Kintetsu Gose Line

The Kintetsu Gose Line (近鉄御所線, Kintetsu Gose sen) is a railway line of Kintetsu Corporation in Nara Prefecture, Japan connecting Shakudo Station in Katsuragi and Kintetsu Gose Station in Gose.

The line has four stations including the terminal Gose and the transfer station Shakudo. It is mainly used by commuters to Osaka, as well as those who access to Mt. Katsuragi. At Kintetsu Gose, there is a bus headed for the Mt. Katsuragi Ropeway, which is also run by Kintetsu.

Route data

Gauge: 1,067 mm
Length: 5.2 km
Interlocking system: Electronic Interlocking

History

The Osaka Electric Railway Co. opened the line in 1930, electrified at 1500 VDC. The company merged with Kintetsu in 1944.

Stations

No.	Station	km	Location
P23	Shakudo 尺土	0.0	Katsuragi	Nara Prefecture
P24	Kintetsu Shinjō 近鉄新庄	2.4
P25	Oshimi 忍海	3.9
P26	Kintetsu Gose 近鉄御所	5.2	Gose

Connecting Lines

Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line at Shakudo
JR West Wakayama Line (Gose Station) at Kintetsu Gose

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

Kintetsu Railway and Transport

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

Funicular lines	Ikoma Cable Line Nishi-Shigi Cable Line

Ropeway lines	Katsuragi Ropeway Line



Former lines	Hachiōji Line Hokusei Line Iga Line Utsube Line Yōrō Line

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