Kintetsu Osaka Line

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Osaka Line
	; 21000 series (a limited express train), passing New Aoyama Tunnel.
Overview
Type	Heavy rail; Commuter rail (Osaka Uehommachi - Haibara)
Locale	Kansai
Termini	Osaka Uehommachi; Ise-Nakagawa
Stations	48
Operation
Opened	April 30, 1914
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Corporation
Depot(s)	Takayasu; Goido; Nabari; Aoyamacho
Technical
Line length	108.9 km (67.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Operating speed	130 km/h (81 mph); (part of limited express trains); 120 km/h (75 mph); (limited express trains); 110 km/h (68 mph); (other trains)

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The Ōsaka Line (大阪線, Ōsaka sen^?) is a main line of Kintetsu Corporation, connecting Osaka and Mie Prefecture via Nara Prefecture. The line is the longest double tracked railway of non-JR operators. Together with Nagoya Line, this line is the route of Kintetsu Limited Express connecting Osaka and Nagoya to compete Tōkaidō Shinkansen.

[edit] Rapid service

Along with charged Limited Express, non-charged local and rapid services are operated on the line.

Local (普通, Futsū^?) (L): Mostly with 6-car formations, operations are divided at Nabari. In the west mainly between Osaka Uehommachi and Takayasu, Kawachi Kokubu or Haibara. Four services per hour per direction in the section between Osaka Uehommachi and Kawachi-Kokubu. In the east, between Nabari or Higashi-Aoyama and Ise-Nakagawa. Some trains continues as other train types west of Nabari.
Semi-Express (準急, Junkyū^?) (SE): Between Osaka Uehommachi and Takayasu or Haibara in day time, and between Osaka Uehommachi and Haibara or Nabari in other periods. Some trains run beyond Nabari to Aoyamachō as local trains. Per hour per direction, 1 between Osaka Uehommachi and Takayasu and 2 to Haibara. In the morning hours with 10-car, in the evening 8-car, other periods 6-car formations.; In addition to semi-express trains, there will be suburban semi-express trains (区間準急^?) on the Osaka Line from the diagram revision on March 20, 2012. In addition to the stations where semi-express trains stop, suburban semi-expres trains will stop at Onji, Hozenji, Katashimo, and Ando stations.^[1]
Express (急行, Kyūkō^?) (Ex): Operated in day hours replacing rapid express, connecting Osaka Uehommachi and Aoyamachō or Uji-Yamada on Yamada Line, one and two services per hour respectively. Used short 6 car formations due to the lengths of platforms at Kawachi-Kokubu and Sambommatsu. Makes a connection to express train on Nagoya Line at Ise-Nakagawa.
Suburban Rapid Express (区間快速急行, 区間快速, Kukan Kaisoku Kyūkō, Kukan Kaisoku^?) (SRE): Connecting mostly Osaka Uehommachi and Aoyamachō (some Yamato-Yagi, Nabari, Ise-Nakagawa, Matsusaka on Yamada Line). This type will be merged with rapid express from the diagram revision on March 20, 2012.^[1]
Rapid Express (快速急行, Kaisoku Kyūkō^?) (RE): Long distance rapid service on morning and evening hours, between Osaka Uehommachi and Ujiyamada on Yamada Line, Isuzugawa or Toba on Toba Line in Mie Prefecture. In the west of Nabari and Aoyamachō with longest 10 cars, in the east 4 or 6 cars.; Muroguchi-Ono and Akameguchi stations will be 2 of the stops of the rapid express trains from the diagram revision on March 20, 2012, but the trains will pass Iga-Kozu, Nishi-Aoyama, and Higashi-Aoyama stations.^[1]
Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū^?): Charged for seat reservation, between Osaka Namba on Kintetsu Namba Line (some Osaka Uehommachi) in Osaka and Nagoya or Ise - Shima region. Stops not shown in table.

