Osaka Line

Osaka Line
21000 series EMU on a limited express service passing New Aoyama Tunnel
Overview
Owner 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 (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: Osaka Loop Line
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
Kashiwara (temporary)
Yamatoji Line
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
( *Takada)
JR West: Wakayama Line
31.8
D26 Matsuzuka
32.8
D27 Masuga
Ninokuchi Bypass
B40 Yagi-nishiguchi
34.8
D39 Yamato-Yagi
Unebi
36.9
D40 Miminashi
38.2
D41 Daifuku
Yamato Railway
39.8
D42 Sakurai
Sakurai Line
(Man-yo Mahoroba Line)
Daiki: Hase Line
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-
Osaka Transportation Department
84.048
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
Chusei Railway
Kumozu River
Takano Signal Box
-1974
104.4
D60 Kawai-Takaoka
108.2
Miyako Junction
Nakagawa Bypass for limited express trains
Nakamura River
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.