The Osaka Line (大阪線, Ōsaka-sen) is a railway line in Japan owned by Kintetsu Railway, connecting Osaka and Mie Prefecture via Nara Prefecture. The line is the longest double-tracked railway of non-JR operators. Together with the Nagoya Line, this line forms the route for Kintetsu limited express services connecting Osaka and Nagoya in competition with the Tokaido Shinkansen.
Osaka Line
21000 series EMU on a limited express service passing New Aoyama Tunnel
Along with charged Limited express, non-charged local and rapid services are operated on the line.
Local (普通, Futsū) (L)
Mostly using 6-car trains, operations are divided at Nabari. In the west trains normally run between Osaka Uehommachi and Takayasu or Kawachi-Kokubu. During the day, 6 trains operate per hour, 5 between Osaka Uehommachi and Takayasu, and one between Osaka Uehommachi and Kawachi-Kokubu. In the east, local trains run between Nabari or Aoyamacho and Ise-Nakagawa. Some trains continues as other train types west of Nabari.
Suburban Semi-Express (区間準急, Kukan Junkyū) (SSE)
The service started on March 20, 2012.[1] These operate using 6-car trains, between Osaka Uehommachi and Yamato-Asakura, Haibara, or Nabari, during off-peak hours.
Semi-Express (準急, Junkyū) (SE)
Between Osaka Uehommachi and Takayasu, Haibara or Nabari, peak hours only, replacing suburban semi-express services, using 10-, 8-, or 6-car formations.
Express (急行, Kyūkō) (Ex)
Operated at all times except during rush hours in the peak direction, connecting Osaka Uehommachi and Aoyamachō or Isuzugawa on Toba Line, one and two services per hour respectively. These trains use short 6-car formations due to the lengths of platforms at Kawachi-Kokubu and Sambommatsu. Makes a connection to express train on Nagoya Line at Ise-Nakagawa.
Rapid Express (快速急行, Kaisoku Kyūkō) (RE)
Long distance rapid service replacing express trains at rush hours, between Osaka Uehommachi and Aoyamachō, or Matsusaka, Ujiyamada, Isuzugawa or Toba on Toba Line in Mie Prefecture. To the west of Nabari, they operate with up to 10 cars, to the west of Aoyamachō with up to 8 cars, and 4 or 6 cars in the eastern section.
After the schedule change on March 20, 2012, these trains were integrated with suburban rapid express trains (区間快速急行, 区間快速, Kukan Kaisoku Kyūkō, Kukan Kaisoku). Muroguchi-Ono and Akameguchi stations became stops of rapid express trains, but Iga-Kozu, Nishi-Aoyama, and Higashi-Aoyama stations are skipped.[1]
After the schedule change on March 14, 2020, morning westbound trains are shortened between Aoyamacho and Osaka Uehommachi, and trains from the Yamada Line and the Toba Line are operated as express trains until Nabari. A timetable revision scheduled for 16 March 2024 looks to mark the end of operation with 10-car trains.[2]
Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū)
Seat reservation required for an extra charge, between Osaka Uehommachi or Osaka Namba on the Kintetsu Namba Line in Osaka and Nagoya or the Ise - Shima region.
The Osaka Electric Railway opened the Osaka Uehommachi to Fuse section as 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge dual track electrified at 600 V DC (as were all further sections unless otherwise noted) in 1914. The line was extended to Kintetsu Yao in 1924, and to Onji the following year. The Yamato-Takada to Yamato-Yagi section opened (with a single track) the same year, and was then linked to Onji and duplicated in 1927. The line was then extended to Sakurai in 1929 and the voltage on the Sakurai to Fuse section increased to 1,500 V DC to permit through-running with the Sangu Express Railway line (see below).
The Sangu Express Railway opened the Sakurai to Hase section in 1929, electrified at 1,500 V DC, and extended the line to Ise-Nakagawa the following year, single track beyond Nabari. The two companies became part of Kintetsu between 1941 and 1944.
