Kintetsu Nara Line
| Nara Line | |
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| Overview | |
| Native name | 奈良線 |
| 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 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Electrification | 1,500 V DC, overhead lines |
| Operating speed | 105 km/h (65 mph) |
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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 connects Fuse Station in eastern suburb of Osaka to Kintetsu Nara Station in the historic city of Nara, but operationally trains start at Kobe Sannomiya Station on the Hanshin Railway Main Line in Kobe, Amagasaki Station or Osaka Namba Station on the Namba Line in southern downtown Osaka, operating on Osaka Line to Fuse. The eastern satellite cities such as Higashiosaka and Ikoma are connected by the line. This line is the most direct between Osaka and Nara compared to the JR line.
History
The line was opened by Osaka Electric Railway Company (大阪電気軌道 Osaka Denki Kidō) in 1914, dual track and electrified at 600 VDC.
In 1969 the voltage was increased to 1500 VDC, and in 1970 the Namba Line was opened, and the operational starting station of the Line moved to Kintetsu Namba Station, from 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 Kobe 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
- Kobe 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 | |
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| Hanshin Railway line through section |
Amagasaki | Amagasaki | Kobe Sannomiya | ||||
| Namba Line | Osaka Namba (LE) | S | S | S | S | Chūō-ku, Osaka |
Osaka Prefecture |
| Kintetsu Nippombashi | S | S | S | S | |||
| Osaka Uehommachi (LE) | S | S | S | S | Tennoji-ku, Osaka | ||
| Osaka Line | |||||||
| Tsuruhashi (LE) | S | S | S | S | Ikuno-ku, Osaka | ||
| Imazato | | | | | | | | | |||
| Fuse | S | S | S | | | Higashi-Osaka | ||
| Nara Line | |||||||
| 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 | | | | | |||
| 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 | |||
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
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