Osaka Higashi Line

Osaka Higashi Line
A 221 series EMU on a Local service in March 2022
Overview
Native nameおおさか東線
OwnerOsaka Soto-Kanjo Railway Co., Ltd.
LocaleOsaka Prefecture
Termini
  • Ōsaka
  • Kyūhōji
Stations15
Service
TypeHeavy rail
SystemUrban Network
Operator(s)JR-West
JR Freight
Depot(s)Aboshi
Rolling stock221 series EMU
History
Opened
  • 15 March 1929 (as Katamachi Freight Branch Line)
  • 15 March 2008 (as Osaka Higashi Line)
Technical
Line length20.2 km (12.6 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC (overhead lines)
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map

Umeda Freight Line
Umeda Signal Box (formerly JR Freight Umeda Freight Terminal)
–2023
 JR-F01  Ōsaka
old Umeda Freight Line
–2023
Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line)
Old Tōkaidō Line
Spur track to Miyahara Depot
0.0
 JR-F02  Shin-Ōsaka
Hoppō Freight Line
Osaka Metro: Midōsuji Line
Kanzaki River
 JR-F03  Minami-Suita
LeftJōtō Freight Line
Kanzakigawa Signal Box
10.3
Senri Signal Box
–1982
10.7
Suita
Suita Freight Terminal
Kanzaki River
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Hankyu Kyoto Line
 JR-F04  JR-Awaji
Akagawa Bridge
Yodogawa River
5.7
Miyakojima Signal Box
–1982
 JR-F05  Shirokitakōendōri
 JR-F06  JR-Noe
Yodogawa Freight Line and Sakuranomiya Line
2.9
Tatsumi Signal Box
−1982
UpJōtō Freight Line
Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line)
Neya River
 JR-F07  Shigino
Osaka Metro: Imazatosuji Line
11.1
0.0
 JR-F08  Hanaten
Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line)
Daini Neya River
Aboshi Depot Hanaten Branch
12.8
1.7
 JR-F09  Takaida-Chūō
Osaka Metro: Chūō Line (Takaida)
14.4
3.3
 JR-F10  JR Kawachi-Eiwa
15.0
3.9
 JR-F11  JR Shuntokumichi
Shuntokumichi Signal Box
2007–2008
16.0
4.9
 JR-F12  JR Nagase
Hagusa Signal Box
–2003
 JR-F13  Kizuri-Kamikita
Shōgakuji Signal Box
South Jōtō Freight Line
(see inset below)
Old Jōtō Freight Line
(see inset below)
18.7
7.6
 JR-F14  Shin-Kami
LeftHanwa Freight Line
20.3
9.2
 JR-F15  Kyūhōji
Ryūge Signal Box
–1997
10.4
Yao

Old Jōtō Freight Line
0.0
Shōgakuji Signal Box
Osaka Higashi Line
Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)
Jōtō Freight–Yamatoji connection
Kutara No. 1 Signal Box
1.5
Hirano
Jōtō Freight–Yamatoji connexion
Kudara Freight Terminal
Kudarashijō –1984

The Osaka Higashi Line (おおさか東線, Ōsaka-Higashi-sen) (Literally: Osaka East Line) is a railway line in Osaka, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR-West). The line connects Ōsaka Station in northern Osaka with Kyūhōji Station in Yao, forming an arc around the northern and eastern suburbs of the city. Before being named on August 23, 2007, the line was constructed with the tentative name "Osaka Outer Loop Line (大阪外環状線, Ōsaka-soto-kanjōsen)".

The line is constructed and owned by the Osaka Soto-Kanjo Railway Co., Ltd. (大阪外環状鉄道株式会社, Ōsaka Sotokanjō Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha) as a Category-3 railway business under the Railway Business Act of Japan. JR-West and JR Freight operate trains as Category-2 railway business.[citation needed] The Kita-Umeda extension opened on March 18, 2023, replacing the above-ground Umeda Freight Line.