Kintetsu Osaka Line

Osaka Line
21000 series (Limited Express trains) , 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)

Kintetsu Osaka Line

Legend Subway: Osaka Municipal Subway JR-W: West Japan Railway Company Lines are of Kintetsu unless noted 0.0* km via the former route Osaka Namba Namba Line Subway: Sennichimae Line (S18) Subway: Tanimachi Line (T25) Subway: Tanimachi Kyūchōme 0.0 Osaka Uehommachi S19 as Sennichimae Line JR-W: Osaka Loop Line 1.1 Tsuruhashi 2.8 Imazato Subway: Sennichimae Line 4.1 Fuse Nara Line 5.1 Shuntokumichi JR Shuntokumichi JR-W: Osaka Higashi Line 6.2 Nagase 7.4 Mito 8.3 Kyūhōjiguchi 9.2 Kintetsu Yao -1978 9.6 Kintetsu Yao 1978- 11.1 Kawachi-Yamamoto Shigi Line Takayasu Inspection Area / Takayasu Workshop 12.2 Takayasu Takayasu Depot 13.3 Onji 14.9 Hōzenji JR-W: Yamatoji Line 15.7 Katashimo (*Kashiwara) 16.6 Andō (*Kashiwara-Minamiguchi) Dōmyōji Line, Yamatoji Line Yamato River 18.2 Kawachi-Kokubu 19.8 Ōsaka-Kyōikudai-mae Tamateyama Tunnel Osaka/Nara 22.0 Sekiya 24.1 Nijō JR-W: Wakayama Line 25.7 Kintetsu Shimoda (*Kashiba) Goidō Workshop 27.1 Goidō (*JR Goidō) 28.8 Tsukiyama 29.9 Yamato-Takada (*Takada) JR-W: Wakayama, Sakurai lines 31.8 Matsuzuka 32.8 Masuga Kyoto Kyoto Line Yagi-nishiguchi Ninokuchi Bypass for limited express trains 34.8 Yamato-Yagi Kashihara Line 36.9 Miminashi 38.2 Daifuku Yamato Railway 39.8 Sakurai JR-W: Sakurai Line (Man-yo Mahoroba Line) Daiki: Hase Line 41.9 Yamato-Asakura Hase 45.6 Hasedera 50.1 Haibara 57.2 Murōguchi-Ōno 59.7 Sambommatsu Nara/Mie 64.0 Akameguchi Nishi-Nabari (abandoned) 67.2 Nabari Nabari Inspection Area Nabari Depot 70.0 Kikyōgaoka 73.1 Mihata 75.5 Iga-Kambe Iga Railway: Iga Line 77.9 Aoyamachō Nabari Inspection Area Aoyamacho Depot 80.6 Iga-Kōzu Miyashita Tunnel Kitayama Tunnel Tanioku Tunnel Sangen-ya Tunnel 83.4* Sangen-ya Signal Box -1973 83.8 Nishi-Aoyama 1975- Osaka Transportation Department 84.048 Nagoya Transportation Department 85.3* Nishi-Aoyama -1975 New Aoyama Tunnel 5,652 m Aoyama Tunnel 89.1* Higashi-Aoyama -1975 Kakiuchi Tunnel Takiguchi Tunnel Nikawa Tunnel -1975 91.8* Kakiuchi-nishi Signal Box -1975 91.5 Higashi-Aoyama 1975- 93.1* Kakiuchi-higashi Signal Box -1975 Sōdani Tunnel Kajigahiro Tunnel 95.4 Sakakibara-Onsenguchi 97.6 Ōmitsu 100.1 Kametani Signal Box -1974 101.6 Ise-Ishibashi Chusei Railway Kumozu River Takano Signal Box -1974 JR Central: Meishō Line 104.4 Kawai-Takaoka (*Ichishi) Kintetsu Nagoya 108.2 Miyako Junction Nakagawa Bypass for limited express trains Nakamura River Nagoya Line Osaka Line 108.9 Ise-Nakagawa Yamada Line Ujiyamada Toba Line Toba Shima Line Kashikojima

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.

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 runs 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.

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).

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.

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.

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
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.

Statistics

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