Kashihara Line

Railway line in Nara Prefecture, Japan

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gaugeMinimum radius240 m (790 ft)Electrification1,500 V DC (Overhead lines)Operating speed100 km/h (60 mph)[1]SignallingAutomatic closing blockTrain protection systemKintetsu ATS


The Kashihara Line (橿原線, Kashihara-sen) is a 23.8 km (14.8 mi) north-south bound railway line in Nara Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by the Kintetsu Railway, a private railway operator. It connects Yamato-Saidaiji Station and Kashiharajingu-mae Station.

Service outline

Most Express and Limited Express trains operate to and from the Kyoto Line, and some Express services operate between Kyoto and Tenri via the line between Saidaiji and Hirahata stations.

Stations

  • Local trains stop at every station.
No. Station Japanese Distance
(km) 		Express Limited
Express 		Transfers Location
Through section from Yamato-Saidaiji to Kyoto on the B Kyoto Line
(Local trains, express trains, and limited express trains)
 B26  Yamato-Saidaiji 大和西大寺 0.0 O O
  • A Kintetsu-Nara Line (A26)
  • B Kyoto Line (through services available)
 Nara Nara
 B27  Amagatsuji 尼ヶ辻 1.6 | |
 B28  Nishinokyō 西ノ京 2.8 O[Note 1] O[Note 1]
 B29  Kujō 九条 4.0 | | Yamatokoriyama
 B30  Kintetsu-Kōriyama 近鉄郡山 5.5 O |
 B31  Tsutsui 筒井 8.4 | |
 B32  Hirahata 平端 9.9 O | H Tenri Line ( H32 ) (through services available)
 B33  Family-Kōemmae ファミリー公園前 10.9 | |
 B34  Yūzaki 結崎 12.4 | | Kawanishi
 B35  Iwami 石見 13.8 | | Miyake
 B36  Tawaramoto 田原本 15.9 O | I Tawaramoto Line ( I36 : Nishi-Tawaramoto) Tawaramoto
 B37  Kasanui 笠縫 17.3 | |
 B38  Ninokuchi 新ノ口 19.1 | | Kashihara
 B39  Yamato-Yagi 大和八木 20.5 O O D Osaka Line (D39)
 B40  Yagi-nishiguchi 八木西口 20.5 O O U Man-yō Mahoroba Line (Sakurai Line) (Unebi)
 B41  Unebigoryōmae 畝傍御陵前 22.8 O |
 B42  Kashiharajingū-mae 橿原神宮前 23.8 O O
Through section from Hirahata to Tenri on the Tenri Line
(Local trains and express trains)
  1. ^ a b Express trains and Kyoto-Kashihara limited express trains stop during off-peak hours only.

History

The first section of the line, from Saidaiji Station (present-day Yamato-Saidaiji) to Kōriyama Station (present-day Kintetsu Kōriyama), opened on 1 April 1921.[1] The line was extended to Hirahata on 1 April 1922, and the section from Hirahata to Kashiharajingū-mae opened on 21 March 1923.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 127, 267. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
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