Semboku Rapid Railway
Semboku Rapid Railway (泉北高速鉄道 Semboku Kōsoku Tetsudō) is owned by the Semboku Rapid Railway Co., Ltd. as a means of transportation for Senboku New Town, and connects Izumi-Chūō Station (和泉中央駅 Izumi-Chūō Eki) with Nakamozu Station (中百舌鳥駅 Nakamozu Eki), with through operations to Nankai Electric Railway's Kōya Line up to Namba Station of southern downtown Osaka.
History
The Nakamozu - Izumigaoka section opened in 1971, dual track 1067mm gauge and electrified at 600 VDC.
In 1973 the voltage was increased to 1500 VDC and the line extended to Toga-Mikita.
The line was extended to Komyoke in 1977, and to Izumi-Chuo in 1995.
Services
Along with services inside the line, through trains to the Nankai Kōya Line beyond Nakamozu to Namba are operated.
- ■Limited Express Semboku Liner (特急 泉北ライナー Tokkyū Senboku Rainā) (LE)
- All seats are reserved. Operation started on December 5, 2015. Trains pass Sakaihigashi and Fukai for the first time.
- ■Sub-Express (区間急行 Kukan Kyūkō) (SbE)
- Operated all day, through to Namba. Before 5 December 2015, operated only on weekday mornings as through trains to Namba. Operation started on March 29, 1987, to run in the morning to compete the extension of the Midōsuji Line south down to Nakamozu on April 18. Until then SbE had been operated from Kōmyōike to Namba; later, from Izumi-Chūō in the evening. From December 23, 2000 the service in the morning.
- ■Semi-Express (準急 Junkyū) (SmE)
- Trains are operated all day, through to Namba. Before 2013, some of them were composed of 10 cars.
- <span style-"color
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- Operated all day. Mainly, shuttles between Nakamozu and Izumi-Chūō (some trains for Komyoike). Daytime and near midnight, some of them are operated between Izumi-Chūō and Namba.
Rolling stock
- Senboku Liner
- Nankai 11000 series (sometimes substituted by Nankai 12000 series)
- Local
- Semboku 3000 series
- Semboku 5000 series
- Semboku 7000 series
- Semboku 7020 series
List of stations
All stations are located in Osaka Prefecture.
- S: Trains stop.
- ｜: Trains pass.
- See Nankai Koya Line article for the stops of the through trains to Namba between Namba and Nakanozu.
| No. | Station | Distance (km) | L | SmE | SbE | LE | Transfers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Through operation | Namba | ||||||||
| SB01 | Nakamozu | 0.0 | S | S | ｜ | ｜ |
|
Kita-ku | Sakai |
| SB02 | Fukai | 3.7 | S | S | S | ｜ | Naka-ku | ||
| SB03 | Izumigaoka | 7.8 | S | S | S | S | Minami-ku | ||
| SB04 | Toga-Mikita | 10.2 | S | S | S | S | |||
| SB05 | Kōmyōike | 12.1 | S | S | S | S | |||
| SB06 | Izumi-Chūō | 14.3 | S | S | S | S | Izumi | ||
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
External links
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