Kansai Main Line

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KiHa 120 diesel car on a rural section

Old Nara Station building

The Kansai Main Line (関西本線, Kansai-honsen^?, also called the "Kansai Line") is a Japanese railway line which connects Nagoya Station with JR Namba Station in Osaka. It is jointly run by the Central Japan Railway Company and the West Japan Railway Company with the boundary between both companies being located at Kameyama Station in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture.

The section from Kamo Station west to JR Namba Station is electrified and a part of the JR West "Urban Network", and is nicknamed the Yamatoji Line. The JR Central section from Nagoya to Kameyama is also electrified.

Despite its name, for much of its length it is a very local line with mainly single track sections and no regular express services. The line was originally built in the 1890's by Kansai Railway (later under the Japanese Government Railways and Japanese National Railways) as an alternate route from south Osaka to Nara and Nagoya, but competition from the Kintetsu lines and declining ridership forced the line to become two commuter lines to Osaka and Nagoya respectively, with a less-used section in the middle.

[edit] Stations

[edit] JR Central (Nagoya - Kameyama)

S: Trains stop
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Local trains stop at all passenger stations.

Station	Semi Rapid	Rapid	Rapid "Mie"	Connections	Location
Nagoya 名古屋	S	S	S	Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) Tokaido Shinkansen, Tokaido Main Line, Chuo Main Line Nagoya Subway Higashiyama Line (H08), Sakuradori Line (S02) Aonami Line (AN01) Nagoya Railroad Nagoya Mian Line (Meitetsu Nagoya Station) Kintetsu Nagoya Line (Kintetsu Nagoya Station)	Nakamura-ku, Nagoya	Aichi Prefecture
Sasashima Signal Box 笹島信号場	\|	\|	\|
Hatta 八田	\|	\|	\|	Nagoya Subway Higashiyama Line (H02) Kintetsu Nagoya Line (Kintetsu Hatta Station)
Haruta 春田	\|	\|	\|		Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya
Kanie 蟹江	S	\|	\|		Kanie, Ama District
Eiwa 永和	\|	\|	\|		Aisai
Yatomi 弥富	S	\|	\|	Nagoya Railroad Bisai Lne Kintetsu Nagoya Line (Kintetsu Yatomi Station)	Yatomi
Nagashima 長島	\|	\|	\|	Kintetsu Nagoya Line (Kintetsu Nagashima Station)	Kuwana	Mie Prefecture
Kuwana 桑名	S	S	S	Kintetsu Nagoya Line, Yoro Line Sangi Railway Hokusei Line (Nishi-Kuwana Station)
Asake Signal Box 朝明信号場	\|	\|	\|
Asahi 朝日	S	\|	\|		Asahi, Mie District
Tomida 富田	S	\|	\|	Sangi Railway Sangi Line (Freight Line), passenger line (Kintetsu Tomida Station) Kintetsu Nagoya Line (Kintetsu Tomida Station)	Yokkaichi
Tomidahama 富田浜	S	\|	\|
Yokkaichi 四日市	S	S	S	Japan Freight Railway Company Kansai Main Line (for Shiohama) Kintetsu Nagoya Line (Kintetsu Yokkaichi Station) connected by bus
Minami-Yokkaichi 南四日市	S	S	\|
Kawarada 河原田	S	S	\|	Ise Railway: Ise Line
Kawano 河曲	S	S	Ise Railway Ise Line		Suzuka
Kasado 加佐登	S	S			Suzuka
Idagawa 井田川	S	S			Kameyama
Kameyama 亀山	S	S		Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) Kisei Main Line West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Kansai Main Line (for Kamo and Nara)	Kameyama

[edit] JR West (Kameyama - Kamo)

Station	Connections	Location
Kameyama 亀山	Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) Kansai Main Line (for Nagoya), Kisei Main Line	Kameyama	Mie Prefecture
Seki 関
Kabuto 加太
Nakazaike Signal Box 中在家信号場
Tsuge 柘植	West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Kusatsu Line	Iga
Shindō 新堂
Sanagu 佐那具
Iga-Ueno 伊賀上野	Iga Railway Iga Line
Shimagahara 島ヶ原
Tsukigaseguchi 月ケ瀬口		Minamiyamashiro, Soraku District	Kyoto Prefecture
Ōkawara 大河原		Minamiyamashiro, Soraku District
Kasagi 笠置		Kasagi, Soraku District
Kamo 加茂	West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)	Kizugawa