Nara Line (Kintetsu)

The Template:Nihongo is a Japanese railway line owned by the Kintetsu Railway. The line connects Fuse Station in the eastern suburbs of Osaka to Kintetsu Nara Station in the historic city of Nara, though operationally, the line begins at Ōsaka Namba Station on the Namba Line.<ref name="osakaStation">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Additionally, some trains run through-services starting at Kobe Sannomiya Station on the Hanshin Railway Main Line in Kobe.<ref name="osakaStation"/> Eastern satellite cities such as Higashiosaka and Ikoma are connected by the line.<ref name="osakaStation"/> This line is more direct than the JR line between Osaka and Nara.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref>

History

The line was opened by Template:Nihongo in 1914, dual track and electrified at 600 VDC.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref>

Whereas the JR West Yamatoji Line routes south of the Ikoma mountain range to connect Osaka and Nara, the Kintetsu Nara Line uses a Template:Convert tunnel through the Ikoma mountain range.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref> As a result, the Kintetsu route is more direct and has allowed municipalities along the line such as Ikoma to flourish as major commuter hubs. To respond to high demand, the railway operates services with up to ten cars long during the peak hours operating as rapid and limited express services.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref> Because of the direct routing, the Nara Line is highly regarded for being the most important commuter rail route in the Kinki region.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref> Higher demand over the years has gradually lead to a reduction of faster midday services as Kintetsu moved to a higher frequency of limited express trains during peak hours.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref>

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.<ref name="Kintetsu-route-guide">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Local trains

Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Ōsaka Namba - Higashi-Hanazono or Yamato-Saidaiji (partly Kintetsu Nara)

in the morning and the evening:Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Ōsaka Namba - Hyotan-yama or Higashi-Ikoma

partly: Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Ōsaka 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 Ōsaka Namba - Yamato-Saidaiji or Kintetsu Nara

Semi-Express trains

Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Ōsaka Namba - Yamato-Saidaiji or Kintetsu Nara

Express trains, Limited Express trains

Ōsaka Namba - Kintetsu Nara

Rapid Express trains

Kobe Sannomiya (Hanshin) or Amagasaki (Hanshin) or Ōsaka Namba - Kintetsu Nara

Stations

• ●: Trains stop.
• |: Trains pass.
• ▲: Trains stop when the large events are held at Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium.
• ※: One rapid express train for Nara stops at Ayameike on school days for Kinki University Elementary School and Kinki University Kindergarten.
• Local trains (普通, Futsū or 各駅停車, Kakueki-teisha) stop at every station.

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Through service to File:Number prefix Hanshin line.svg Hanshin Namba Line:				from Ōsaka Namba Local, Suburban Semi-Express, Semi-Express: to Amagasaki on the File:Number prefix Hanshin line.svg Hanshin Namba Line Rapid Express: to Kobe Sannomiya via Amagasaki on the File:Number prefix Hanshin line.svg Hanshin Main Line (3 trains start from Shinkaichi on the Kobe Kosoku Line on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.)
Namba Line	Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	大阪難波	●	●	●	●	●	File:Number prefix Hanshin line.svg Hanshin Namba Line (through service) Osaka Metro (Namba) Template:Rint Sennichimae Line (S16) Template:Rint Midosuji Line Template:Rint Yotsubashi Line (Y15) Nankai (NK01: Namba) File:Nankai mainline symbol.svg Nankai Main Line File:Nankai koya line simbole.svg Nankai Koya Line Template:RouteBox Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) (JR-Q17:Template:STN)	Chūō-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
	Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	近鉄日本橋	●	●	●	●	●	Osaka Metro (Nippombashi) Template:Rint Sennichimae Line (S17) Template:Rint Sakaisuji Line (K17)
	Template:RouteBox	Template:STN (Kintetsu Department Store Uehommachi)	大阪上本町	●	●	●	●	●	Osaka Metro (Tanimachi Kyūchōme) Template:Rint Sennichimae Line (S18) Template:Rint Tanimachi Line (T25) Tracks of the Namba Line are also connected to Osaka Line tracks.	Tennoji-ku, Osaka
Osaka Line
	Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	鶴橋	●	●	●	●	|	Template:Plainlist	Ikuno-ku, Osaka
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN	今里	|	|	|	|	|
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN	布施	●	●	●	|	|	Template:Rcb Template:Lnl (D06)	Higashi-Osaka
Nara Line
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN	河内永和	|	|	|	|	|	Template:Rcb Template:Lnl (JR-F10: Template:STN)
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN (Osaka University of Commerce, Osaka Shoin Women's University)	河内小坂	●	●	|	|	|
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN	八戸ノ里	|	|	|	|	|
	Template:KNSN Provisional	Template:STN (Tentative, Planned)	瓜生堂（仮称）						Osaka Monorail Main Line (proposed extension)
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN	若江岩田	|	|	|	|	|
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN	河内花園	|	|	|	|	|
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN (Hanazono Rugby Stadium)	東花園	●	●	▲	▲	|
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN	瓢箪山	●	|	|	|	|
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN	枚岡	●	|	|	|	|
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN	額田	●	|	|	|	|
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN	石切	●	●	●	|	|
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN	生駒	●	●	●	●	●	Template:Plainlist	Ikoma	Nara Prefecture
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN (Tezukayama University Higashi-Ikoma Campus)	東生駒	●	●	|	|	|
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN	富雄	●	●	|	|	|		Nara
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN (Tezukayama Gakuen)	学園前	●	●	●	●	|
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN	菖蒲池	●	●	|	※	|
Through service to:			From Yamato-Saidaiji: Local trains to Template:Rcb Template:Lnl for Template:STN (only some to Kintetsu Nara) Express trains to Template:Rcb Kyoto Line for Kyōto or Template:RicTemplate:Ric Kyoto Municipal Subway Template:Lnl for Template:STN (all through to Kintetsu Nara)
Nara Line	Template:KNSN	Template:STN	大和西大寺	●	●	●	●	●	Template:Plainlist	Nara	Nara Prefecture
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN	新大宮	●	●	●	●	|
	Template:KNSN	Template:STN	近鉄奈良	●	●	●	●	●

Kintetsu Namba Line

Template:Nihongo is an underground railway line owned by the Kintetsu Railway in Osaka, Japan, and opened in 1970. It is an extension of the Osaka Line and the Nara Line. The line is parallel to the Osaka Municipal Subway Sennichimae Line (Template:STN - Template:STN). Along with the commuter trains of the Nara Line and the Hanshin Namba Line, some intercity trains including the "Urban Liner" connecting Osaka and Nagoya, also run on the line.