Yamatoji Line
Template:Short description Template:Infobox rail line
The Template:Nihongo is the common name of the western portion of the Kansai Main Line in Japan. The line is owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It starts at Kamo Station in Kyoto Prefecture and ends at JR Namba Station in Naniwa-ku, Osaka.
OperationsEdit
Yamatoji Rapid ServiceEdit
- Template:Nihongo trains operate between Template:STN or Nara Station and Tennoji, via a complete loop on the Osaka Loop Line. Trains divert from the Kansai Line at Shin-Imamiya Station instead of continuing to JR Namba. From Shin-Imamiya, they run on the Osaka Loop Line, making limited stops to Osaka Station, and then making every stop before completing the loop at Tennoji Station. However, some services do not complete the loop, as they terminate in Kyobashi. Trains also stop at every station east of Template:STN.
- 4 services are operated every hour during weekday daytime and weekend nighttime, with 2 of them operating as far as Template:STN. Some weekend services operate through service to the Wakayama Line towards Takada and Gojō.
- All trains are operated using 221 series EMUs, with every of them being 8 cars.
Section Rapid ServiceEdit
- Template:Nihongo operate the same route as the Yamatoji Rapid but make every stop on the Osaka Loop Line. They are operated in weekday rush hours, plus weekend nights. There are also services which operate through services to the Wakayama Line. All services are operated using 221 series EMUs.
Rapid ServiceEdit
- Template:Nihongo" operate between JR Namba and either Takada on the Wakayama Line (daytime), or Nara / Kamo (morning, evening, night), with an interval of 2 trains per hour. Among the through trains towards the Wakayama Line during the evening rush, some of them are coupled with Nara-bound services before decoupling at Ōji. However there are no Namba-bound services where two trains couple at Ōji. Additionally, there are a few Namba-bound through service trains starting from Nara and detours to the Sakurai Line in the morning rush.
- Trains stop at JR Namba, Shin-Imamiya, Tennoji, Template:STN, Template:STN and every station after Ōji.
- During daytime, trains are operated using 4-car 221 series EMUs. During rush hours, 6-car 201 series EMUs are also used, but now there is a higher tendency that 221 series trains being used. From the timetable revision on 15 March 2008 until 11 March 2022, 3 Rapid services starting from Kashiwara (where Rapid trains normally skip) to Namba were operated.
- Template:Nihongo
- The operation of the "Direct Rapid Service" trains started on March 17, 2008, with the opening of the Osaka Higashi Line and the timetable revision on March 15, 2008. The trains are now operated between Template:STN and Shin-Osaka, via the Yamatoji Line and the Osaka Higashi Line. On weekdays, 4 Shin-Osaka-bound trains are operated in the mornings, while 4 Nara-bound trains are operated in the evenings. On weekends, 2 round trips are operated both in the mornings and in the evenings. Trains stop at all stations from Nara to Template:STN, Template:STN, JR Kawachi-Eiwa, Takaida-Chuo, Hanaten and Shin-Osaka. Trains are operated using 207 series or 321 series EMUs from the Aboshi Depot.
- Before 16 March 2019, when the Osaka Higashi Line still had not been extended to Shin-Osaka, Direct Rapid trains operated between Nara and Template:STN via the Yamatoji Line, the Osaka Higashi Line, the Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line), and the JR Tōzai Line.
- Template:Nihongo
- "Local trains" stop at every station on the Yamatoji Line between Kamo and JR Namba. They are operated between Oji and JR Namba in the non-rush hour. Trains are also operated from JR Namba to Kamo and through from JR Namba to the Nara Line in the early morning.
HistoryEdit
The oldest section of the Yamatoji Line is between Template:STN and Template:STN, which opened on May 14, 1889. The present route was completed on August 21, 1907 when the new line between Template:STN and Template:STN, replacing the original route via Template:STN, was opened.<ref>Template:Teishajo</ref> The name "Yamatoji Line" has been used since March 13, 1988, and the term “Yamatoji“ roughly translates to “Road to Yamato Province”.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with the Yamatoji Line being assigned station numbers between JR-Q17 and JR-Q39 with the exception of JR-Q35 (which will be assigned to a future station between Koriyama and Nara).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
StationsEdit
- ● : All trains stop.
- | : All trains pass.
Local trains stop at every passenger station.
Rolling stockEdit
- 207 series
- 221 series (Yamatoji Rapid, Direct Rapid, Rapid and Local services)
- 287 series (Rakuraku Yamato services)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
FormerEdit
- 103 series (until 2018)
- 105 series (until 1994)
- 113 series (until July 1989)
- 117 series
- 201 series (Rapid and Local services, until March 2025 )
- 205 series (until March 2022)
- 223-0/2500 series (Kansai Airport/Kishuji Rapid service, until March 2008)
- 223-6000 series (Direct Rapid service, until March 2011)
- 381 series (Yamatoji Liner Rapid service, until March 2011)
ReferencesEdit
Template:West Japan Railway Company Lines Template:Osaka transit