Kintetsu Yoshino Line

Kintetsu Yoshino Line
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Locale Nara Prefecture
Termini Kashihara-Jingūmae
Yoshino
Stations 16
Operation
Opened 25 October 1912
Owner Kintetsu Corporation
Depot(s) Muda (branch depot of Furuichi Inspection Depot)
Technical
Line length 25.2 km (15.7 mi)
No. of tracks 1
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius 160 m[1]
Electrification 1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed 100 km/h (60 mph)[1]

The Kintetsu Yoshino Line (近鉄吉野線 Kintetsu Yoshino-sen) is a railway line in Nara Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Corporation. It connects Kashihara-Jingūmae in Kashihara and Yoshino in Yoshino. All Express and Limited Express trains continue to and from Ōsaka Abenobashi Station on the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line.

History

The Yoshino Railway (吉野鉄道) Co. opened the Yoshino - Muda section in 1912, and extended the line to Kashiharajingū-mae in 1923, electrifying the entire line at 1500 VDC at that time.[1]

In 1929 the company merged with the Osaka Electric Railway Co., which merged with Kintetsu in 1944.

Freight services ceased in 1984, and CTC signalling was commissioned in 2001.

Stations

No. Station Japanese Distance (km) Limited Express Transfers Location
F42 Kashiharajingū-mae 橿原神宮前 0.0 O Kashihara Nara Prefecture
F43 Okadera 岡寺 1.1 |
F44 Asuka 飛鳥 2.2 O Asuka, Takaichi District
F45 Tsubosakayama 壺阪山 3.9 O Takatori, Takaichi District
F46 Ichio 市尾 6.0 |
F47 Kuzu 葛 7.9 | Gose
F48 Yoshinoguchi 吉野口 9.5 O
F49 Kusurimizu 薬水 11.2 | Ōyodo, Yoshino District
F50 Fukugami 福神 12.8 O
F51 Ōada 大阿太 14.6 |
F52 Shimoichiguchi 下市口 17.0 O
F53 Koshibe 越部 18.7 |
F54 Muda 六田 20.7 O
F55 Yamato-Kamiichi 大和上市 22.9 O Yoshino, Yoshino District
F56 Yoshino-Jingū 吉野神宮 23.7 O
F57 Yoshino 吉野 25.2 O

References

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

  1. 1 2 3 Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 123. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
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