Nagoya Line (Kintetsu)

Nagoya Line
21010 series EMU for Limited Express trains
Overview
Line numberE
LocaleAichi Prefecture
Mie Prefecture
Termini
Stations44
Color on map     (#1b3db0)
Service
Type
History
Opened10 September 1915; 109 years ago (1915-09-10)
Last extension26 June 1938; 86 years ago (1938-06-26)
Technical
Line length78.8 km (49.0 mi)
Number of tracksDouble-track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Old gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
(until 1959)
Electrification1,500 V DC (overhead line)
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph)
SignallingAutomatic closed block
Train protection systemKintetsu ATS, ATS-SP
Maximum incline3.35%
Route map

km
year
closed
Nagoya Station
Meitetsu Nagoya Station
E01
0.0
Kintetsu Nagoya Station
connection to Meitetsu line
1954
Sasashima Goods
Komeno depot
Sasashima-raibu
Sasashima Yoneno footbridge
E02
1.1
Komeno
Nagoya sidings
Sasashima Junction
E03
2.1
Kogane
Nagoya Depot
E04
2.8
Kasumori
E05
3.8
Kintetsu HattaHatta
4.0
Kintetsu Hatta
(original)
2005
E06
6.4
Fushiya
Nagoya Municipal Subway
Kanayama Line (planned)
E07
8.4
Toda
E08
9.7
Kintetsu Kanie
E09
12.1
Tomiyoshi
& Tomiyoshi Depot
E10
13.7
Sakogi
E11
16.1
Kintetsu Yatomi
Yatomi
17.3
Kisogawa Bunki Junction
1959
Yatomi Overpass
1959
Kisogawa Bridge
over Kiso River
Aichi
Mle
border
Nagashima Overpass
1959
E12
19.5
NagashimaKintetsu Nagashima
Ibi-Nagara Bridge over
Ibi & Nagara Rivers
21.3
Ibigawa
1969
21.4
Ibigawa Branch signal
1959
Ibigawa Branch temporary signal
22.3
Harima River branch signal
1959
Higashikata depot
E13
23.7
Kuwana
Kuwana
Electric Tramway
Nishi-Kuwana
Mie Kōtsū Hokusei Line
E14
24.8
Masuo│Kuwanakai
Asaake signal
Inabe River
Machiya
by 1952
E15
27.4
Ise-Asahi
Asaake River
Kawagoe Halt
1945
E16
30.0
Kawagoe Tomisuhara
Tomisuhara
(original)
1945
Sangi Railway Sangi Line
Sanki Asahi signal
Tomida-Nishiguchi
1985
Sangi Railway Kintetsu Renraku Line
Tomida
E17
31.6
Kintetsu Tomida
Kasumigaura Station
(original)
1943
E18
33.5
Kasumigaura
Hatsu
1943
E19
34.6
Akuragawa
Kaizo River
E20
35.7
Kawaramachi
Mitaki River
Nishimachi
Tenrikyo curve
37.0
Suwa
1956
Zenkoji curve
Yokkaichi
1956
E21
36.9
Kintetsu YokkaichiYokkaichi
Asunaro Yokkaichi
E22
38.1
Shinshō
38.7
Shikagawa signal
1956
E23
39.6
Miyamado
E24
40.8
Shiohama
depot
Shiohama
Shiohama
Goods
Kansai Main Line freight branch
E25
42.6
Kita-Kusu
Suzuka Hasen River
E26
44.2
Kusu
E27
45.6
Nagonoura
45.9
Kusunoki branch signal
1943
46.4
Mida
(original))
E28
47.0
Mida
E29
48.3
Ise-Wakamatsu
E30
50.1
Chiyozaki
51.4
Shirasaki branch signal
1943
E31
52.9
Shiroko
E32
54.1
Tsuzumigaura
E32
56.0
Isoyama
E34
57.9
Chisato
58.1
Kamiiso branch signal
1944
58.9
Ise Ueno
1943
E35
59.8
Toyotsu-Ueno
60.6
Toyotsuura
1943
E36
61.7
Shiratsuka
Shiratsuka
Depot
62.9
Sakagawa
1944
63.2
Inverse river branch signal
1955
E37
64.1
Takadahonzan
63.7
Takadahonzan
(original)
1955
64.7
Sangenya branch signal
E38
65.3
Edobashi
65.5
Edobashi
(original)
1959
E39
66.5
Tsu
Ano River
E40
68.8
Tsushinmachi
Iwata River
E41
71.5
Minamigaoka
71.6
Double pond signal
1953
E42
74.0
Hisai
E43
75.5
Momozono
76.9
Kumidegawa branch signal
1972
Nakamura River
78.2
53 points (Kurota branch)
Ōsaka Namba
Kuroda junction
Nakagawa bypass
Miyako junction
E60
78.8
Ise-Nakagawa
Ujiyamada
Toba
Kashikojima
km
year
closed

The Nagoya Line (名古屋線, Nagoya-sen) is a railway line owned and operated by the Kintetsu Railway, a Japanese private railway company, connecting Nagoya and Ise Nakagawa Station in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture via Kuwana, Yokkaichi, Suzuka, Tsu municipalities along the Ise Bay. The official starting-point of the line is Ise-Nakagawa and the terminus is Nagoya; however, operationally trains run "down" from and "up" towards Nagoya.

The line approximately parallels the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) Kansai Main Line, the Ise Railway Ise Line, and the JR Central Kisei Main Line, and all three offer rapid services from Nagoya to Ise.

At Ise-Nakagawa, the line has connections to the Osaka Line to Uehommachi and Kintetsu Namba Stations of downtown Osaka, and to the Yamada Line to Ujiyamada Station and beyond Toba Station on the Toba Line and Kashikojima Station of the Shima Line, to provide touristic access to scenic Shima Peninsula and Ise Shrine.