Editing Kansai Main Line (section)

{{short description|Railway line in Japan}}
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{{Infobox rail line
| name        = Kansai Main Line
| other_name = [[Yamatoji Line]] ({{STN|Kamo|x|Kyoto}} - {{STN|JR Namba|x}})
| native_name   = 関西本線
| native_name_lang = ja
| color       = 00B284
| color2      = 0073bc
| logo        = [[File:JR Central Kansai Line.svg|50px]]  [[File:JRW kinki-Q.svg|50px]]  [[File:JRW kinki-V.svg|50px]] 
| logo_width  =
| logo_alt    =
| image       = JR West Kiha 120 DMU 005.JPG
| image_width = 300px
| image_alt   = 
| caption     = [[KiHa 120]] diesel car on a rural section in March 2007
| type        = Heavy rail
| system      = 
| status      = In operation
| locale      = {{Plainlist|
*[[Aichi Prefecture]]
*[[Mie Prefecture]]
*[[Kyoto Prefecture]]
*[[Nara Prefecture]]
*[[Osaka Prefecture]]
 }}
| start       = {{STN|Nagoya|x}}
| end         = {{STN|JR Namba|x}}
| stations    = 52
| routes      =
| daily_ridership = 
| open        = {{start date and age|1889}}
| close       =
| owner       = [[JR Central]]<br />[[JR West]]
| operator    = JR Central<br /> JR West<br />[[JR Freight]]
| character   = Both urban and rural
| depot       =
| stock       = 
| linelength_km = 179.6
| tracklength_km = 
| tracks = 
| gauge       = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}
| electrification = 1,500 V DC, [[overhead line]]<br />(Nagoya&ndash;Kameyama, Kamo&ndash;JR Namba)
| speed_km/h  = 
| speed        = 120 km/h (75 mph) (Nagoya&ndash;Kawarada, Nara&ndash;Tennoji)<br />95 km/h (59 mph)<br />(Kawarada&ndash;Nara, Tennoji&ndash;JR Namba)
| elevation   =
}}
[[File:JR West Old Nara Station building 003.JPG|thumb|Old Nara Station building in March 2007]]

[[File:JR-Tokai Express Kasuga 002 JPN.jpg|thumb|A ''Kasuga'' express train in a rural section. The photo was taken in March 2006, shortly before the service was discontinued.]]

The {{Nihongo|'''Kansai Main Line'''|関西本線|Kansai-honsen|also called the "'''Kansai Line'''"}} is a railway line in Japan, which connects [[Nagoya Station]] with [[JR Namba Station]] in [[Osaka]]. It is jointly run by the [[Central Japan Railway Company]] (JR Central) and [[West Japan Railway Company]] (JR West), with the boundary between both companies being located at [[Kameyama Station (Mie)|Kameyama Station]] in [[Kameyama, Mie]].

The section from [[Kamo Station (Kyoto)|Kamo Station]] west to JR Namba Station is electrified and a part of the JR West "Urban Network", and is nicknamed the [[Yamatoji Line]]. The JR Central section from Nagoya to Kameyama is also electrified.

Despite its name, for much of its length it is a very local line with mainly single track sections and no regular express services. The line was originally built in the 1890s by Kansai Railway (later under the [[Japanese Government Railways]] and [[Japanese National Railways]]) as an alternate route from south Osaka to Nara and Nagoya, but competition from the [[Kintetsu Railway|Kintetsu]] lines and declining ridership forced the line to operationally become two electric suburban lines for Osaka and Nagoya respectively, with a less-used unelectrified rural section in the middle.

Formerly a ''Kasuga'' [[express train]] ran from {{STN|Nagoya|x}} to {{STN|Nara|x}}, but this service was discontinued in March 2006.