Nara Line (Kintetsu)

Nara Line
Nara Line
Overview
Locale	Kansai
Termini	Fuse; Kintetsu Nara;
Stations	19
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Corporation
Depot(s)	Higashi-Hanazono; Saidaiji
History
Opened	April 30, 1914
Technical
Line length	26.7 km (16.6 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	105 km/h (65 mph)

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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	Chūō-ku, Osaka
	Osaka Uehommachi (LE)	S	S	S	S	Tennoji-ku, Osaka
Osaka Line	Osaka Uehommachi (LE)	S	S	S	S	Tennoji-ku, Osaka
	Tsuruhashi (LE)	S	S	S	S	Ikuno-ku, Osaka
	Kintetsu	\|	\|	\|	\|	Ikuno-ku, Osaka
	Fuse	S	S	S	\|	Higashi-Osaka
Nara Line	Fuse	S	S	S	\|
	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	*	*
	Osaka	S	\|	\|	\|
	Osaka	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	\|	\|	Ikoma
	Tomio	S	S	\|	\|	Nara
	Nara (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