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Nagoya Line (Kintetsu)

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Nagoya Line
21010 series EMU for Limited Express trains
Overview
Line numberE
LocaleAichi Prefecture
Mie Prefecture
Termini
Stations44
Color on map     (#1b3db0)
Service
Type
History
Opened10 September 1915; 109 years ago (1915-09-10)
Last extension26 June 1938; 86 years ago (1938-06-26)
Technical
Line length78.8 km (49.0 mi)
Number of tracksDouble-track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Old gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
(until 1959)
Electrification1,500 V DC (overhead line)
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph)
SignallingAutomatic closed block
Train protection systemKintetsu ATS, ATS-SP
Maximum incline3.35%
Route map

km
year
closed
Nagoya Station
Meitetsu Nagoya Station
E01
0.0
Kintetsu Nagoya Station
connection to Meitetsu line
1954
Sasashima Goods
Komeno depot
Sasashima-raibu
Sasashima Yoneno footbridge
E02
1.1
Komeno
Nagoya sidings
Sasashima Junction
E03
2.1
Kogane
Nagoya Depot
E04
2.8
Kasumori
E05
3.8
Kintetsu HattaHatta
4.0
Kintetsu Hatta
(original)
2005
E06
6.4
Fushiya
Nagoya Municipal Subway
Kanayama Line (planned)
E07
8.4
Toda
E08
9.7
Kintetsu Kanie
E09
12.1
Tomiyoshi
& Tomiyoshi Depot
E10
13.7
Sakogi
E11
16.1
Kintetsu Yatomi
Yatomi
17.3
Kisogawa Bunki Junction
1959
Yatomi Overpass
1959
Kisogawa Bridge
over Kiso River
Aichi
Mle
border
Nagashima Overpass
1959
E12
19.5
NagashimaKintetsu Nagashima
Ibi-Nagara Bridge over
Ibi & Nagara Rivers
21.3
Ibigawa
1969
21.4
Ibigawa Branch signal
1959
Ibigawa Branch temporary signal
22.3
Harima River branch signal
1959
Higashikata depot
E13
23.7
Kuwana
Kuwana
Electric Tramway
Nishi-Kuwana
Mie Kōtsū Hokusei Line
E14
24.8
Masuo│Kuwanakai
Asaake signal
Inabe River
Machiya
by 1952
E15
27.4
Ise-Asahi
Asaake River
Kawagoe Halt
1945
E16
30.0
Kawagoe Tomisuhara
Tomisuhara
(original)
1945
Sangi Railway Sangi Line
Sanki Asahi signal
Tomida-Nishiguchi
1985
Sangi Railway Kintetsu Renraku Line
Tomida
E17
31.6
Kintetsu Tomida
Kasumigaura Station
(original)
1943
E18
33.5
Kasumigaura
Hatsu
1943
E19
34.6
Akuragawa
Kaizo River
E20
35.7
Kawaramachi
Mitaki River
Nishimachi
Tenrikyo curve
37.0
Suwa
1956
Zenkoji curve
Yokkaichi
1956
E21
36.9
Kintetsu YokkaichiYokkaichi
Asunaro Yokkaichi
E22
38.1
Shinshō
38.7
Shikagawa signal
1956
E23
39.6
Miyamado
E24
40.8
Shiohama
depot
Shiohama
Shiohama
Goods
Kansai Main Line freight branch
E25
42.6
Kita-Kusu
Suzuka Hasen River
E26
44.2
Kusu
E27
45.6
Nagonoura
45.9
Kusunoki branch signal
1943
46.4
Mida
(original))
E28
47.0
Mida
E29
48.3
Ise-Wakamatsu
E30
50.1
Chiyozaki
51.4
Shirasaki branch signal
1943
E31
52.9
Shiroko
E32
54.1
Tsuzumigaura
E32
56.0
Isoyama
E34
57.9
Chisato
58.1
Kamiiso branch signal
1944
58.9
Ise Ueno
1943
E35
59.8
Toyotsu-Ueno
60.6
Toyotsuura
1943
E36
61.7
Shiratsuka
Shiratsuka
Depot
62.9
Sakagawa
1944
63.2
Inverse river branch signal
1955
E37
64.1
Takadahonzan
63.7
Takadahonzan
(original)
1955
64.7
Sangenya branch signal
E38
65.3
Edobashi
65.5
Edobashi
(original)
1959
E39
66.5
Tsu
Ano River
E40
68.8
Tsushinmachi
Iwata River
E41
71.5
Minamigaoka
71.6
Double pond signal
1953
E42
74.0
Hisai
E43
75.5
Momozono
76.9
Kumidegawa branch signal
1972
Nakamura River
78.2
53 points (Kurota branch)
Ōsaka Namba
Kuroda junction
Nakagawa bypass
Miyako junction
E60
78.8
Ise-Nakagawa
Ujiyamada
Toba
Kashikojima
km
year
closed

The Nagoya Line (名古屋線, Nagoya-sen) is a railway line owned and operated by the Kintetsu Railway, a Japanese private railway company, connecting Nagoya and Ise Nakagawa Station in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture via Kuwana, Yokkaichi, Suzuka, Tsu municipalities along the Ise Bay. The official starting-point of the line is Ise-Nakagawa and the terminus is Nagoya; however, operationally trains run "down" from and "up" towards Nagoya.

