	Fuse	S	S	S	\|	Higashi-Osaka
Nara Line	Fuse	S	S	S	\|
	Kawachi-Eiwa	\|	\|	\|	\|
	Kawachi-Kosaka (Osaka University of Commerce, Osaka Shoin Women's University)	S	S	\|	\|
	Yaenosato	\|	\|	\|	\|
	Wakae-Iwata	\|	\|	\|	\|
	Kawachi-Hanazono	\|	\|	\|	\|
	Higashi-Hanazono (Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium)	S	S	*	*
	Hyōtan-yama	S	\|	\|	\|
	Hiraoka	S	\|	\|	\|
	Nukata	S	\|	\|	\|
	Ishikiri	S	S	S	\|
	Ikoma (LE)	S	S	S	S	Ikoma	Nara Prefecture
	Higashi-Ikoma (Tezukayama University Higashi-Ikoma Campus)	S	S	\|	\|	Ikoma
	Tomio	S	S	\|	\|	Nara
	Gakuen-mae (LE) (Tezukayama Gakuen)	S	S	S	S
	Ayameike	S	S	\|	s
	Yamato-Saidaiji (LE)	S	S	S	S
	Shin-Ōmiya	S	S	S	S
	Kintetsu Nara (LE)	S	S	S	S

v t e Kintetsu Lines

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

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