- Osaka Higashi Line
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The Osaka Higashi Line (おおさか東線 Ōsaka-Higashi-sen ) is a railway line operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Before being named on August 23, 2007, the line was constructed with the tentative name "Osaka Outer Loop Line (大阪外環状線 Ōsaka-soto-kanjōsen )". The line will connect Shin-Osaka Station in northern Osaka with Kyūhōji Station in Yao, forming an arc around the eastern suburbs of the city, but currently only the southern half of the line, between Hanaten and Kyūhōji, is in operation.
The southern part opened on March 15, 2008.[1] But because of problems with the illegal occupation of a site, the northern part has not started construction yet. The optimistic opening date of this until Fiscal 2018.[2]
The line is constructed and owned by the Osaka Soto-Kanjo Railway Co., Ltd. (大阪外環状鉄道株式会社 Ōsaka Sotokanjō Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha ) as a Category-3 railway business under the Railway Business Act of Japan. JR West and JR Freight operate trains as Category-2 railway business.
Contents
Stations
- S: Direct Rapid service stop.
- |: Direct Rapid service pass.
Status Station km Direct Rapid Service
直通快速Connections Ward/City Planned Kita-Umeda*
北梅田through to
Amagasaki
via the
Gakkentoshi Line
and the
JR Tozai LineJR Kyoto Line, JR Kobe Line, JR Takarazuka Line, Osaka Loop Line (Osaka Station), Osaka Municipal Subway Yotsubashi Line Kita-ku, Osaka Planned
(existing on other line)Shin-Osaka
新大阪JR Kyoto Line, Sanyō Shinkansen, Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line Yodogawa-ku, Osaka Planned Nishi-Suita*
西吹田Suita Awaji*
淡路Hankyu Kyoto Line, Hankyu Senri Line Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka Miyakojima*
都島Miyakojima-ku, Osaka Noe*
野江Keihan Main Line, Osaka Municipal Subway Tanimachi Line (Noe-Uchindai Station) Joto-ku, Osaka Planned
(existing on other line)Shigino
鴫野| Gakkentoshi Line, Osaka Municipal Subway Imazatosuji Line In operation Hanaten
放出0.0 S Gakkentoshi Line Tsurumi-ku, Osaka Takaida-Chūō
高井田中央1.7 | Osaka Municipal Subway Chuo Line (Takaida Station) Higashiosaka JR Kawachi-Eiwa
JR河内永和3.3 | Kintetsu Nara Line (Kawachi-Eiwa Station) JR Shuntokumichi
JR俊徳道3.9 | Kintetsu Osaka Line (Shuntokumichi Station) JR Nagase
JR長瀬4.9 | New station (planned for FY 2018) Shogakuji Signal Box
正覚寺信号場6.9 | Hirano-ku, Osaka Shin-Kami
新加美7.6 | Kyūhōji
久宝寺9.2 S Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) Yao Rapid Service go through to Nara via the Yamatoji Line. - Stations with tentative names are marked with *.
Rolling stock
Passenger
- 103 series
- 201 series
- 207 series
- 223-6000 series (used for rapid service from 2008-03-15 until 2011-03-11)
The 103 and 201 series trains are based at Nara Depot, the 207 series trains are based at Akashi Depot, while the 223-6000 series trains were based at Miyahara Depot.
Freight
Locomotives seen hauling freight trains include the DD51, DE10, EF66, EF81 and EF210.
References
- ^ JR West Press Release (December 20, 2007) (Japanese)
- ^ "JRおおさか東線、北ヤード乗り入れ、18年度までに開業、150億円追加投資。". Nihon Keizai Shimbun. 2009-01-31. http://www.nikkei.co.jp/kansai/news/news004797.html. Retrieved 2009-01-31.(Japanese)
External links
- Osaka Soto-Kanjo Railway Co., Ltd. (Japanese)
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