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Fukuchiyama Line
(JR Takarazuka Line) |
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 223 series EMU on a Tanbaji Rapid Service |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Heavy rail |
| Locale | Hyogo Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture |
| Termini | Amagasaki Fukuchiyama |
| Stations | 30 (23 as the JR Takarazuka Line) |
| Operation | |
| Operator(s) | West Japan Railway Company |
| Rolling stock | 207 series EMU 321 series EMU 221 series EMU 223-6000 series EMU 223-5500 series EMU 113 series EMU 183 series EMU 287 series EMU |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 106.5 km |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) (narrow gauge) |
| Electrification | 1500 V DC, overhead line |
| Operating speed | 120 km/h |
The Fukuchiyama Line (福知山線 Fukuchiyama-sen) is a railway line of West Japan Railway (JR West) between Osaka and Fukuchiyama, Japan. Within JR West's "Urban Network" covering the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan region, the line from Osaka to Sasayamaguchi is also called the JR Takarazuka Line (JR宝塚線). The line runs through the cities of Kawanishi and Takarazuka in the northwestern corner of the Osaka metropolitan area.
Although Amagasaki is the line's official southeastern terminus, all trains continue east to Osaka and beyond on the JR Kōbe Line, or to the Gakkentoshi Line via the JR Tōzai Line.
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[edit] Route data
- Jurisdiction (enterprise classification): West Japan Railway (first kind railroad enterprise company)
- Route distance: 106.5 km
- Rail gauge: 1,067 mm
- The number of stations: 30 stations (23 stations as the JR Takarazuka Line)
- Electrified section: Whole-line electrification (direct current 1500V)
[edit] Rolling stock
- 207 series (Rapid and Local services)
- 221 series (Tanbaji and Rapid services, until March 2012)
- 223 series (Tanbaji and Rapid services)
- 225 series (from March 2012)
- 321 series (Rapid and Local services)
- 113 series (until March 2012)
- 183 series (Limited Express Kounotori)
- 287 series (Limited Express Kounotori)
[edit] History
Kawabe Horsecar Railway (川辺馬車鉄道 Kawabe Bashatetsudō) started the history of the line in 1891. The railway operated the line between Amagasaki and Itami (about 8 km) by horsecars. In 1893, the horsecar railway was reorganized as Settsu Railway (摂津鉄道 Settsu Tetsudō), which introduced steam power to the railway and extended the line to Ikeda.
Settsu Railway was merged by Hankaku Railway (阪鶴鉄道 Hankaku Tetsudō), which had a plan to build a railway between Osaka and Maizuru. Hankaku Railway extended the line to Takarazuka in 1897 and to Fukuchiyama in 1899. Also the company connected the line to the Kanzaki Station (present-day Amagasaki Station) of the government line in 1898 making the line to the original Amagasaki terminal a branch. Hankaku Railway was nationalized on August 1, 1907.
The branchline between Amagasakikō Station (former Amagasaki terminal of the horsecar railway) and Tsukaguchi Station ceased passenger operation in 1981 and freight operation in 1984.
Modernization of the route began in the 1980s. Railway signal system changed to CTC, and electrification to Fukuchiyama was completed in 1986.
On April 25, 2005, a seven-car Rapid Service derailed and crashed between Tsukaguchi and Amagasaki on its way for Doshisha-mae via the JR Tōzai Line and the Katamachi Line (see: Amagasaki rail crash). Operations on the affected part of the line remained suspended until trial runs began on June 7, 2005. Passenger service resumed on June 19, 2005.
[edit] Stations
- S : Trains stop
- s : Limited stop
- | : Trains pass
- Local (普通): Through trains to and from the JR Kyoto Line stop at Tsukamoto Station.
- Rapid service: Through trains to and from the JR Tozai Line return at Tsukaguchi Station in the non-rush hour.
| Line name | Station | Distance from Amagasaki Station (km) |
Local | Rapid Service | Tambaji Rapid Service | Connecting Lines | Location | ||
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| Common | Official | ||||||||
| JR Takarazuka Line | Tōkaidō Main Line | Osaka | 7.7 | S | S | S |
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Kita-ku, Osaka | Osaka Prefecture |
| Tsukamoto | 4.3 | s | | | | | Yodogawa-ku, Osaka | ||||
| Amagasaki | 0.0 | S | S | S |
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Amagasaki | Hyōgo Prefecture | ||
| Fukuchiyama Line | |||||||||
| Tsukaguchi | 2.5 | S | s | | | |||||
| Inadera | 3.9 | S | | | | | |||||
| Itami | 5.8 | S | S | S | Itami | ||||
| Kita-Itami | 7.9 | S | | | | | |||||
| Kawanishi-Ikeda | 11.0 | S | S | S |
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Kawanishi | |||
| Nakayamadera | 14.5 | S | S | S | Takarazuka | ||||
| Takarazuka | 17.8 | S | S | S |
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| Namaze | 19.7 | S | | | | | Nishinomiya | ||||
| Nishinomiyanajio | 21.9 | S | S | S | |||||
| Takedao | 25.1 | S | | | | | Takarazuka | ||||
| Dōjō | 30.1 | S | | | | | Kita-ku, Kobe | ||||
| Sanda | 33.7 | S | S | S | Sanda | ||||
| Shin-Sanda | 36.9 | S | S | S | |||||
| Hirono | 39.7 | S | S | S | |||||
| Aino | 44.0 | S | S | S | |||||
| Aimoto | 48.2 | S | S | S | |||||
| Kusano | 50.2 | S | S | S | Sasayama | ||||
| Furuichi | 53.5 | S | S | S | |||||
| Minami-Yashiro | 56.1 | S | S | S | |||||
| Sasayamaguchi | 58.4 | S | S | S | |||||
| Tamba-Ōyama | 60.7 | S | S | ||||||
| Shimotaki | 68.7 | S | S | Tamba | |||||
| Tanikawa | 73.0 | S | S | ||||||
| Kaibara | 80.0 | S | S | ||||||
| Iso | 83.2 | S | S | ||||||
| Kuroi | 87.5 | S | S | ||||||
| Ichijima | 94.0 | S | S | ||||||
| Tamba-Takeda | 98.2 | S | S | ||||||
| Fukuchiyama | 106.5 | S | S | Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture | |||||
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