Koya Line

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Koya Line
A Rinkan limited express service
Overview
Native name	高野線
Owner	Nankai Electric Railway
Locale	Osaka Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture
Termini	Shiomibashi Gokurakubashi
Service
Type	Heavy rail Commuter rail
Depot(s)	Chiyoda, Oharata
Technical
Line length	64.5 km (40.1 mi)
Number of tracks	Double (Shiomibashi - Hashimoto) Single (Hashimoto - Gokurakubashi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	100 km/h (60 mph)

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Legend
Yotsubashi Line Midōsuji Line NK00-0 4.1 Namba (original) until 1980 NK01 3.9 Namba (new) ( M201 Y15 ) since 1980 Sakaisuji Line NK02 3.0 Imamiyaebisu Ebisuchō (K18) Daikokuchō ( M21 Y16 ) NK03 2.5 Shin-Imamiya Osaka Loop Line Yamatoji Line Minami-Kasumichō (HN52) Dōbutsuen-mae ( K19 M22 ) Midōsuji Line Imaike NK04 1.9 Haginochaya Tennoji Branch Line NK05 0.9 Tengachaya (K20) NK06-5 0.0 Shiomibashi NK06-0 00.0 NK06-0 00.0 Ashiharabashi Osaka Loop Line NK06-4 0.9 Ashiharachō NK06-3 1.6 Kizugawa NK06-2 2.6 Tsumori Hankai Line NK06-1 3.6 Nishi-Tengachaya Shiomibashi Line 4.6 NK06 0.0 Kishinosato-Tamade Nankai Main Line Hankai Line NK51 1.1 Tezukayama Kaminoki Station Uemachi Line NK52 2.0 Sumiyoshihigashi NK53 2.9 Sawanochō 3.2 Wakamiya closed 1917 NK54 3.5 Abikomae Yamato River NK55 4.8 Asakayama NK56 6.4 Sakaihigashi Hanwa Line NK57 7.9 Mikunigaoka NK58 8.8 Mozuhachiman NK59 9.5 Nakamozu Semboku Rapid Railway Kōmyōike Izumi-Chūō 10.1 Mozu (freight) closed 1912? 10.4 Nakamozu Undojo-mae (extra) NK60 10.5 Shirasagi NK61 12.0 Hatsushiba NK62 12.9 Hagiharatenjin NK63 14.7 Kitanoda Nishiyoke River NK64 15.6 Sayama Higashiyoke River 16.7 Ikejiri Junction closed 1914 NK65 17.2 Ōsakasayamashi 17.6 Daiichi Handa (freight) closed 1930? 18.2 Daini Handa (freight) closed 1930? NK66 18.3 Kongō NK67 20.0 Takidani NK68 21.3 Chiyoda 22.0 Chiyoda Junction Chiyoda Depot & Workshop Kintetsu Nagano Line NK69 23.4 Kawachinagano Ishikawa River Amami River NK70 25.1 Mikkaichichō Kagata Junction closed 1984 NK71 26.7 Mikanodai NK72 28.6 Chihayaguchi NK73 30.3 Amami Kimi Tunnel Osaka Prefecture Wakayama Prefecture NK74 34.0 Kimitōge NK75 35.3 Rinkanden'entoshi 36.2 Hashitani Junction closed 1983 NK76 37.3 Miyukitsuji 38.2 Oharata Junction Oharata Inspection Depot 39.5 Ichiwakiyama (extra) closed 1918? 39.9 Hashimotocho (extra platform) closed ? NK77 40.1 Hashimoto 40.6 0.0 Tsuma Junction closed 1959 Wakayama Line   0.6 Kinokawaguchi closed 1959 Kinokawa NK78 43.2 Kii-Shimizu NK79 45.8 Kamuro NK80 47.6 Kudoyama Nyugawa River NK81 49.6 Kōyashita Fudotani River NK82 51.3 Shimo-Kosawa 2 tunnels Naka-Kosawa Bridge NK83 53.0 Kami-Kosawa 4 tunnels Kasagi Bridge 2 tunnels NK84 56.0 Kii-Hosokawa 7 tunnels NK85 58.4 Kii-Kamiya 4 tunnels NK86 59.9 Gokurakubashi

The Koya Line (高野線, Kōya sen) is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by the Nankai Electric Railway, a private railway operator.^[1] It connects Osaka and Koyasan, the capital of the Japanese Buddhist sect Shingon, via the suburbs of Osaka, such as Sakai, Osakasayama, Tondabayashi and Kawachinagano in Osaka Prefecture and Hashimoto and Kōya in Wakayama Prefecture. To distinguish it from other Nankai Lines, the Kōya Line is indicated with pictograms of coniferous-like trees which bring to mind Mount Kōya, or with the line colour, green.

For historical reasons, the line formally begins at Shiomibashi Station in Osaka and crosses the Nankai Main Line, the company's other main line, at Kishinosato-Tamade Station, though operationally it starts at Namba Station together with the Nankai Line, diverges at Kishinosato-Tamade Station and goes to Gokurakubashi Station, to connect to Koyasan through Nankai Cable Line.

The section from Shiomibashi to Kishinosato-Tamade, called the "Shiomibashi Line" (汐見橋線), has trains operating only in between those two stations. The section from Hashimoto to Gokurakubashi and the Koyasan Cable is named the "Koya Flower Railway" (こうや花鉄道) by operating a sightseeing train "Tenku".