Kintetsu Nara Line

For the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Nara Line, see Nara Line.

Nara Line
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
Termini	Fuse Kintetsu Nara
Stations	19
Operation
Opened	April 30, 1914
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Corporation
Depot(s)	Higashi-Hanazono Saidaiji
Technical
Line length	26.7 km (16.6 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Operating speed	105 km/h (65 mph)

Kintetsu Nara Line

Legend Lines of Kintetsu unless noted Hanshin: Hanshin Namba Line (left) Osaka Municipal Subway: Sennichimae Line (right) JR West: Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) JR Namba Osaka Municipal Subway: Yotsubashi Line 6.1 0.0 Osaka Namba(Osaka Municipal Subway: Namba) Osaka Municipal Subway: Midōsuji Line Nankai: Nankai Main, Koya lines (Namba) Namba Line Osaka Municipal Subway: Sakaisuji Line Nippombashi 5.3 0.8 Kintetsu Nippombashi Osaka Municipal Subway: Tanimachi Line Tanimachi Kyūchōme 4.1 2.0 Osaka Uehommachi ↓Osaka Line JR West: Osaka Loop Line 3.0 3.1 Tsuruhashi 1.3 4.8 Imazato 0.0 6.1 Fuse ↓Nara Line←Osaka Line JR West: Osaka Higashi Line JR Kawachi-Eiwa 0.8 6.9 Kawachi-Eiwa 1.6 7.7 Kawachi-Kosaka 2.4 8.5 Yaenosato Yaenosato Depotabandoned in 1967 Kinki Expressway Tamagawa Workshopabandoned 1982 4.1 10.2 Wakae-Iwata 5.0 11.1 Kawachi-Hanazono 5.6 11.7 Higashi-Hanazono Higashi-Hanazono Inspection Area Higashi-Hanazono Depot 7.0 13.1 Hyōtan-yama 8.3 14.4 Hiraoka 9.0 15.1 Nukata Keihanna Line 10.1 16.2 Ishikiri 10.6 16.7 Kusaezakaabandoned in 1964 New Ikoma Tunnel (3,494m) Ikoma Tunnel ↑Osaka/Nara↓ Ikoma Cable (Toriimae) 14.2 20.3 Ikoma Ikoma Line 15.4 21.5 Higashi-IkomaHigashi-Ikoma Signal Box Keihanna Line to Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka Higashi-Hanazono Inspection Area Higashi-Ikoma Depot New Ōtani Tunnel 17.7 23.8 Tomio 19.1 25.2 Gakuen-mae 20.1 26.2 Ayameike Kyoto Line 22.3 28.4 Yamato-Saidaiji Kashihara Line Saidaiji Inspection Area Saidaiji Depot (Extra) Camp Car1947-1951 25.0 31.1 Shin-Ōmiya JR West: Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) JR West: Kansai Main Line former route 25.9 32.0 Aburasakaabandoned in 1969 26.7 32.8 Kintetsu Nara

The Nara Line (奈良線, Nara sen) is a Japanese railway line of Kintetsu Corporation (近畿日本鉄道, Kinki Nippon Tetsudō) (Kintetsu for short). The line is from Fuse Station in eastern suburb of Osaka to Kintetsu Nara Station in the historic city of Nara, but operationally trains start at Sannomiya Station on the Hanshin Railway Main Line in Kobe, Amagasaki Station or Osaka Namba Station on the Namba Line in southern downtown Osaka, runs on Osaka Line to Fuse. The eastern satellite cities such as Higashiosaka and Ikoma are along the line. Osaka and Nara have the shortest railway link among JR and Kintetsu lines.

History

The line was opened by Osaka Electric Railway Company (大阪電気軌道, Osaka Denki Kidō) in 1914.

In 1970, the Namba Line was opened, and the operational starting station of the Line moved to Kintetsu Namba Station, until then Uehonmachi Station of Osaka Line.

Operation

Trains run to and from the Kintetsu Namba Line and the Hanshin Namba Line, and lead to Osaka Namba Station and Amagasaki Station, and Rapid Express trains also to Sannomiya Station on the Hanshin Main Line. Between Yamato-Saidaiji and Kintetsu Nara, through trains of the Kyoto Line also run.

Local trains

Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Osaka Namba - Higashi-Hanazono or Yamato-Saidaiji (partly Kintetsu Nara)

in the morning and the evening:Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Osaka Namba - Hyotan-yama or Higashi-Ikoma

partly: Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Osaka Namba - Ishikiri

partly: Yamato-Saidaiji - Kintetsu Nara

only one train: Ikoma → Yamato-Saidaiji (as the last connection from the last limited express train from Osaka for Nara)

Suburban Semi-Express trains

Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Osaka Namba - Yamato-Saidaiji or Kintetsu Nara

Semi-Express trains

Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Osaka Namba - Yamato-Saidaiji or Kintetsu Nara

Express trains, Limited Express trains

Osaka Namba - Kintetsu Nara

Rapid Express trains

Sannomiya (Hanshin) or Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Osaka Namba - Kintetsu Nara

Stations

• S: Trains stop.
• |: Trains pass.
• *: Trains stop when the large events are held at Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium.
• (LE): Limited express trains stop.
• Local trains (普通, Futsū or 各駅停車, Kakueki teisha) stop at every station.
• SSE: Suburban Semi-Express (区間準急, Kukan-Junkyū)
• SE: Semi-Express (準急, Junkyū)
• Ex: Express (急行, Kyūkō)
• RE: Rapid Express (快速急行, Kaisoku-Kyūkō)
• s: One rapid express train for Nara stop at Ayameike on the school days of Kinki University Elementary School and Kinki University Kindergarten.

Line name	Station name	SSE	SE	Ex	RE	Location
Hanshin Railway line through section		Amagasaki	Amagasaki		Sannomiya
Namba Line	Osaka Namba (LE)	S	S	S	S	Chūō-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
	Kintetsu Nippombashi	S	S	S	S
	Osaka Uehommachi (LE)	S	S	S	S	Tennoji-ku, Osaka
Osaka Line
	Tsuruhashi (LE)	S	S	S	S	Ikuno-ku, Osaka
	Imazato	|	|	|	|
	Fuse	S	S	S	|	Higashi-Osaka
Nara Line
	Kawachi-Eiwa	|	|	|	|
	Kawachi-Kosaka (Osaka University of Commerce, Osaka Shoin Women's University)	S	S	|	|
	Yaenosato	|	|	|	|
	Wakae-Iwata	|	|	|	|
	Kawachi-Hanazono	|	|	|	|
	Higashi-Hanazono (Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium)	S	S	*	*
	Hyōtan-yama	S	|	|	|
	Hiraoka	S	|	|	|
	Nukata	S	|	|	|
	Ishikiri	S	S	S	|
	Ikoma (LE)	S	S	S	S	Ikoma	Nara Prefecture
	Higashi-Ikoma (Tezukayama University Higashi-Ikoma Campus)	S	S	|	|
	Tomio	S	S	|	|	Nara
	Gakuen-mae (LE) (Tezukayama Gakuen)	S	S	S	S
	Ayameike	S	S	|	s
	Yamato-Saidaiji (LE)	S	S	S	S
	Shin-Ōmiya	S	S	S	S
	Kintetsu Nara (LE)	S	S	S	S