The voltage on the Osaka Uehommachi to Fuse section was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1956, the Nabari to Iga-Kozu section was double-tracked between 1959 and 1961, and the rest of the line double-tracked between 1967 and 1975, when the 5,652 m Shin Aoyama tunnel was opened, at the time the longest tunnel built in Japan by a private railway.
Former connecting linesedit
Sakurai Station: The Hase Railway opened a 6 km (3.7 mi) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge line to Hase in 1909. The company merged with the Osaka Electric Railway in 1928, the year before the Sangu Express Railway opened the Sakurai to Hase line in 1929, and the line closed in 1938. The Yamato Railway operated an 8 km (5.0 mi) 1,067 mm gauge line electrified at 600 V DC to Nishi-Tawaramoto on the Kashihara Line between 1923 and 1958.
Iga-Kambe Station: The (first) Iga Railway opened a 26 km (16 mi) 1,067 mm gauge line between Iga-Ueno on the Kansai Main Line and Nishi-Nabari in 1922, including a connection at this station. The line was electrified at 1,500 V DC in 1926. The section to Nishi-Nabari closed in 1964, with the Iga Line operated by the (second) Iga Railway after Kintetsu transferred operation of the line in 2007.
Ise-Ishibashi Station: The Dainippon Railway operated a 15 km (9.3 mi) 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge line between Hisai on the Nagoya Line and Ise-Kawaguchi on the Meisho Line that connected here between 1925 and 1943.
Referencesedit
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.
^ ab平成24年のダイヤ変更について (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Kintetsu Corporation. January 20, 2012. p. 3. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
^"大阪線「10両快速急行」廃止に 近鉄3月ダイヤ改正 五位堂→上本町の急行＆準急増発も". Traffic News (in Japanese). 18 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Osaka Line news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message The Osaka Line 大阪線 Ōsaka sen is a railway line in Japan owned by Kintetsu Railway connecting Osaka and Mie Prefecture via Nara Prefecture The line is the longest double tracked railway of non JR operators Together with the Nagoya Line this line forms the route for Kintetsu limited express services connecting Osaka and Nagoya in competition with the Tokaido Shinkansen Osaka Line21000 series EMU on a limited express service passing New Aoyama TunnelOverviewOwnerKintetsu RailwayLine numberDLocaleKansai Osaka Nara and Mie PrefecturesTerminiOsaka UehommachiIse NakagawaStations48ServiceTypeCommuter rail Intercity railOperator s Kintetsu RailwayDepot s Takayasu Branch Goido Nabari Aoyamacho Goido workshop HistoryOpened30 April 1914 110 years ago 1914 04 30 TechnicalLine length108 9 km 67 7 mi Track length107 6 km 66 9 mi Track gauge1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in standard gaugeMinimum radius400 m 1 300 ft Electrification1 500 V DC overhead line Operating speed130 km h 80 mph some limited express trains 120 km h 75 mph limited express trains 110 km h 70 mph other trains SignallingAutomatic closing blockTrain protection systemKintetsu ATS ATS SPMaximum incline3 56 Route mapLegend 0 0 km via the former route A01 Osaka Namba Namba Line A Sennichimae Line S18 Tanimachi