Kashihara Line

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Kashihara Line
KT number-B.svg
Kintetsu Series 8400 Kashihara.jpg
A Kashihara Line train passing Yakushi-ji temple
Overview
Native name橿原線
Owner KintetsuLogo.svg Kintetsu Railway
Line number B
Locale
Termini
Stations17
Color on map     (#e7a61a)
Service
Type Commuter rail
SystemKintetsu Railway
Operator(s)Kintetsu Railway
Depot(s)Saidaiji
History
Opened1 April 1921;101 years ago (1921-04-01)
Technical
Line length23.8 km (14.8 mi)
Number of tracks Double-track
CharacterCommuter rail
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius 240 m (790 ft)
Electrification 1,500 V DC (Overhead lines)
Operating speed100 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.

Contents

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

No.StationJapaneseDistance
(km)
ExpressLimited
Express
TransfersLocation
Through sectionfrom 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0.0OO
Nara Nara
 B27  Amagatsuji 尼ヶ辻1.6||
 B28  Nishinokyō 西ノ京2.8O [Note 1] O [Note 1]
 B29  Kujō 九条4.0|| Yamatokoriyama
 B30  Kintetsu-Kōriyama 近鉄郡山5.5O|
 B31  Tsutsui 筒井8.4||
 B32  Hirahata 平端9.9O| 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15.9O| 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20.5OO D Osaka Line (D39)
 B40  Yagi-nishiguchi 八木西口20.5O| U Man-yō Mahoroba Line (Sakurai Line) (Unebi)
 B41  Unebigoryōmae 畝傍御陵前22.8O|
 B42  Kashiharajingū-mae 橿原神宮前23.8OO
Through sectionfrom Hirahata to Tenri on the Tenri Line
(Local trains and express trains)
  1. 1 2 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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.