Minami Osaka Line

The Minami Osaka Line (南大阪線, Minami-Ōsaka-sen) is a railway line operated by Kintetsu Railway connecting Ōsaka Abenobashi in Osaka and Kashiharajingū-mae in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture via Osaka's southern suburb cities of Matsubara, Fujiidera and Habikino in Osaka Prefecture, and Katsuragi and Yamato-Takada in Nara Prefecture. The line is the major access from Osaka to southern part of Nara Basin, and together with the Yoshino Line is the main access to the Yoshino refuge of Emperor Godaigo, a popular tourism destination, especially during spring.

Minami Osaka Line
Kintetsu 6820 series EMU at Osaka Abenobashi Station on a semi-express service for Kawachi-Nagano
Overview
Native name南大阪線
Owner Kintetsu Railway
Line numberF
LocaleOsaka Prefecture
Nara Prefecture
Termini
Stations28
Color on map     (#008446)
Service
TypeHeavy rail
SystemKintetsu Railway
Operator(s)Kintetsu Railway
Depot(s)Furuichi
Branch: Amami
Rolling stock
History
Opened24 March 1898 (1898-03-24) (DomyojiFuruichi)
Technical
Line length39.7 km (24.7 mi)
Number of tracksDouble-track
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC (overhead lines)
Operating speed110 km/h (68 mph) (limited express trains)
100 km/h (62 mph) (commuter trains)
SignallingAutomatic closing block
Train protection systemKintetsu ATS, ATS-SP
Route map

Lines are of Kintetsu unless noted
Nankai: Tennoji Branch Line
0.0
F01 Ōsaka Abenobashi
, , Tennōji
JR West: Osaka Loop Line
JR West: Hanwa Line
JR West: Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)
1.0
F02 Koboreguchi
2.1
F03 Kita-Tanabe
2.7
F04 Imagawa
Nankai: Hirano Line
Subway: Tanimachi Line (Komagawa-Nakano)
3.8
F05 Harinakano
5.1
F06 Yata
JR West: Hanwa Freight Line
7.3
F07 Kawachi-Amami
Furuichi Inspection Amami Depot
8.3
F08 Nunose
9.1
F09 Takaminosato
10.0
F10 Kawachi-Matsubara
11.6
F11 Eganoshō
12.6
F12 Takawashi
13.7
F13 Fujiidera
14.8
Ōjingoryō-mae
abandoned in 1974
15.6
F14 Hajinosato
16.3
F15 Dōmyōji
17.8
Konda Hachiman
abandoned in 1974
18.3
F16/O16 Furuichi
Furuichi Inspection Depot
Ishikawa River
20.0
F17 Komagatani
22.0
F18 Kaminotaishi
Prefectural border (Osaka/Nara)
24.9
Donzurubō
27.3
F19 Nijōzan
28.4
F20 Nijō-jinjaguchi
30.4
F21 Taimadera
31.1
F22 Iwaki
32.3
F23/P23 Shakudo
34.2
F24 Takadashi
JR West: Wakayama Line
35.6
F25 Ukiana
36.8
F26 Bōjō
38.5
F27 Kashiharajingū-nishiguchi
Kashiharajingū
abandoned in 1939
Yoshino Line, Unebi Line
39.7
F42 Kashiharajingū-mae
Track conversion facility

The network formed by this line and some branch lines use a track gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), making them the only lines of the Kintetsu network at this gauge, other lines of Kintetsu are 1435mm gauge and 762mm gauge.

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