Line T25 Tanimachi Kyuchōme 0 0 D03 Osaka Uehommachi S19 as Sennichimae Line JR West Osaka Loop Line 1 1 D04 Tsuruhashi 2 8 D05 Imazato Sennichimae Line 4 1 D06 Fuse Nara Line A 5 1 D07 Shuntokumichi JR Shuntokumichi Osaka Higashi Line 6 2 D08 Nagase 7 4 D09 Mito 8 3 D10 Kyuhōjiguchi 9 2 Kintetsu Yao 1978 9 6 D11 Kintetsu Yao 1978 11 1 D12 Kawachi Yamamoto Shigi Line J Takayasu Inspection Depot Workshop 12 2 D13 Takayasu Takayasu Depot 13 3 D14 Onji 14 9 D15 Hōzenji Yamatoji Line 15 7 D16 Katashimo Kashiwara Kashiwara minamiguchi 16 6 D17 Andō Kashiwara temporary Domyoji Line N Yamatoji Line Yamato River 18 2 D18 Kawachi Kokubu 19 8 D19 Ōsaka Kyōikudai mae Tamateyama Tunnel Osaka Nara 22 0 D20 Sekiya 24 1 D21 Nijō 25 7 D22 Kintetsu Shimoda Wakayama Line Kashiba Goidō Workshop Takayasu Inspection Goido Depot 27 1 D23 Goidō JR Goidō 28 8 D24 Tsukiyama 29 9 D25 Yamato Takada Takada JR West Wakayama Line JR West Sakurai Line Man yo Mahoroba Line 31 8 D26 Matsuzuka 32 8 D27 Masuga Kyoto Kyoto Line B Ninokuchi Bypass B40 Yagi nishiguchi 1 34 8 D39 Yamato Yagi Kashihara Line B Unebi 36 9 D40 Miminashi 38 2 D41 Daifuku Yamato Railway 39 8 D42 Sakurai Sakurai Line Man yo Mahoroba Line Daiki Hase Line 41 9 D43 Yamato Asakura Hase 45 6 D44 Hasedera 50 1 D45 Haibara 57 2 D46 Murōguchi Ōno 59 7 D47 Sambommatsu Nara Mie 64 0 D48 Akameguchi Nishi Nabari 67 2 D49 Nabari Takayasu Inspection Nabari Depot 70 0 D50 Kikyōgaoka 73 1 D51 Mihata 75 5 D52 Iga Kambe Iga Railway Iga Line 77 9 D53 Aoyamachō Takayasu Inspection Aoyamacho Depot 80 6 D54 Iga Kōzu Miyashita Tunnel Kitayama Tunnel Tanioku Tunnel Sangen ya Tunnel 83 4 Sangen ya Signal Box 1973 83 8 D55 Nishi Aoyama 1975 Osaka Transportation Department 84 048 Nagoya Transportation Department 85 3 Nishi Aoyama 1975 New Aoyama Tunnel 5 652 m Aoyama Tunnel 89 1 Higashi Aoyama 1975 Kaito Tunnel Takiguchi Tunnel Mizoguchi Tunnel Nikawa Tunnel 91 8 Kaito nishi Signal Box 1975 91 5 D56 Higashi Aoyama 1975 93 1 Kaito higashi Signal Box 1975 Sōdani Tunnel Kajigahiro Tunnel 95 4 D57 Sakakibara Onsenguchi 97 6 D58 Ōmitsu 100 1 Kametani Signal Box 1974 101 6 D59 Ise Ishibashi Chusei Railway Kumozu River Takano Signal Box 1974 Meishō Line 104 4 D60 Kawai Takaoka Ichishi Kintetsu Nagoya 108 2 Miyako Junction Nakagawa Bypass for limited express trains Nakamura River Nagoya Line E Osaka Line 108 9 D61 Ise Nakagawa Yamada Line M Ujiyamada Toba Line M Toba Shima Line M Kashikojima Same station as Yamato Yagi Contents 1 Rapid service 2 Stations 3 History 3 1 Former connecting lines 4 ReferencesRapid service editAlong with charged Limited express non charged local and rapid services are operated on the line Local 普通 Futsu L Mostly using 6 car trains operations are divided at Nabari In the west trains normally run between Osaka Uehommachi and Takayasu or Kawachi Kokubu During the day 6 trains operate per hour 5 between Osaka Uehommachi and Takayasu and one between Osaka Uehommachi and Kawachi Kokubu In the east local trains run between Nabari or Aoyamacho and Ise Nakagawa Some trains continues as other train types west of Nabari Suburban Semi Express 区間準急 Kukan Junkyu SSE The service started on March 20 2012 1 These operate using 6 car trains between Osaka Uehommachi and Yamato