Kintetsu Nagoya Line

Kintetsu Nagoya Line
21010 series EMU for Limited Express trains
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
Technical
Line length	78.8 km
Track gauge	1435 mm
Electrification	1500 volts DC
Operating speed	120 km/h

Kintetsu Nagoya Line

Legend Official origin is Ise-Nakagawa at the bottom Lines are of Kintetsu unless noted Subway: Nagoya City Subway Stations at Nagoya: Meitetsu Nagoya of Nagoya Railroad, Nagoya of JR-C, Subway, Aonami Line Years are of abandonment unless noted Subway: Sakuradōri Line Subway: Higashiyama Line Meitetsu: Nagoya Main Line 78.8 Kintetsu Nagoyabypass 1954 JR-C: Tōkaidō Main, Chūō Main lines NSRR: Aonami Line, JR-C: Kansai Main Line JR-C: Tōkaidō Shinkansen Sasashima NSRR: Sasashima Raibu Komeno depot JR-C: Nagoya depot/Aichi 77.7 Komeno 76.7 Kogane JR-C, NSRR: Sasashima S.B. JR-C: Nagoya depot (above right) JR-F: Nagoya depot 76.0 KasumoriKomoto Aonami Line 75.0 Kintetsu Hatta Hatta/Subway: Higashiyama Line Hatta JR-C: Kansai Main Line Shōnai River 72.4 Fushiya Shin River Subway: Kanayama Line (in review) 70.4 Toda 69.1 Kintetsu Kanie 66.7 Tomiyoshi Tomiyoshi depot 65.1 Sakogi JR-C: Kansai Main Line 62.7 Kintetsu Yatomi Yatomi Meitetsu: Bisai Line Kisogawa Bunki S.B.1959 Yatomi overpass1959 Kiso River/Aichi-Mie boundary Nagashima overpass1959 59.3 Kintetsu NagashimaNagashima Ibi, Nagara rivers Ibigawa S.B.1959 Harimagawa S.B.1948 Ibigawa S.B.1946 Yōrō Railway: Yōrō Line Higashikata depot Kuwana Electric Tramway 55.1 KuwanaMie Kōtsū: Hokusei Line Nishi-Kuwana Sangi Railway: Hokusei Line 54.0 Masuo Inabe River Machiya JR-C: Asaake S.B. JR-C: Kansai Main Line 51.4 Ise-Asahi Asaake River Kawagoe stop1945 48.8 Kawagoe Tomisuhara (old) Tomisuharamoved in 1945 JR-C: Kansai Main Line Sangi Railway: Sangi Line Sangi Railway: Sangi Asaake S.B. Tomida-Nishiguchi JR-C: Kansai Main Line Sangi Railway: Kintetsu Renraku Line Tomida 47.2 Kintetsu Tomida JR-C: Kansai Main Line old Kasumigaura1943 45.3 Kasumigaura Hatsumoved to Kasumigaura in 1943 44.2 Akuragawa 43.1 Kawaramachi Mitaki River Nishimachi JR-C: Kansai Main Line Yunoyama Line Suwa1956 Yokkaichi1956 41.9 Kintetsu Yokkaichi Utsube, Hachiōji lines JR-C: Kansai Main Line 40.7 Shinshō Shikagawa S.B.1956 JR-C: Kansai Main Line JR-F: Kansai Main Line fteight branch 39.2 Miyamado Shiohama depot 38.0 Shiohama JR-F: Shiohama JR-F: Kansai Main Line freight branch Suzuka River 36.2 Kita-Kusu Suzuka Hasen River 34.6 Kusu 33.2 Nagonoura old Midamoved in 1943 31.8 Mida 30.5 Ise-Wakamatsu Suzuka Line Hiratachō 28.7 Chiyozaki 25.9 Shiroko 24.7 Tsuzumigaura 22.8 Isoyama 20.9 Chisato Ise-Ueno1943 19.0 Toyotsu-Ueno Toyotsuura1943 17.1 Shiratsuka Shiratsuka depot Sakagawa1944 Ise Railway: Ise Line 14.7 TakadahonzanHigashi-Ishinden old Takadahonzanmoved in 1955 13.5 Edobashi Ise Line old Edobashimoved in 1959 JR-C: Kisei Main Line Heta1961 Ise Line 12.3 Tsu Ano River 10.0 Tsu-shimmachi Iwata River JR-C: Kisei Main Line Chūsei Railway: Tram Line 7.3 Minamigaoka 4.8 Hisai Chūsei Railway: Tram Line, Rail Line 3.3 Momozono Kumode River Kuroda junctionNakagawa bypass Miyako junction Osaka Namba/Osaka Line 0.0 Ise-Nakagawa Yamada Line Ujiyamada Toba Line Toba Shima Line Kashikojima

