Kansai Airport Line

Kansai Airport Line
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Kansai Airport Limited Express Haruka at Rinkū Town Station
Overview
Native name 関西空港線
Type Heavy rail
System Urban Network
Locale Osaka Prefecture
Termini Hineno
Kansai Airport
Stations 3
Operation
Opened 1994
Owner JR West (HinenoRinkū Town)
New Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. (Rinkū TownKansai Airport)
Operator(s) JR West
Rolling stock 223-0 series EMU
223-2500 series EMU
225-5000 series EMU
281 series EMU
Technical
Line length 11.1 km (6.9 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Operating speed 130 km/h (80 mph)

Coordinates: 34°26′6.96″N 135°14′39.85″E / 34.4352667°N 135.2444028°E / 34.4352667; 135.2444028 The Kansai Airport Line (関西空港線 Kansai-Kūkō-sen) is a railway line between Hineno Station and Kansai Airport Station in Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and owned by Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. between Rinkū Town and Kansai Airport. It opened on June 15, 1994.

Basic data

Trains

Stations

Station Transfers Location
Through train service from Kyoto, Shin-Osaka, Kyōbashi, Ōsaka and Tennōji via the Hanwa Line
Hineno 日根野 Hanwa Line Izumisano Osaka
Prefecture
Rinkū Town りんくうタウン Nankai Airport Line
Kansai Airport 関西空港 Tajiri

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