Kashihara Line
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| B | |
 A Kashihara Line train passing Yakushi-ji temple] | |
| Overview | |
| Native name | 橿原線 |
| Owner | Kintetsu Railway |
| Locale |
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| Termini | |
| Stations | 17 |
| Service | |
| Type | Commuter rail |
| System | Kintetsu Railway |
| History | |
| Opened | April 1, 1921 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 23.8 km (14.8 mi) |
| Character | Commuter rail |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Minimum radius | 240 m |
| Electrification |
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| Operating speed | 100 km/h (60 mph)[1] |
The Kashihara Line (橿原線, Kashihara-sen) is a 23.8 km north-south bound railway line in Nara Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by the Kintetsu Railway, a private railway operator. It connects Yamato-Saidaiji Station and Kashiharajingu-mae Station.
Service outline
Most Express and Limited Express trains operate to and from the Kyoto Line, and some Express services operate between Kyoto and Tenri via the line between Saidaiji and Hirahata Stations.
Stations
- Local trains stop at every station.
| No. | Station | Distance (km) |
Express | Limited Express |
Transfers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Through section | from Yamato-Saidaiji to Kyoto on the Kyoto Line (Local trains, express trains, and limited express trains) | ||||||
| B26 | Yamato-Saidaiji | 0.0 | O | O | Kyoto Line (through services available) Nara Line (A26) |
Nara | Nara |
| B27 | Amagatsuji | 1.6 | | | | | |||
| B28 | Nishinokyō | 2.8 | O[Note 1] | O[Note 1] | |||
| B29 | Kujō | 4.0 | | | | | Yamatokoriyama | ||
| B30 | Kintetsu Kōriyama | 5.5 | O | | | |||
| B31 | Tsutsui | 8.4 | | | | | |||
| B32 | Hirahata | 9.9 | O | | | Tenri Line (H32) (through services available) | ||
| B33 | Family Kōen Mae | 10.9 | | | | | |||
| B34 | Yūzaki | 12.4 | | | | | Kawanishi | ||
| B35 | Iwami | 13.8 | | | | | Miyake | ||
| B36 | Tawaramoto | 15.9 | O | | | Tawaramoto Line (I36: Nishi-Tawaramoto Station) | Tawaramoto | |
| B37 | Kasanui | 17.3 | | | | | |||
| B38 | Ninokuchi | 19.1 | | | | | Kashihara | ||
| B39 | Yamato-Yagi | 20.5 | O | O | Osaka Line (D39) | ||
| B40 | Yagi-nishiguchi | 20.5 | O | | | Sakurai Line (Unebi Station) | ||
| B41 | Unebigoryōmae | 22.8 | O | | | |||
| B42 | Kashiharajingū-mae | 23.8 | O | O | Minami Osaka Line (F42) Yoshino Line (F42) | ||
| Through section | from Hirahata to Tenri on the Tenri Line (Local trains and express trains) | ||||||
History
The first section of the line, from Saidaiji Station (present-day Yamato-Saidaiji) to Kōriyama Station (present-day Kintetsu Kōriyama), opened on 1 April 1921.[1] The line was extended to Hirahata on 1 April 1922, and the section from Hirahata to Kashiharajingū-mae opened on 21 March 1923.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 127, 267. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
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