Nagoya Line (Kintetsu)

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.

Nagoya Line
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21010 series EMU for Limited Express trains
Overview
Type
Locale
TerminiKintetsu-Nagoya
Ise-Nakagawa
Technical
Line length78.8 km (49.0 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Old gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
(until 1959)
Electrification
  • 1,500 V DC
  • Overhead lines
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph)

The line approximately parallels the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) Kansai Main Line, the Ise Railway, 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

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

For Shiratsuka, Yokkaichi, Nagoya
For Tomiyoshi, Yokkaichi, Shiratsuka, Ise-Nakagawa


 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)
Seat reservations and limited express fee required.

For Nagoya
For Ōsaka Namba; via Nabari and Yamato-Yagi (Kashihara)
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.

For Nagoya
For Ōsaka Namba
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.

For Nagoya
For Kashikojima

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0.0Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Tōkaidō Main Line, Chūō Main Line, Kansai Main Line
Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line
Higashiyama Line, Sakura-dōri Line
Aonami Line		 ● ● ● ● ● ● Nakamura-ku, NagoyaAichi Prefecture
Komeno米野1.1 ● | | | | |
Kogane黄金2.1 ● | | | | |
Kasumori烏森2.8 ● | | | | |
Kintetsu-Hatta近鉄八田3.8Kansai 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16.1Kansai Main Line
Meitetsu Bisai Line		 ● ● ● | | |
Kintetsu-Nagashima近鉄長島19.5 ● ● | | | | KuwanaMie Prefecture
Kuwana桑名23.7Kansai 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31.6Sangi 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36.9Yunoyama 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48.3Suzuka 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66.5Kisei 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78.8Osaka 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 (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
  • 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. "Archived copy" 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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Kintetsu. (in Japanese)
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