Kintetsu Ikoma Line

Ikoma Line train

The Ikoma Line (生駒線 Ikoma-sen) is a railway line of Kintetsu Corporation in Nara Prefecture, Japan connecting Ikoma Station in the city of Ikoma and Ōji Station in the town of Ōji. Having a total length of 12.4 km, the entirely electrified standard gauge line is partially double-tracked. All trains stop at all 12 stations (including both termini) along the line.

History

The Nobutaka Ikoma Electric Railway Co. opened the line in 1922, electrified at 600 VDC. The company merged with Kintetsu in 1964, and in 1969 the voltage was raised to 1500 VDC.

The Minami Ikoma - Nabatake section was duplicated in 1977, the Higashiyama - Haginodai section in 1993 and Nabatake - Ikoma in 1994.

Stations

No.	Name		Distance (km)	Between (km)	Connections	Location
G17	Ikoma	生駒	-	0.0	Kintetsu Nara Line, Kintetsu Keihanna Line, Kintetsu Ikoma Cable Line	Ikoma	Nara
G18	Nabata	菜畑	1.2	1.2
G19	Ichibu	一分	1.1	2.3
G20	Minami-Ikoma	南生駒	1.2	3.5
G21	Haginodai	萩の台	1.0	4.5
G22	Higashiyama	東山	0.9	5.4
G23	Motosanjoguchi	元山上口	1.3	6.7		Heguri, Ikoma District
G24	Heguri	平群	1.2	7.9
G25	Tatsutagawa	竜田川	1.4	9.3
G26	Seya-Kitaguchi	勢野北口	1.4	10.7		Sangō, Ikoma District
G27	Shigisanshita	信貴山下	0.8	11.5
G28	Ōji	王寺	0.9	12.4	Kintetsu Tawaramoto Line West Japan Railway (JR West) Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) Wakayama Line	Ōji, Kitakatsuragi

Connections

The Ikoma line connects to the following railway lines:

• At Ikoma Station
  • Kintetsu Nara Line
  • Kintetsu Keihanna Line
  • Kintetsu Ikoma Cable Line (Cable Line station is called Toriimae Station.)
• At Ōji Station
  • Kintetsu Tawaramoto Line (Tawaramoto Line station is called Shin-Ōji Station.)
  • West Japan Railway (JR West) Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)
  • West Japan Railway (JR West) Wakayama Line

References

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