Kintetsu Yoshino Line

Kintetsu Yoshino Line
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Locale	Nara Prefecture
Termini	Kashihara-Jingūmae Yoshino
Stations	16
Operation
Opened	25 October 1912
Owner	Kintetsu Corporation
Depot(s)	Muda (branch depot of Furuichi Inspection Depot)
Technical
Line length	25.2 km (15.7 mi)
No. of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius	160 m^[1]
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	100 km/h (60 mph)^[1]

The Kintetsu Yoshino Line (近鉄吉野線, Kintetsu Yoshino-sen) is a railway line in Nara Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Corporation. It connects Kashihara-Jingūmae in Kashihara and Yoshino in Yoshino. All Express and Limited Express trains continue to and from Ōsaka Abenobashi Station on the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line.

History

The Yoshino Railway (吉野鉄道) Co. opened the Yoshino - Muda section in 1912, and extended the line to Kashiharajingū-mae in 1923, electrifying the entire line at 1500 VDC at that time.^[1]

In 1929 the company merged with the Osaka Electric Railway Co., which merged with Kintetsu in 1944.

Freight services ceased in 1984, and CTC signalling was commissioned in 2001.

Stations

O: stop,
|: pass
(Express trains, local trains, and semi-express trains stop at every station.)

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Limited Express	Transfers	Location
F42	Kashiharajingū-mae	橿原神宮前	0.0	O	Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line (Through services available) Kintetsu Kashihara Line (B42)	Kashihara	Nara Prefecture
F43	Okadera	岡寺	1.1	\|		Kashihara
F44	Asuka	飛鳥	2.2	O		Asuka, Takaichi District
F45	Tsubosakayama	壺阪山	3.9	O		Takatori, Takaichi District
F46	Ichio	市尾	6.0	\|		Takatori, Takaichi District
F47	Kuzu	葛	7.9	\|		Gose
F48	Yoshinoguchi	吉野口	9.5	O	Wakayama Line	Gose
F49	Kusurimizu	薬水	11.2	\|		Ōyodo, Yoshino District
F50	Fukugami	福神	12.8	O
F51	Ōada	大阿太	14.6	\|
F52	Shimoichiguchi	下市口	17.0	O
F53	Koshibe	越部	18.7	\|
F54	Muda	六田	20.7	O
F55	Yamato-Kamiichi	大和上市	22.9	O		Yoshino, Yoshino District
F56	Yoshino-Jingū	吉野神宮	23.7	O
F57	Yoshino	吉野	25.2	O	Yoshino Ropeway

References

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

1 2 3 Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 123. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.

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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