The Nagoya Line (名古屋線, Nagoya-sen) is a railway line of a Japanese private railway company Kintetsu, connecting Nagoya and Ise Nakagawa Station in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture via Kuwana, Yokkaichi, Suzuka, Tsu municipalities along the Ise Bay. The official origin of the line is Ise-Nakagawa and the end is Nagoya, however, operationally trains "down" from and "up" to Nagoya.

The line is parallel to Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) Kansai Main Line, then Ise Railway, again JR Central Kisei Main Line, three together offer rapid service from Nagoya to Ise.

At Ise-Nakagawa, the line has connections to Osaka Line to Uehommachi and Kintetsu Namba Stations of downtown Osaka, and to Yamada Line to Ujiyamada Station and beyond Toba Station on Yamada Line and Kashikojima Station of Shima Line, to provide touristic access to scenic Shima Penisnsula and Ise Shrine.

Statistics

• Track: double

History

Part of the line was first built and opened in 1915 onward by an independent railway operator Ise Electric Railway (伊勢電気鉄道, Ise Denki Testudō) with rail gauge 1.067 m. After a complex history it was absorbed to Sangū Kyūkō Electric Railway (参宮急行電鉄, Sangū Kyukō Dentetsu), a predecessor of Kintetsu.

After the acquisition of a connection to Osaka, it had long been forcing passengers to change trains due to the difference of gauges.

In 1959 the disastrous Ise-wan Typhoon destroyed the line and Kintetsu decided to convert to 1.435m gauge with the restruction, the standard of the company to enable direct operation between Osaka and Nagoya. Today a number of Limited Express trains between Osaka and Nagoya, and between Nagoya and Ise and Shima area are operated.

Service

 LO  Local (普通 futsū)

For Shiratsuka, Yokkaichi, Nagoya

For Tomiyoshi, Yokkaichi, Shiratsuka, Ise-Nakagawa

(Locals stop at every station.)

 SE  Semi-Express (準急 junkyū)

For Nagoya

For Tomiyoshi, Yokkaichi

 EX  Express (急行 kyūkō)

For Nagoya

For Ise-Nakagawa, Matsusaka, Ujiyamada, Toba

 LE  Limited Express (特急 tokkyū)

For Nagoya

For Osaka Namba; via Nabari and Yamato-Yagi (Kashihara)

For Ujiyamada, Toba, Kashikojima

(Seat reservations and limited express fee required.)

 NS  Non-stop Limited Express (ノンストップ特急 nonsutoppu tokkyū)

For Nagoya

For Osaka Namba

For Kashikojima

(Runs once a day on weekdays, three times a day on weekends.)

(Seat reservations and limited express fee required.)

