Kintetsu Nara Line

For the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Nara Line, see Nara Line.

Nara Line
Overview
Native name	奈良線
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Kansai
Termini	Fuse Kintetsu Nara
Stations	19
Line number	A
Operation
Opened	April 30, 1914
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Corporation
Depot(s)	Higashi-Hanazono Saidaiji
Technical
Line length	26.7 km (16.6 mi)
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)

Route map

Legend

Lines of Kintetsu unless noted

Hanshin: Hanshin Namba Line (left)

Osaka Municipal Subway: Sennichimae Line (right)

JR West: Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)

JR Namba

Osaka Municipal Subway: Yotsubashi Line

6.1

0.0

A01 Osaka Namba(Osaka Municipal Subway: Namba)

Osaka Municipal Subway: Midōsuji Line

Nankai: Nankai Main, Koya lines (Namba)

Namba Line

Osaka Municipal Subway: Sakaisuji Line

Nippombashi

5.3

0.8

A02 Kintetsu Nippombashi

Osaka Municipal Subway: Tanimachi Line

Tanimachi Kyūchōme

4.1

2.0

A03 Osaka Uehommachi

↓Osaka Line

JR West: Osaka Loop Line

3.0

3.1

A04 Tsuruhashi

1.3

4.8

A05 Imazato

0.0

6.1

A06 Fuse

↓Nara Line←Osaka Line

JR West: Osaka Higashi Line

JR Kawachi-Eiwa

0.8

6.9

A07 Kawachi-Eiwa

1.6

7.7

A08 Kawachi-Kosaka

2.4

8.5

A09 Yaenosato

Yaenosato Depotabandoned in 1967

Kinki Expressway

Tamagawa Workshopabandoned 1982

4.1

10.2

A10 Wakae-Iwata

5.0

11.1

A11 Kawachi-Hanazono

5.8

11.9

A12 Higashi-Hanazono

Higashi-Hanazono Inspection Depot

7.0

13.1

A13 Hyōtan-yama

8.3

14.4

A14 Hiraoka

9.0

15.1

A15 Nukata

Keihanna Line

10.1

16.2

A16 Ishikiri

10.6

16.7

Kusaezakaabandoned in 1964

New Ikoma Tunnel (3,494m)

Ikoma Tunnel

↑Osaka/Nara↓

Ikoma Cable (Toriimae)

14.2

20.3

A17 Ikoma

Ikoma Line

15.4

21.5

A18 Higashi-IkomaHigashi-Ikoma Signal Box

Keihanna Line to Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka

Higashi-Hanazono Inspection Higashi-Ikoma Depot

New Ōtani Tunnel

17.7

23.8

A19 Tomio

19.1

25.2

A20 Gakuen-mae

20.1

26.2

A21 Ayameike

Kyoto Line

22.3

28.4

A26 Yamato-Saidaiji

Kashihara Line

Saidaiji Inspection Depot

(Extra) Camp Car1947-1951

25.0

31.1

A27 Shin-Ōmiya

JR West: Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)

JR West: Kansai Main Line former route

25.9

32.0

Aburasakaabandoned in 1969

26.7

32.8

A28 Kintetsu Nara

The Nara Line (奈良線, Nara sen) is a Japanese railway line of Kintetsu Corporation (近畿日本鉄道, Kinki Nippon Tetsudō) (Kintetsu for short). 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 Osaka Namba Station on the Namba Line in southern downtown Osaka, operating on 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 Osaka Namba - Higashi-Hanazono or Yamato-Saidaiji (partly Kintetsu Nara); in the morning and the evening:Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Osaka Namba - Hyotan-yama or Higashi-Ikoma; partly: Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Osaka 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 Osaka Namba - Yamato-Saidaiji or Kintetsu Nara
Semi-Express trains: Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Osaka Namba - Yamato-Saidaiji or Kintetsu Nara
Express trains, Limited Express trains: Osaka Namba - Kintetsu Nara
Rapid Express trains: Kobe Sannomiya (Hanshin) or Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Osaka 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)
s: One rapid express train for Nara stop at Ayameike on the school days of Kinki University Elementary School and Kinki University Kindergarten.

Line name	No.	Station name	SSE	SE	Ex	RE	Location
Hanshin Railway line through section			from Osaka 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	Osaka Namba (LE)	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	Tennoji-ku, Osaka
Osaka Line	A03		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	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
	A21	Ayameike	S	S	\|	s
	A26	Yamato-Saidaiji (LE)	S	S	S	S
	A27	Shin-Ōmiya	S	S	S	S
	A28	Kintetsu Nara (LE)	S	S	S	S

References

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

Kintetsu Railway and Transport

1,435 mm lines

Osaka / Nagoya Line Area	Osaka Line Shigi Line Nagoya Line Yunoyama Line Suzuka Line Yamada Line Toba Line Shima Line

Nara / Kyoto Line Area	Namba Line Nara Line Ikoma Line Keihanna Line Kyoto Line Kashihara Line Tenri Line Tawaramoto Line

1,067 mm lines	Minami-Osaka Line Dōmyōji Line Nagano Line Gose Line Yoshino Line

Funicular lines	Ikoma Cable Line Nishi-Shigi Cable Line

Ropeway lines	Katsuragi Ropeway Line



Former lines	Hachiōji Line Hokusei Line Iga Line Utsube Line Yōrō Line

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