Asakura Haibara or Nabari during off peak hours Semi Express 準急 Junkyu SE Between Osaka Uehommachi and Takayasu Haibara or Nabari peak hours only replacing suburban semi express services using 10 8 or 6 car formations Express 急行 Kyukō Ex Operated at all times except during rush hours in the peak direction connecting Osaka Uehommachi and Aoyamachō or Isuzugawa on Toba Line one and two services per hour respectively These trains use short 6 car formations due to the lengths of platforms at Kawachi Kokubu and Sambommatsu Makes a connection to express train on Nagoya Line at Ise Nakagawa Rapid Express 快速急行 Kaisoku Kyukō RE Long distance rapid service replacing express trains at rush hours between Osaka Uehommachi and Aoyamachō or Matsusaka Ujiyamada Isuzugawa or Toba on Toba Line in Mie Prefecture To the west of Nabari they operate with up to 10 cars to the west of Aoyamachō with up to 8 cars and 4 or 6 cars in the eastern section After the schedule change on March 20 2012 these trains were integrated with suburban rapid express trains 区間快速急行 区間快速 Kukan Kaisoku Kyukō Kukan Kaisoku Muroguchi Ono and Akameguchi stations became stops of rapid express trains but Iga Kozu Nishi Aoyama and Higashi Aoyama stations are skipped 1 After the schedule change on March 14 2020 morning westbound trains are shortened between Aoyamacho and Osaka Uehommachi and trains from the Yamada Line and the Toba Line are operated as express trains until Nabari A timetable revision scheduled for 16 March 2024 looks to mark the end of operation with 10 car trains 2 Limited Express 特急 Tokkyu Seat reservation required for an extra charge between Osaka Uehommachi or Osaka Namba on the Kintetsu Namba Line in Osaka and Nagoya or the Ise Shima region Stations edit All trains stop Most trains stop Some trains stop No Stations Japanese Distance km SSE SE Ex RE LE Transfers Location D03 Ōsaka Uehommachi 大阪上本町 0 0 A Kintetsu Namba Line A03 nbsp nbsp Tanimachi Line Tanimachi Kyuchōme T25 nbsp nbsp Sennichimae Line Tanimachi Kyuchōme S18 Tennōji ku Osaka Osaka Prefecture D04 Tsuruhashi 鶴橋 1 1 O Osaka Loop Line JR O04 nbsp nbsp Sennichimae Line S19 Ikuno ku Osaka D05 Imazato 今里 2 8 D06 Fuse 布施 4 1 A Kintetsu Nara Line A06 Higashiōsaka D07 Shuntokumichi 俊徳道 5 1 F Osaka Higashi Line JR Shuntokumichi JR F11 D08 Nagase Kindai University 長瀬 6 2 D09 Mito 弥刀 7 4 D10 Kyuhōjiguchi 久宝寺口 8 3 Yao D11 Kintetsu Yao 近鉄八尾 9 6 D12 Kawachi Yamamoto 河内山本 11 1 J Shigi Line J12 D13 Takayasu 高安 12 2 D14 Onji 恩智 13 3 D15 Hōzenji 法善寺 14 9 Kashiwara D16 Katashimo 堅下 15 7 N Domyoji Line Kashiwara N17 Q Yamatoji Line Kashiwara JR Q27 D17 Andō 安堂 16 6 D18 Kawachi Kokubu Kansai University of Welfare Sciences 河内国分 18 2 D19 Ōsaka Kyōikudai mae Ōsaka Kyōiku University 大阪 教育大前 19 8 D20 Sekiya 関屋 22 0 Kashiba Nara Prefecture D21 Nijō 二上 24 1 D22 Kintetsu Shimoda 近鉄下田 25 7 D23 Goidō Mamigaoka New Town 五位堂 27 1 D24 Tsukiyama 築山 28 8 Yamatotakada D25 Yamato Takada 大和高田 29 9 D26 Matsuzuka 松塚 31 8 D27 Masuga 真菅 32 8 Kashihara D39 Yamato Yagi 大和八木 34 8 B Kashihara Line B39 D40 Miminashi 耳成 36 9 D41 Daifuku 大福 38 2 Sakurai D42 Sakurai 桜井 39 8 U Man yō Mahoroba Line Sakurai Line D43 Yamato Asakura 大和朝倉 41 9 D44 Hasedera 長谷寺 45 6 D45 Haibara 榛原 50 1 Uda D46 Murōguchi Ōno 室生口大野 57 