Yamada Line (Kintetsu)

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Yamada Line
Kintetsu Ise-Shima Liner at Ujiyamada
Overview
Owner	Kintetsu Railway
Locale	Mie Prefecture
Termini	Ise-Nakagawa Ujiyamada
Stations	14
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Kintetsu Railway
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Railway
History
Opened	27 March 1930; 94 years ago (1930-03-27)
Last extension	17 March 1931; 93 years ago (1931-03-17)
Technical
Line length	28.3 km (17.6 mi)
Number of tracks	Double-track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1,500 V DC (overhead line)
Operating speed	130 km/h (81 mph)
Signalling	Automatic closed block
Train protection system	Kintetsu ATS
Route map Legend All lines are Kintetsu unless otherwise noted Osaka Namba Osaka Uehommachi Kyōto Kashihara Line • Kyoto Line Yamato-Yagi Nagoya Osaka Line • Nagoya Line 0.0 Ise-Nakagawa Yamada Line 3.0 Ise-Nakahara JR Central Kisei Main Line 5.7 Matsugasaki Matsue Closed 1937 Sakanai River 8.4 Matsusaka National Route 42 10.0 Higashi-Matsusaka JR Central Kisei Main Line • JR Central Sangū Line National Route 42 Matsusaka-Taki Bypass 13.9 Kushida Kushida River 15.8 Koishiro 17.1 Saikū 19.8 Myōjō Myōjō Depot 22.4 Akeno 24.2 Obata Miya River JR Central Sangū Line 26.3 Miyamachi (Gekū-mae) 27.7 Iseshi (Yamada) JR Central Sangū Line 28.3 Ujiyamada Toba Line JR Central Sangū Line Toba Shima Line Kashikojima

The Yamada Line (山田線, Yamada-sen) is a railway line of the Japanese private railway company Kintetsu Railway, connecting Ise-Nakagawa Station (Matsusaka, Mie) and Ujiyamada Station (Ise, Mie) in Japan. The line runs parallel to parts of the JR Central Kisei Main Line and Sangū Line.

The line connects with the Toba Line at Ujiyamada Station. The Yamada Line, Toba Line, and Shima Line form a single train line that begins at Ise-Nakagawa Station and serves the Ise-Shima tourist region.

In 1941 when the line received its name, the city of Ise was called Ujiyamada and was actually a merger of two towns formerly called Uji and Yamada. The heart of the old town of Yamada was near modern-day Ujiyamada Station, the terminus, and thus the line was named the "Yamada Line".