[edit] Stations

Stations	km	SE	Ex	SRE	RE	Location
Osaka Uehommachi	0.0	S	S	S	S	Tennōji-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
Tsuruhashi	1.1	S	S	S	S	Ikuno-ku, Osaka
Imazato	2.8					Ikuno-ku, Osaka
Fuse	4.1	S	S			Higashi-Osaka
Shuntokumichi	5.1
Nagase (Kinki University)	6.2
Mito	7.4
Kyūhōjiguchi	8.3					Yao
Kintetsu Yao	9.6	S
Kawachi-Yamamoto	11.1	S
Takayasu	12.2	S
Onji	13.3
Hōzenji	14.9					Kashiwara
Katashimo	15.7
Andō	16.6
Kawachi-Kokubu	18.2	S	S
Ōsaka-Kyōikudai-mae (Ōsaka Kyōiku University)	19.8	S
Sekiya (Ōsaka Shōin Women's University)	22.0	S				Kashiba	Nara Prefecture
Nijō	24.1	S
Kintetsu Shimoda	25.7	S
Goidō (Mamigaoka New Town)	27.1	S	S	S	S
Tsukiyama	28.8	S				Yamatotakada
Yamato-Takada	29.9	S	S	S	S
Matsuzuka	31.8	S
Masuga	32.8	S				Kashihara
Yamato-Yagi	34.8	S	S	S	S
Miminashi	36.9	S
Daifuku	38.2	S				Sakurai
Sakurai	39.8	S	S	S	S
Yamato-Asakura	41.9	S
Hasedera	45.6	S
Haibara	50.1	S	S	S	S	Uda
Murōguchi-Ōno	57.2	S	S	S
Sambommatsu	59.7	S	S
Akameguchi	64.0	S	S	S		Nabari	Mie Prefecture
Nabari	67.2	S	S	S	S
Kikyōgaoka	70.0		S	S	S
Mihata	73.1		S	S	S
Iga-Kambe	75.5		S	S	S	Iga
Aoyamachō	77.9		S	S	S
Iga-Kōzu	80.6		S	S	S
Nishi-Aoyama	83.8		S	S	S
Higashi-Aoyama	91.5		S	S	S	Tsu
Sakakibara-Onsenguchi	95.4		S	S	S
Ōmitsu	97.6
Ise-Ishibashi	101.6
Kawai-Takaoka	104.4
Ise-Nakagawa	108.9		S	S	S	Matsusaka

Some semi-express trains run between Nabari and Aoyamacho as local trains.

[edit] Statistics

Distance: 108.9 km
Gauge: 1.435 mm
Electrification: 1,500 V DC
Track: quado line (Osaka Uehommachi to Fuse), double track (Fuse to Ise-Nakagawa)

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c "平成24年のダイヤ変更について" (in Japanese) (PDF) (Press release). Kintetsu Corporation. January 20, 2012. p. 3. http://www.kintetsu.jp/news/files/daiyahenkoH24.pdf. Retrieved January 21, 2012.

[1] Same station as Yamato-Yagi

[revision2012-0] "平成24年のダイヤ変更について" (in Japanese) (PDF) (Press release). Kintetsu Corporation. January 20, 2012. p. 3. http://www.kintetsu.jp/news/files/daiyahenkoH24.pdf. Retrieved January 21, 2012.

[1]

[* 1]

v t e Kintetsu Lines
1,435 mm lines
Osaka • Nagoya Line Area	Osaka Line • Shigi Line • Nagoya Line • Yunoyama Line • Suzuka Line • Yamada Line • Toba Line • Shima Line
Nara • Kyoto Line Area	Namba Line • Nara Line • Ikoma Line • Keihanna Line • Kyoto Line • Kashihara Line • Tenri Line • Tawaramoto Line
1,067 mm lines	Minami-Osaka Line • Dōmyōji Line • Nagano Line • Gose Line • Yoshino Line
762 mm lines	Utsube Line • Hachiōji Line
Funicular lines	Ikoma Cable Line • Nishi-Shigi Cable Line
Ropeway lines	Katsuragi Ropeway

Former lines	Iga Line • Hokusei Line • Yōrō Line

Kintetsu Osaka Line

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[edit] Stations

[edit] Statistics

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Osaka Line
21000 series (a limited express train), passing New Aoyama Tunnel.
Overview
Type	Heavy rail Commuter rail (Osaka Uehommachi - Haibara)
Locale	Kansai
Termini	Osaka Uehommachi Ise-Nakagawa
Stations	48
Operation
Opened	April 30, 1914
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Corporation
Depot(s)	Takayasu Goido Nabari Aoyamacho
Technical
Line length	108.9 km (67.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Operating speed	130 km/h (81 mph) (part of limited express trains) 120 km/h (75 mph) (limited express trains) 110 km/h (68 mph) (other trains)