The line approximately parallels the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) Kansai Main Line, the Ise Railway Ise Line, and the JR Central Kisei Main Line, and all three offer rapid services from Nagoya to Ise.

At Ise-Nakagawa, the line has connections to the Osaka Line to Uehommachi and Kintetsu Namba Stations of downtown Osaka, and to the Yamada Line to Ujiyamada Station and beyond Toba Station on the Toba Line and Kashikojima Station of the Shima Line, to provide touristic access to scenic Shima Peninsula and Ise Shrine.

Services

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 LO  Local (普通; futsū)
Trains stop at every station.

Up arrow For Shiratsuka, Yokkaichi, Nagoya
Down arrow For Tomiyoshi, Yokkaichi, Shiratsuka, Ise-Nakagawa


 SE  Semi-Express (準急; junkyū)

Up arrow For Nagoya
Down arrow For Tomiyoshi, Yokkaichi


 EX  Express (急行; kyūkō)

Up arrow For Nagoya
Down arrow For Ise-Nakagawa, Matsusaka, Ujiyamada, Toba


 LE  Limited Express (特急; tokkyū)
Seat reservations and limited express fee required.

Up arrow For Nagoya
Down arrow For Ōsaka Namba; via Nabari and Yamato-Yagi (Kashihara)
Down arrow For Ujiyamada, Toba, Kashikojima


 NS  Non-stop Limited Express (ノンストップ特急; nonsutoppu tokkyū)
Trains for Ōsaka Namba run hourly. Trains for Kashikojima run once a day on weekends. Seat reservations and limited express fee required.

Up arrow For Nagoya
Down arrow For Ōsaka Namba
Down arrow For Kashikojima


 SV  Premium Express Shimakaze (しまかぜ; Shimakaze)[1]
Trains for Kashikojima run once a day except on Wednesday with some exceptions. :(Seat reservations, limited express fee and special vehicle fee required.

Up arrow For Nagoya
Down arrow For Kashikojima

Stations

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Legend
Trains stop here
Trains stop here sometimes
| Trains do not stop here
No. Station Distance (km) Transfers LO SE EX LE NS SV Location
 E01  Kintetsu-Nagoya 近鉄名古屋 0.0 Nakamura-ku, Nagoya Aichi Prefecture
 E02  Komeno 米野 1.1 | | | | |
 E03  Kogane 黄金 2.1 | | | | |
 E04  Kasumori 烏森 2.8 | | | | |
 E05  Kintetsu-Hatta 近鉄八田 3.8 Kansai Main Line
The logo of the Higashiyama Line of the Nagoya Municipal Subway. Higashiyama Line
| | | | |
 E06  Fushiya 伏屋 6.4 | | | | | Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya
 E07  Toda 戸田 8.4 | | | | |
 E08  Kintetsu-Kanie 近鉄蟹江 9.7 | | | Kanie
 E09  Tomiyoshi 富吉 12.1 | | | |
 E10  Sakogi 佐古木 13.7 | | | | Yatomi
 E11  Kintetsu-Yatomi 近鉄弥富 16.1 Kansai Main Line
Meitetsu Bisai Line
| | |
 E12  Kintetsu-Nagashima 近鉄長島 19.5 | | | | Kuwana Mie Prefecture
 E13  Kuwana 桑名 23.7 Kansai Main Line
Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line
Sangi Railway Hokusei Line
| |
 E14  Masuo 益生 24.8 | | | |
 E15  Ise-Asahi 伊勢朝日 27.4 | | | | Asahi
 E16  Kawagoe Tomisuhara 川越富洲原 30.0 | | | | Kawagoe
 E17  Kintetsu-Tomida 近鉄富田 31.6 Sangi Railway Sangi Line | | | Yokkaichi
 E18  Kasumigaura 霞ヶ浦 33.5 | | | |
 E19  Akuragawa 阿倉川 34.6 | | | |
 E20  Kawaramachi 川原町 35.7 | | | |
 E21  Kintetsu-Yokkaichi 近鉄四日市 36.9 K Yunoyama Line
Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Utsube Line
Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Hachiōji Line
|
 E22  Shinshō 新正 38.1   | | | |
 E23  Miyamado 海山道 39.6 | | | |
 E24  Shiohama 塩浜 40.8 | | |
 E25  Kita-Kusu 北楠 42.6 | | | |
 E26  Kusu 44.2 | | | |
 E27  Nagonoura 長太ノ浦 45.6 | | | | Suzuka
 E28  Mida 箕田 47.0 | | | |
 E29  Ise-Wakamatsu 伊勢若松 48.3 L Suzuka Line | | |
 E30  Chiyozaki 千代崎 50.1 | | | |
 E31  Shiroko 白子 52.9 | |
 E32  Tsuzumigaura 鼓ヶ浦 54.1 | | | |
 E33  Isoyama 磯山 56.0 | | | |
 E34  Chisato 千里 57.9 | | | | Tsu
 E35  Toyotsu-Ueno 豊津上野 59.8 | | | |
 E36  Shiratsuka 白塚 61.7 | | | |
 E37  Takadahonzan 高田本山 64.1 | | | |
 E38  Edobashi 江戸橋 65.3 | | |
 E39  Tsu 66.5      Kisei Main Line
Ise Railway Ise Line
|
 E40  Tsu-shimmachi 津新町 68.8 | | |
 E41  Minamigaoka 南が丘 71.5 | | |
 E42  Hisai 久居 74.0 | |
 E43  Momozono 桃園 75.5 | | |
 E61  Ise-Nakagawa 伊勢中川 78.8 D Osaka Line
M Yamada Line
| | Matsusaka

History

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The first section, between Shiroko and Takadahonzan, was opened in 1915 by an independent railway operator Ise Electric Railway (伊勢電気鉄道, Ise Denki Testudō) with rail gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in). The line was extended to Tsu-shinmachi and Kusu in 1917, and to (now) Kintetsu-Yokkaichi in 1922, the line being electrified at 1500 VDC in 1926. It was extended as an electrified line to Kuwana in 1929, and to Ise-Nakagawa the following year.

In 1936 the line was acquired by the Sangu Express Railway Co., which duplicated the Kuwana - Kusu section in 1938, the year that the Kansai Express Railway Co. opened the Nagoya - Kuwana section as electrified dual track.

In 1940 the Sangū Kyūkō Electric Railway (参宮急行電鉄, Sangū Kyukō Dentetsu) merged with the Kansai Express Railway Co., a predecessor of Kintetsu.

The Kusu - Hisai section was duplicated between 1937 and 1955, and the dual tracking of the line was completed in 1972 with duplication of the Hisai - Ise-Nakagawa section.

Gauge conversion

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After the acquisition of a 1435mm connection to Osaka, Kintetsu passengers to that destination needed to change trains due to the difference of gauges. In 1959 the disastrous Ise-wan Typhoon destroyed the line and Kintetsu decided to convert to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) gauge (standard gauge) with the reconstruction, the standard of the company to enable direct operation between Osaka and Nagoya. Today a number of Limited Express trains between Osaka and Nagoya, and between Nagoya and Ise and Shima area are operated.

Former connecting lines

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  • Kuwana station - The 762mm gauge Sangi Railway Hokusei Line 1 km (0.62 mi) section to Kuwana Kyobashi operated between 1913 and 1961, being electrified in 1930 at 600 VDC, and boosted to 750 VDC in 1954.
  • Edobashi station - the Ise Electric Railway 39 km (24 mi) 1067mm gauge line to Daijingumae opened between 1926 and 1930, and closed between 1943 and 1961.
  • Tsu-shimmachi station - The Anou Railway Co. operated a 14 km (8.7 mi) 762mm gauge line to Mukumoto between 1914 and 1944. There was a 5 km (3.1 mi) branch to Katada operated from 1917 to 1927.
  • Hisai station - The Dainippon Railway Co. operated a 15 km (9.3 mi) 762mm gauge line to Ise-Kawaguchi on the Meisho Line between 1925 and 1943.

Proposed connecting line

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  • Toda station - The 1972 Nagoya regional transport plan proposed a subway (Line 5) from this station to Kurokawa. In 2008 it was determined the line was not economically viable.

References

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This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

  • "Kintetsu Special Issue (近畿日本鉄道特集号, Kinki Nippon Tetsudō Tokushū Gō)". Railway Pictorial (鉄道ピクトリアル). 313. 1975.
  • "Kinki Nippon Railway (近畿日本鉄道)". JTB Timetable (JTB時刻表). 82 (4): 838. 2006.
  1. ^ 近畿日本鉄道|観光特急しまかぜのご案内. Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2013-04-28. - Kintetsu. (in Japanese)