Nagano Line (Kintetsu)

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Nagano Line
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Overview
Owner KintetsuLogo.svg Kintetsu Railway
Line number O
Locale Osaka Prefecture
Termini
Stations8
Color on map     (#008446)
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemKintetsu Railway
Operator(s)Kintetsu Railway
History
Last extension12 December 1902;120 years ago (1902-12-12)
Technical
Line length12.5 km (7.8 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC (overhead line)
Operating speed90 km/h (56 mph)
Signalling Automatic closing block
Train protection system Kintetsu ATS
Route map
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Arrow Blue Up 001.jpeg Arrow Blue Down 001.jpeg Minami-Osaka Line
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F15/N15 Dōmyōji
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0.0O16/F16 Furuichi
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Arrow Blue Left 001.jpeg Furuichi Depot/Minami-Osaka Line Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
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1.9Nishiura
1920
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3.4O17 Kishi
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3.9Miyanomae
1920
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4.0Asahigaoka
19231974 (suspended in 1945)
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5.7O18 Tondabayashi
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6.3O19 Tondabayashi-nishiguchi
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7.3O20 Kawanishi
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8.7O21 Takidanifudō
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10.5O22 Shionomiya
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12.5O23 Kawachinagano

The Nagano Line (長野線, Kintetsu Nagano-sen) is a railway line of Japanese private railway company Kintetsu Railway branching off Minami-Osaka Line at Furuichi in southern suburbs of Osaka. The line connects cities of Habikino, Tondabayashi and Kawachi-Nagano in Osaka Prefecture, terminates at Kawachinagano with connection to Nankai Electric Railway Kōya Line.

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History

The Nagano Line was constructed and opened between 1898 and 1902 as the sole line of Kayō Railway (河陽鉄道, Kayō Tetsudō) who aimed to connect inland town Kawachinagano to Kashiwara on the Kansai Main Line (then of Kansei Railway (関西鉄道, Kansei Tetsudō, also read as Kwansei, Kansai)). The company renamed itself the Osaka Railway Co. in 1919 (being the second company of that name) and decided and built its own line directly to Osaka, branching from Dōmyōji. The company then opened a line diverting from Furuichi to Nara Prefecture, to complete present Minami Osaka Line. Thus the line to Kawachi-Nagano became a branch line, present Nagano Line.

The line was electrified at 1500 VDC in 1923, and the company merged with Kintetsu in 1944. The Furuichi - Kishi section was duplicated in 1957, and extended to Tondabayashi in 1974.

Operation

Nearly all trains go through up to/down from Ōsaka Abenobashi on Minami-Osaka Line. A few trains return at Tondabayashi.

Service

All trains stop at all stations on the Nagano Line. Most trains are operated as a Semi express.

Local (普通, Futsū)(L)
Limited number of operation, in the morning down to Tondabayashi or Kawachi-Nagano, in midnight up to Furuichi or Osaka Abenobashi.
Semi-Express (準急, Junkyū)(SE)
Four trains per hour per direction, all day, all to/from Osaka Abenobashi.
Express (急行, Kyūkō)(Ex)
In the rush hours, to/from Osaka Abenobashi.

Stations

All stations are located in Osaka Prefecture.

Local trains (普通) stop at every station. Therefore, it is omitted here.

No.StationJapaneseDistance
(km)
SEExTransfersLocation
 O16  Furuichi 古市0.0 F Minami Osaka Line (F16) Habikino
 O17  Kishi 喜志3.4 Tondabayashi
 O18  Tondabayashi 富田林5.7
 O19  Tondabayashi-nishiguchi 富田林西口6.3
 O20  Kawanishi 川西7.3
 O21  Takidanifudō
(Osaka Otani University)
滝谷不動
(大阪大谷大学前)
8.7
 O22  Shionomiya 汐ノ宮10.5 Kawachi-Nagano
 O23  Kawachinagano 河内長野12.5 Nankai koya line simbole.svg Nankai Koya Line (NK69)

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