Kashihara Line





































































Kashihara Line
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Kintetsu Series 8400 Kashihara.jpg
A Kashihara Line train passing Yakushi-ji temple

Overview
Native name 橿原線
Type Commuter rail
System Kintetsu Railway
Locale


  • Nara, Nara, Japan


  • Yamtokoriyama, Nara, Japan


  • Tenri, Nara, Japan


  • Kawanishi, Nara, Japan


  • Miyake, Nara, Japan


  • Tawaramoto, Nara, Japan


  • Kashihara , Nara, Japan

Termini
Yamato-Saidaiji
Kashiharajingu-mae
Stations 17
Operation
Opened April 1, 1921; 98 years ago (1921-04-01)
Owner Kintetsu Railway
Character Commuter rail
Technical
Line length 23.8 km (14.8 mi)
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Minimum radius 240 m
Electrification

  • 1,500 V DC

  • Overhead lines

Operating speed 100 km/h (60 mph)[1]

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






  • 1 Service outline


  • 2 Stations


  • 3 History


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References





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
Distance
(km)
Express
Limited
Express
Transfers
Location
Through section
from Yamato-Saidaiji to Kyoto on the Kyoto Line
(Local trains, express trains, and limited express trains)
B26

Yamato-Saidaiji
0.0
O
O

Kyoto Line (through services available)
Nara Line (A26)

Nara

Nara
B27

Amagatsuji
1.6
|
|

B28

Nishinokyō
2.8
O[Note 1]
O[Note 1]

B29

Kujō
4.0
|
|


Yamatokoriyama
B30

Kintetsu-Kōriyama
5.5
O
|

B31

Tsutsui
8.4
|
|

B32

Hirahata
9.9
O
|

Tenri Line (H32) (through services available)
B33

Family-Kōemmae
10.9
|
|

B34

Yūzaki
12.4
|
|


Kawanishi
B35

Iwami
13.8
|
|


Miyake
B36

Tawaramoto
15.9
O
|

Tawaramoto Line (I36: Nishi-Tawaramoto Station)

Tawaramoto
B37

Kasanui
17.3
|
|

B38

Ninokuchi
19.1
|
|


Kashihara
B39

Yamato-Yagi
20.5
O
O

Osaka Line (D39)
B40

Yagi-nishiguchi
20.5
O
|

Sakurai Line (Unebi Station)
B41

Unebigoryōmae
22.8
O
|

B42

Kashiharajingū-mae
23.8
O
O

Minami Osaka Line (F42)
Yoshino Line (F42)
Through section
from Hirahata to Tenri on the Tenri Line
(Local trains and express trains)




  1. ^ ab 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


  • List of railway lines in Japan


References





  1. ^ abc 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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}













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