Osaka Line

Osaka Line
21000 series EMU on a limited express service passing New Aoyama Tunnel
Overview
OwnerThe logo of the Kintetsu Railway Company. Kintetsu Railway
Line numberD
LocaleKansai (Osaka, Nara and Mie Prefectures
Termini
Stations48
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Intercity rail
Operator(s)Kintetsu Railway
Depot(s)Takayasu
(Branch: Goido, Nabari, Aoyamacho)
Goido (workshop)
History
Opened30 April 1914; 110 years ago (1914-04-30)
Technical
Line length108.9 km (67.7 mi)
Track length107.6 km (66.9 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius400 m (1,300 ft)
Electrification1,500 V DC (overhead line)
Operating speed130 km/h (80 mph)
(some limited express trains)
120 km/h (75 mph)
(limited express trains)
110 km/h (70 mph)
(other trains)
SignallingAutomatic closing block
Train protection systemKintetsu ATS, ATS-SP
Maximum incline3.56%
Route map

0.0*
km via the former route

0.0
D03 Osaka Uehommachi
S19 as Sennichimae Line
JR West: Left arrow Osaka Loop Line Right arrow
1.1
D04 Tsuruhashi
2.8
D05 Imazato
Sennichimae Line
4.1
D06 Fuse
5.1
D07 Shuntokumichi
6.2
D08 Nagase
7.4
D09 Mito
8.3
D10 Kyūhōjiguchi
9.2
Kintetsu Yao
-1978
9.6
D11 Kintetsu Yao
1978-
11.1
D12 Kawachi-Yamamoto
Takayasu Inspection Depot / Workshop
12.2
D13 Takayasu
Takayasu Depot
13.3
D14 Onji
14.9
D15 Hōzenji
15.7
D16 Katashimo
16.6
D17 Andō
Left arrow Kashiwara (temporary)
Yamatoji Line Right arrow
18.2
D18 Kawachi-Kokubu
19.8
D19 Ōsaka-Kyōikudai-mae
Tamateyama Tunnel
22.0
D20 Sekiya
24.1
D21 Nijō
25.7
D22 Kintetsu Shimoda
Goidō Workshop/
Takayasu Inspection Goido Depot
27.1
D23 Goidō
28.8
D24 Tsukiyama
29.9
D25 Yamato-Takada
(Left arrow *Takada)
JR West: Left arrow Wakayama Line
31.8
D26 Matsuzuka
32.8
D27 Masuga
Ninokuchi Bypass Right arrow
B40 Yagi-nishiguchi [* 1]
34.8
D39 Yamato-Yagi
Unebi
36.9
D40 Miminashi
38.2
D41 Daifuku
Yamato RailwayRight arrow
39.8
D42 Sakurai
Up arrow
Sakurai Line
(Man-yo Mahoroba Line)
Right arrow
Daiki: Hase Line Right arrowDown arrow
41.9
D43 Yamato-Asakura
Hase
45.6
D44 Hasedera
50.1
D45 Haibara
57.2
D46 Murōguchi-Ōno
59.7
D47 Sambommatsu
64.0
D48 Akameguchi
Nishi-Nabari
67.2
D49 Nabari
Takayasu Inspection Nabari Depot
70.0
D50 Kikyōgaoka
73.1
D51 Mihata
75.5
D52 Iga-Kambe
77.9
D53 Aoyamachō
Takayasu Inspection Aoyamacho Depot
80.6
D54 Iga-Kōzu
Miyashita Tunnel
Kitayama Tunnel
Tanioku Tunnel
Sangen-ya Tunnel
83.4*
Sangen-ya Signal Box
-1973
83.8
D55 Nishi-Aoyama
1975-
Up arrow Osaka Transportation Department
84.048
Down arrow Nagoya Transportation Department
85.3*
Nishi-Aoyama
-1975
New Aoyama Tunnel
5,652 m
Aoyama Tunnel
89.1*
Higashi-Aoyama
-1975
Kaito Tunnel
Takiguchi Tunnel
Mizoguchi Tunnel
Nikawa Tunnel
91.8*
Kaito-nishi Signal Box
-1975
91.5
D56 Higashi-Aoyama
1975-
93.1*
Kaito-higashi Signal Box
-1975
Sōdani Tunnel
Kajigahiro Tunnel
95.4
D57 Sakakibara-Onsenguchi
97.6
D58 Ōmitsu
100.1
Kametani Signal Box
-1974
101.6
D59 Ise-Ishibashi
Left arrow Chusei Railway Right arrow
Kumozu River
Takano Signal Box
-1974
104.4
D60 Kawai-Takaoka
108.2
Miyako Junction
Nakagawa Bypass for limited express trains
Nakamura River
Up arrowLeft arrow Osaka Line
108.9
D61 Ise-Nakagawa
  1. ^ Same station as Yamato-Yagi

The Osaka Line (大阪線, Ōsaka-sen) is a railway line in Japan owned by Kintetsu Railway, connecting Osaka and Mie Prefecture via Nara Prefecture. The line is the longest double-tracked railway of non-JR operators. Together with the Nagoya Line, this line forms the route for Kintetsu limited express services connecting Osaka and Nagoya in competition with the Tokaido Shinkansen.