Stations

Legend
●	Trains stop here
○	Trains stop here sometimes
|	Trains do not stop here

Station		Dist (km)	Connections	LO	SE	EX	LE	NS	Location
Kintetsu-Nagoya	近鉄名古屋	0.0	JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen JR Central: Tōkaidō, Chūō, and Kansai Main Lines Meitetsu: Nagoya Main Line Subway: Higashiyama Line, Sakura-dōri Line Aonami Line	●	●	●	●	●	Nagoya (Nakamura-ku)	Aichi Prefecture
Komeno	米野	1.1		●	|	|	|	|
Kogane	黄金	2.1		●	|	|	|	|
Kasumori	烏森	2.8		●	|	|	|	|
Kintetsu-Hatta	近鉄八田	3.8	JR Central: Kansai Main Line Subway: Higashiyama Line	●	|	|	|	|
Fushiya	伏屋	6.4		●	|	|	|	|	Nagoya (Nakagawa-ku)
Toda	戸田	8.4		●	|	|	|	|
Kintetsu-Kanie	近鉄蟹江	9.7		●	●	●	|	|	Kanie
Tomiyoshi	富吉	12.1		●	●	|	|	|
Sakogi	佐古木	13.7		●	●	|	|	|	Yatomi
Kintetsu-Yatomi	近鉄弥富	16.1	JR Central: Kansai Main Line Meitetsu: Bisai Line	●	●	●	|	|
Kintetsu-Nagashima	近鉄長島	19.5		●	●	|	|	|	Kuwana	Mie Prefecture
Kuwana	桑名	23.7	JR Central: Kansai Main Line Yōrō Railway: Yōrō Line Sangi Railway: Hokusei Line	●	●	●	●	|
Masuo	益生	24.8		●	●	|	|	|
Ise-Asahi	伊勢朝日	27.4		●	●	|	|	|	Asahi
Kawagoe Tomisuhara	川越富洲原	30.0		●	●	|	|	|	Kawagoe
Kintetsu-Tomida	近鉄富田	31.6	Sangi Railway: Sangi Line	●	●	●	|	|	Yokkaichi
Kasumigaura	霞ヶ浦	33.5		●	●	|	|	|
Akuragawa	阿倉川	34.6		●	●	|	|	|
Kawaramachi	川原町	35.7		●	●	|	|	|
Kintetsu-Yokkaichi	近鉄四日市	36.9	Kintetsu: Yunoyama Line, Utsube Line	●	●	●	●	|
Shinshō	新正	38.1		●		|	|	|
Miyamado	海山道	39.6		●		|	|	|
Shiohama	塩浜	40.8		●		●	|	|
Kita-Kusu	北楠	42.6		●		|	|	|
Kusu	楠	44.2		●		|	|	|
Nagonoura	長太ノ浦	45.6		●		|	|	|	Suzuka
Mida	箕田	47.0		●		|	|	|
Ise-Wakamatsu	伊勢若松	48.3	Kintetsu: Suzuka Line	●		●	|	|
Chiyozaki	千代崎	50.1		●		|	|	|
Shiroko	白子	52.9		●		●	●	|
Tsuzumigaura	鼓ヶ浦	54.1		●		|	|	|
Isoyama	磯山	56.0		●		|	|	|
Chisato	千里	57.9		●		|	|	|	Tsu
Toyotsu-Ueno	豊津上野	59.8		●		|	|	|
Shiratsuka	白塚	61.7		●		|	|	|
Takadahonzan	高田本山	64.1		●		|	|	|
Edobashi	江戸橋	65.3		●		●	|	|
Tsu	津	66.5	JR Central: Kisei Main Line Ise Railway: Ise Line	●		●	●	○
Tsu-shimmachi	津新町	68.8		●		●	|	|
Minamigaoka	南が丘	71.5		●		|	|	|
Hisai	久居	74.0		●		●	○	|
Momozono	桃園	75.5		●		|	|	|
Ise-Nakagawa	伊勢中川	78.8	Kintetsu: Osaka Line, Yamada Line	●		●	●	|	Matsusaka

References

• "Kintetsu Special Issue (近畿日本鉄道特集号, Kinki Nippon Tetsudō Tokushū Gō)". Railway Pictorial (鉄道ピクトリアル, Tetsudō Pikutoriaru) 313. 1975. 
• "Kinki Nippon Railway (近畿日本鉄道, Kinki Nippon Railway)". JTB Timetable (JTB時刻表, JTB Jikokuhyō) 82 (4): p.838. 2006.