Minami Osaka Line

Route map

Legend Lines are of Kintetsu unless noted Subway: Midōsuji Line JR West: Osaka Loop Line, Yamatoji Line Nankai: Tennoji Branch Line Hankai Uemachi Line (Tennōji-eki-mae) Subway: Tanimachi Line Tennōji 0.0 F01 Ōsaka Abenobashi, , Tennōji JR West: Osaka Loop Line JR West: Hanwa Line JR West: Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) 1.0 F02 Koboreguchi 2.1 F03 Kita-Tanabe 2.7 F04 Imagawa Nankai: Hirano Line Subway: Tanimachi Line (Komagawa-Nakano) 3.8 F05 Harinakano 5.1 F06 Yata JR West: Hanwa Freight Line Yamato River 7.3 F07 Kawachi-Amami Furuichi Inspection Amami Depot 8.3 F08 Nunose 9.1 F09 Takaminosato 10.0 F10 Kawachi-Matsubara 11.6 F11 Eganoshō 12.6 F12 Takawashi 13.7 F13 Fujiidera 14.8 Ōjingoryō-maeabandoned in 1974 15.6 F14 Hajinosato Domyoji Line 16.3 F15 Dōmyōji 17.8 Konda Hachimanabandoned in 1974 18.3 F16/O16 Furuichi Furuichi Inspection Depot Nagano Line O23 Kawachi-Nagano Ishikawa River 20.0 F17 Komagatani 22.0 F18 Kaminotaishi Prefectural border (Osaka/Nara) 24.9 Donzurubō 27.3 F19 Nijōzan 28.4 F20 Nijō-jinjaguchi 30.4 F21 Taimadera 31.1 F22 Iwaki 32.3 F23/P23 Shakudo Gose Line P26 Kintetsu Gose 34.2 F24 Takadashi JR West: Wakayama Line 35.6 F25 Ukiana 36.8 F26 Bōjō 38.5 F27 Kashiharajingū-nishiguchi Kashiharajingūabandoned in 1939 Yoshino Line, Unebi Line Kashihara Line 39.7 F42 Kashiharajingū-mae Track conversion facility Yoshino Line F57 Yoshino

26000 series Limited Express EMU (before renovation)

The Minami Osaka Line (南大阪線, Minami-Ōsaka-sen) is a railway line operated by Kintetsu Railway connecting Ōsaka Abenobashi in Osaka and Kashiharajingū-mae in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture via Osaka's southern suburb cities of Matsubara, Fujiidera and Habikino in Osaka Prefecture, and Katsuragi and Yamato-Takada in Nara Prefecture. The line is the major access from Osaka to southern part of Nara Basin, and together with the Yoshino Line is the main access to the Yoshino refuge of Emperor Godaigo, a popular tourism destination, especially during spring.

The network formed by this line and some branch lines uses a track gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), the Kintetsu network being the only one in Japan operating lines at this gauge, 1435mm gauge and 762mm gauge.

History

The first section of the line opened in 1898 in a part between Kashiwara Station and Furuichi Station by Kayō Railway Co., Ltd. (河陽鉄道, Kayō Tetsudō). The next year Kanan Railway Co., Ltd. (河南鉄道, Kanan Railway) took over the line, then the company renamed itself Osaka Railway Co., Ltd. (大阪鉄道, Osaka Tetsudō). The railway constructed its own access line to Osaka center, completed in 1923 and electrified at 1,500 V DC, then the highest voltage in Japan. Later extension to Nara Prefecture, present Kashiharajingū-mae was built in 1929 and through operation began to Yoshino Railway Co., Ltd. (吉野鉄道, Yoshino Tetsudō), now Yoshino Line. The entire route was competing with the present Osaka Line, but Osaka Railway was merged to the then Kansai Kyūkō Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (関西急行鉄道, Kansai Kyūkō Tetsudō), predecessor of Kintetsu, in 1943.

Operations

Some trains go through to the Nagano Line and the Yoshino Line, some between Furuichi and Gose Station in Gose Line, and from Gose to Osaka Abenobashi. Local trains run between Osaka Abenobashi and Fujiidera or Furuichi, and between Furuichi and Kashiharajingū-mae (including conductorless trains between Furuichi and Kashiharajingū-mae).

Rapid service

Semi-Express (準急, Junkyū) (SmE)

Suburban Express (区間急行, Kukan Kyūkō) (SbE)

Express (急行, Kyūkō) (Ex)

Rapid Express (快速急行, Kaisoku Kyūkō)

Rapid express trains are operated in spring, and the stops on the Minami Osaka Line are same with the express trains.

Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū) (LE)

Stations

• S: Trains stop.
• s: Part of limited express trains stop at Furuichi (Osaka-bound trains till 9:34 a.m. or 9:35 a.m., and Kashihara-bound and Yoshino-bound trains departing Osaka Abenobashi after 8 p.m.).^[1]
• Local trains (普通) stop at every station.

For distances and connections, see route diagram.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

External links

• Tourist Guide of Kintetsu
• Line map

Kintetsu Railway
Routes (Lines)	Railway ■ Namba/Nara Line and its branch  A  Namba/Nara Line  G  Ikoma Line ■ Kyoto/Kashihara Line and its branches  B  Kyoto/Kashihara Line  H  Tenri Line  I  Tawaramoto Line ■ Keihanna Line (Line owned by other entity)  C  Keihanna Line ■ Osaka Line and its branch  D  Osaka Line  J  Shigi Line ■ Nagoya Line and its branches  E  Nagoya Line  K  Yunoyama Line  L  Suzuka Line ■ Yamada/Toba/Shima Line  M  Yamada/Toba/Shima Line ■ Minami Osaka/Yoshino Line and its branches (Narrow-gauge lines)  F  Minami Osaka/Yoshino Line  N  Domyoji Line  O  Nagano Line  P  Gose Line Lines operated by other entities (Narrow-gauge lines)      Iga Line      Yoro Line ■ Cable car (Funicular)  Y  Ikoma Line  Z  Nishi-Shigi Line Ropeway (Aerial tramway) Katsuragisan Ropeway
Transferred and defunct lines Transferred lines Hokusei Line Utsube Line Hachiōji Line Nankai Main Line Takashinohama Line Tanagawa Line Kada Line Tennoji Branch Hankai Line Uemachi Line Hirano Line Ohama Branch Defunct lines Higashi-Shigi Line Ise Line Ousa Line Horyuji Line