2 D47 Sambommatsu 三本松 59 7 D48 Akameguchi 赤目口 64 0 Nabari Mie Prefecture D49 Nabari 名張 67 2 D50 Kikyōgaoka 桔梗が丘 70 0 D51 Mihata 美旗 73 1 D52 Iga Kambe 伊賀神戸 75 5 Iga Railway Iga Line Iga D53 Aoyamachō 青山町 77 9 D54 Iga Kōzu 伊賀上津 80 6 D55 Nishi Aoyama 西青山 83 8 D56 Higashi Aoyama 東青山 91 5 Tsu D57 Sakakibara Onsenguchi 榊原温泉口 95 4 D58 Ōmitsu 大三 97 6 D59 Ise Ishibashi 伊勢石橋 101 6 D60 Kawai Takaoka 川合高岡 104 4 D61 Ise Nakagawa 伊勢中川 108 9 E Nagoya Line E61 M Yamada Line M61 MatsusakaHistory editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message The Osaka Electric Railway opened the Osaka Uehommachi to Fuse section as 1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in gauge dual track electrified at 600 V DC as were all further sections unless otherwise noted in 1914 The line was extended to Kintetsu Yao in 1924 and to Onji the following year The Yamato Takada to Yamato Yagi section opened with a single track the same year and was then linked to Onji and duplicated in 1927 The line was then extended to Sakurai in 1929 and the voltage on the Sakurai to Fuse section increased to 1 500 V DC to permit through running with the Sangu Express Railway line see below The Sangu Express Railway opened the Sakurai to Hase section in 1929 electrified at 1 500 V DC and extended the line to Ise Nakagawa the following year single track beyond Nabari The two companies became part of Kintetsu between 1941 and 1944 The voltage on the Osaka Uehommachi to Fuse section was increased to 1 500 V DC in 1956 the Nabari to Iga Kozu section was double tracked between 1959 and 1961 and the rest of the line double tracked between 1967 and 1975 when the 5 652 m Shin Aoyama tunnel was opened at the time the longest tunnel built in Japan by a private railway Former connecting lines edit Sakurai Station The Hase Railway opened a 6 km 3 7 mi 1 067 mm 3 ft 6 in gauge line to Hase in 1909 The company merged with the Osaka Electric Railway in 1928 the year before the Sangu Express Railway opened the Sakurai to Hase line in 1929 and the line closed in 1938 The Yamato Railway operated an 8 km 5 0 mi 1 067 mm gauge line electrified at 600 V DC to Nishi Tawaramoto on the Kashihara Line between 1923 and 1958 Iga Kambe Station The first Iga Railway opened a 26 km 16 mi 1 067 mm gauge line between Iga Ueno on the Kansai Main Line and Nishi Nabari in 1922 including a connection at this station The line was electrified at 1 500 V DC in 1926 The section to Nishi Nabari closed in 1964 with the Iga Line operated by the second Iga Railway after Kintetsu transferred operation of the line in 2007 Ise Ishibashi Station The Dainippon Railway operated a 15 km 9 3 mi 762 mm 2 ft 6 in gauge line between Hisai on the Nagoya Line and Ise Kawaguchi on the Meisho Line that connected here between 1925 and 1943 References editThis article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia a b 平成24年のダイヤ変更について PDF Press release in Japanese Kintetsu Corporation January 20 2012 p 3 Retrieved January 21 2012 大阪線 10両快速急行 廃止に 近鉄3月ダイヤ改正 五位堂 上本町の急行 準急増発も Traffic News in Japanese 18 January 2024 Retrieved 19 January 2024 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Osaka Line amp oldid 1197043893, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
