Nara Line (Kintetsu)

Nara Line
Nara Line
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Overview
Native name	奈良線
Owner	Kintetsu Railway
Line number	A
Locale	Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan; Ikoma, Nara, Japan; Nara, Nara, Japan;
Termini	Fuse Station; Kintetsu Nara Station;
Stations	19
Service
Type	Heavy rail; Commuter rail;
System	Kintetsu Railway
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Railway
Depot(s)	Higashi-Hanazono; Saidaiji
History
Opened	April 30, 1914; 110 years ago
Technical
Track length	26.7 km (16.6 mi)
Character	Heavy rail; Commuter rail;
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)
Nara Line Route map
Nara Line Route map
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The Nara Line (奈良線, Nara sen) is a Japanese railway line owned by the Kintetsu Railway. The line connects Fuse Station in eastern suburb of Osaka to Kintetsu Nara Station in the historic city of Nara, but operationally trains start at Kobe Sannomiya Station on the Hanshin Railway Main Line in Kobe, Amagasaki Station or Ōsaka Namba Station on the Namba Line in southern downtown Osaka, operating on the Osaka Line to Fuse. The eastern satellite cities such as Higashiosaka and Ikoma are connected by the line. This line is the most direct between Osaka and Nara compared to the JR line.

History

The line was opened by Osaka Electric Railway Company (大阪電気軌道, Osaka Denki Kidō) in 1914, dual track and electrified at 600 VDC.

In 1969 the voltage was increased to 1500 VDC, and in 1970 the Namba Line was opened, and the operational starting station of the Line moved to Kintetsu Namba Station, from 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 Kobe 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 Ōsaka Namba - Higashi-Hanazono or Yamato-Saidaiji (partly Kintetsu Nara); in the morning and the evening:Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Ōsaka Namba - Hyotan-yama or Higashi-Ikoma; partly: Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Ōsaka 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 Ōsaka Namba - Yamato-Saidaiji or Kintetsu Nara
Semi-Express trains: Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Ōsaka Namba - Yamato-Saidaiji or Kintetsu Nara
Express trains, Limited Express trains: Ōsaka Namba - Kintetsu Nara
Rapid Express trains: Kobe Sannomiya (Hanshin) or Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Ōsaka 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)
LE: Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū)
s: One rapid express train for Nara stop at Ayameike on the school days of Kinki University Elementary School and Kinki University Kindergarten.

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Hanshin Railway line through section			from Ōsaka Namba L, SSE, SE: to Amagasaki on the Hanshin Namba Line RE: to Kobe Sannomiya on the Main Line (3 trains start from Shinkaichi on the Kobe Kosoku Line on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.)
Namba Line	A01	Ōsaka Namba (LE)	S	S	S	S	S	Chūō-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
	A02	Kintetsu Nippombashi	S	S	S	S	\|	Chūō-ku, Osaka
	A03	Osaka Uehommachi (LE) (Kintetsu Department Store Uehommachi)	S	S	S	S	S	Tennoji-ku, Osaka
Osaka Line	A03		S	S	S	S	S	Tennoji-ku, Osaka
	A04	Tsuruhashi (LE)	S	S	S	S	\|	Ikuno-ku, Osaka
	A05	Imazato	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	Ikuno-ku, Osaka
	A06	Fuse	S	S	S	\|	\|	Higashi-Osaka
Nara Line	A06	Fuse	S	S	S	\|	\|
	A07	Kawachi-Eiwa	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|
	A08	Kawachi-Kosaka (Osaka University of Commerce, Osaka Shoin Women's University)	S	S	\|	\|	!
	A09	Yaenosato	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|
	A10	Wakae-Iwata	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|
	A11	Kawachi-Hanazono	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|
	A12	Higashi-Hanazono (Hanazono Rugby Stadium)	S	S	*	*	\|
	A13	Hyōtan-yama	S	\|	\|	\|	\|
	A14	Hiraoka	S	\|	\|	\|	\|
	A15	Nukata	S	\|	\|	\|	\|
	A16	Ishikiri	S	S	S	\|	\|
	A17	Ikoma (LE)	S	S	S	S	S	Ikoma	Nara Prefecture
	A18	Higashi-Ikoma (Tezukayama University Higashi-Ikoma Campus)	S	S	\|	\|	\|	Ikoma
	A19	Tomio	S	S	\|	\|	\|	Nara
	A20	Gakuen-mae (LE) (Tezukayama Gakuen)	S	S	S	S	S
	A21	Ayameike	S	S	\|	s	\|
	A26	Yamato-Saidaiji (LE)	S	S	S	S	S
	A27	Shin-Ōmiya	S	S	S	S	\|
	A28	Kintetsu Nara (LE)	S	S	S	S	S

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia