Nagoya Line (Kintetsu)

Nagoya Line
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21010 series EMU for Limited Express trains
Overview
Type	Heavy rail Commuter rail
Locale	Aichi Prefecture Mie Prefecture
Termini	Kintetsu-Nagoya Ise-Nakagawa
Technical
Line length	78.8 km (49.0 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Old gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) (until 1959)
Electrification	1,500 V DC Overhead lines
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)

Route map

Official origin is Ise-Nakagawa at the bottom Lines belong to Kintetsu unless noted Subway: Nagoya City Subway Stations at Nagoya: Meitetsu Nagoya of Meitetsu, Nagoya of JR Central, Subway, Aonami Line Years are of abandonment unless noted Subway: Sakuradōri Line Subway: Higashiyama Line Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line 78.8 Kintetsu Nagoyabypass 1954 Tōkaidō Main, Chūō Main lines Aonami Line, Kansai Main Line Tōkaidō Shinkansen Sasashima NSRR: Sasashima Raibu Komeno depot Nagoya depot/Aichi 77.7 Komeno 76.7 Kogane Sasashima Signal Nagoya depot (above right) JR Freight: Nagoya depot 76.0 KasumoriKomoto Aonami Line 75.0 Kintetsu Hatta Hatta/ Subway: Higashiyama Line Hatta Kansai Main Line Shōnai River 72.4 Fushiya Shin River Subway: Kanayama Line (in review) 70.4 Toda 69.1 Kintetsu Kanie 66.7 Tomiyoshi Tomiyoshi depot Kansai Main Line 65.1 Sakogi 62.7 Kintetsu Yatomi Yatomi Meitetsu: Bisai Line Kisogawa Bunki Signal1959 Yatomi overpass1959 Kiso River/Aichi-Mie boundary Nagashima overpass1959 59.3 Kintetsu NagashimaNagashima Ibi, Nagara rivers Ibigawa Signal1959 Harimagawa Signal1948 Ibigawa Signal1946 Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line Higashikata depot Kuwana Electric Tramway 55.1 KuwanaMie Kōtsū: Hokusei Line Nishi-Kuwana Sangi Railway Hokusei Line 54.0 Masuo Inabe River Machiya Asaake Signal Kansai Main Line 51.4 Ise-Asahi Asaake River Kawagoe stop1945 48.8 Kawagoe Tomisuhara (old) Tomisuharamoved in 1945 Kansai Main Line Sangi Railway Sangi Line Sangi Asaake Signal Tomida-Nishiguchi Kansai Main Line Sangi Railway Kintetsu Renraku Line Tomida 47.2 Kintetsu Tomida Kansai Main Line old Kasumigaura1943 45.3 Kasumigaura Hatsumoved to Kasumigaura in 1943 44.2 Akuragawa 43.1 Kawaramachi Mitaki River Nishimachi Kansai Main Line Yunoyama Line Suwa1956 Yokkaichi1956 41.9 Kintetsu Yokkaichi Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Utsube, Hachiōji Lines Kansai Main Line 40.7 Shinshō Shikagawa Signal1956 Kansai Main Line Kansai Main Line fteight branch 39.2 Miyamado 38.0 Shiohama Shiohama depot Shiohama Kansai Main Line freight branch Suzuka River 36.2 Kita-Kusu Suzuka Hasen River 34.6 Kusu 33.2 Nagonoura old Midamoved in 1943 31.8 Mida 30.5 Ise-Wakamatsu Suzuka Line Hiratachō 28.7 Chiyozaki 25.9 Shiroko 24.7 Tsuzumigaura 22.8 Isoyama 20.9 Chisato Ise-Ueno1943 19.0 Toyotsu-Ueno Toyotsuura1943 17.1 Shiratsuka Shiratsuka depot Sakagawa1944 Ise Railway Ise Line 14.7 TakadahonzanHigashi-Ishinden old Takadahonzanmoved in 1955 13.5 Edobashi Ise Line old Edobashimoved in 1959 JR-C: Kisei Main Line Heta1961 Ise Line 12.3 Tsu Ano River 10.0 Tsu-shimmachi Iwata River Kisei Main Line Chūsei Railway: Tram Line 7.3 Minamigaoka 4.8 Hisai Chūsei Railway: Tram Line, Rail Line 3.3 Momozono Kumode River Kuroda junction Nakagawa bypass Miyako junction Osaka Namba/ Osaka Line 0.0 Ise-Nakagawa Yamada Line Ujiyamada Toba Line Toba Shima Line Kashikojima

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 origin of the line is Ise-Nakagawa and the end is Nagoya, however, operationally trains "down" from and "up" to Nagoya.

The line approximately parallels the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) Kansai Main Line, the Ise Railway, and the JR Central Kisei Main Line, all three offering rapid service 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

 LO  Local (普通 futsū)

For Shiratsuka, Yokkaichi, Nagoya

For Tomiyoshi, Yokkaichi, Shiratsuka, Ise-Nakagawa

(Locals stop at every station.)

 SE  Semi-Express (準急 junkyū)

For Nagoya

For Tomiyoshi, Yokkaichi

 EX  Express (急行 kyūkō)

For Nagoya

For Ise-Nakagawa, Matsusaka, Ujiyamada, Toba

 LE  Limited Express (特急 tokkyū)

For Nagoya

For Osaka Namba; via Nabari and Yamato-Yagi (Kashihara)

For Ujiyamada, Toba, Kashikojima

(Seat reservations and limited express fee required.)

 NS  Non-stop Limited Express (ノンストップ特急 nonsutoppu tokkyū)

For Nagoya

For Osaka Namba

For Kashikojima

(Trains for Osaka Namba run every hour.)

(Trains for Kashikojima run once a day on weekends.)

(Seat reservations and limited express fee required.)

 SV  Premium Express Shimakaze (しまかぜ Shimakaze)^[1]

For Nagoya

For Kashikojima

(Trains for Kashikojima run once a day except on Wednesday with some exceptions.)

(Seat reservations, limited express fee and special vehicle fee required.)

Stations

Legend
●	Trains stop here
○	Trains stop here sometimes
|	Trains do not stop here

Station		Distance (km)	Transfers	LO	SE	EX	LE	NS	SV	Location
Kintetsu-Nagoya	近鉄名古屋	0.0	Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tōkaidō Main Line, Chūō Main Line, Kansai Main Line Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line Higashiyama Line, Sakura-dōri Line Aonami Line	●	●	●	●	●	●	Nakamura-ku, Nagoya	Aichi Prefecture
Komeno	米野	1.1		●	|	|	|	|	|
Kogane	黄金	2.1		●	|	|	|	|	|
Kasumori	烏森	2.8		●	|	|	|	|	|
Kintetsu-Hatta	近鉄八田	3.8	Kansai Main Line Higashiyama Line	●	|	|	|	|	|
Fushiya	伏屋	6.4		●	|	|	|	|	|	Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya)
Toda	戸田	8.4		●	|	|	|	|	|
Kintetsu-Kanie	近鉄蟹江	9.7		●	●	●	|	|	|	Kanie
Tomiyoshi	富吉	12.1		●	●	|	|	|	|
Sakogi	佐古木	13.7		●	●	|	|	|	|	Yatomi
Kintetsu-Yatomi	近鉄弥富	16.1	Kansai Main Line Meitetsu Bisai Line	●	●	●	|	|	|
Kintetsu-Nagashima	近鉄長島	19.5		●	●	|	|	|	|	Kuwana	Mie Prefecture
Kuwana	桑名	23.7	Kansai Main Line Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line Sangi Railway Hokusei Line	●	●	●	●	|	|
Masuo	益生	24.8		●	●	|	|	|	|
Ise-Asahi	伊勢朝日	27.4		●	●	|	|	|	|	Asahi
Kawagoe Tomisuhara	川越富洲原	30.0		●	●	|	|	|	|	Kawagoe
Kintetsu-Tomida	近鉄富田	31.6	Sangi Railway Sangi Line	●	●	●	|	|	|	Yokkaichi
Kasumigaura	霞ヶ浦	33.5		●	●	|	|	|	|
Akuragawa	阿倉川	34.6		●	●	|	|	|	|
Kawaramachi	川原町	35.7		●	●	|	|	|	|
Kintetsu-Yokkaichi	近鉄四日市	36.9	Yunoyama Line Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Utsube Line Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Hachiōji Line	●	●	●	●	|	●
Shinshō	新正	38.1		●		|	|	|	|
Miyamado	海山道	39.6		●		|	|	|	|
Shiohama	塩浜	40.8		●		●	|	|	|
Kita-Kusu	北楠	42.6		●		|	|	|	|
Kusu	楠	44.2		●		|	|	|	|
Nagonoura	長太ノ浦	45.6		●		|	|	|	|	Suzuka
Mida	箕田	47.0		●		|	|	|	|
Ise-Wakamatsu	伊勢若松	48.3	Suzuka Line	●		●	|	|	|
Chiyozaki	千代崎	50.1		●		|	|	|	|
Shiroko	白子	52.9		●		●	●	|	|
Tsuzumigaura	鼓ヶ浦	54.1		●		|	|	|	|
Isoyama	磯山	56.0		●		|	|	|	|
Chisato	千里	57.9		●		|	|	|	|	Tsu
Toyotsu-Ueno	豊津上野	59.8		●		|	|	|	|
Shiratsuka	白塚	61.7		●		|	|	|	|
Takadahonzan	高田本山	64.1		●		|	|	|	|
Edobashi	江戸橋	65.3		●		●	|	|	|
Tsu	津	66.5	Kisei Main Line Ise Railway Ise Line	●		●	●	●	|
Tsu-shimmachi	津新町	68.8		●		●	|	|	|
Minamigaoka	南が丘	71.5		●		|	|	|	|
Hisai	久居	74.0		●		●	○	|	|
Momozono	桃園	75.5		●		|	|	|	|
Ise-Nakagawa	伊勢中川	78.8	Osaka Line, Yamada Line	●		●	●	|	|	Matsusaka

History

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

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 ¹⁄₂ 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

• Kuwana station - The 762mm gauge Sangi Railway Hokusei Line 1 km 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 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 762mm gauge line to Mukumoto between 1914 and 1944. There was a 5 km branch to Katada operated from 1917 to 1927.
• Hisai station - The Dainippon Railway Co. operated a 15 km 762mm gauge line to Ise-Kawaguchi on the Meisho Line between 1925 and 1943.

Proposed connecting line

• 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

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 - Kintetsu. (Japanese)