Kashihara Line
| Kashihara Line | |
|---|---|
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 A Kashihara Line train passing Yakushi-ji temple | |
| Overview | |
| Native name | 橿原線 |
| Owner |  Kintetsu Railway |
| Line number | B |
| Locale | |
| Termini | |
| Stations | 17 |
| Color on map | (#e7a61a) |
| Service | |
| Type | Commuter rail |
| System | Kintetsu Railway |
| Operator(s) | Kintetsu Railway |
| Depot(s) | Saidaiji |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 April 1921 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 23.8 km (14.8 mi) |
| Number of tracks | Double-track |
| Character | Commuter rail |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Minimum radius | 240 m (790 ft) |
| Electrification | 1,500 V DC (Overhead lines) |
| Operating speed | 100 km/h (60 mph)[1] |
| Signalling | Automatic closing block |
| Train protection system | Kintetsu 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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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 |
|
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 |
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| Through section | from Hirahata to Tenri on the Tenri Line (Local trains and express trains) | |||||||
History
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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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