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Kansai Main Line
KiHa 120 diesel car on a rural section in March 2007
Overview
Other name(s)
Yamatoji Line (Kamo - JR Namba)
Native name
関西本線
Status
In operation
Owner
JR Central JR West
Locale
Aichi Prefecture
Mie Prefecture
Kyoto Prefecture
Nara Prefecture
Osaka Prefecture
Termini
Nagoya
JR Namba
Stations
52
Service
Type
Heavy rail
Operator(s)
JR Central, JR West
History
Opened
1889; 135 years ago (1889)
Technical
Line length
179.6 km (111.6 mi)
Character
Both urban and rural
Track gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification
1,500 V DC, overhead line (Nagoya–Kameyama, Kamo–JR Namba)
Operating speed
120 km/h (75 mph) (Nagoya–Kawarada, Nara–Tennoji) 95 km/h (59 mph) (Kawarada–Nara, Tennoji–JR Namba)
Old Nara Station building in March 2007A Kasuga express train in a rural section. The photo was taken in March 2006, shortly before the service was discontinued.
The Kansai Main Line (関西本線, Kansai-honsen, also called the "Kansai Line") is a railway line in Japan, which connects Nagoya Station with JR Namba Station in Osaka. It is jointly run by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), with the boundary between both companies being located at Kameyama Station in Kameyama, Mie.
The section from Kamo Station west to JR Namba Station is electrified and a part of the JR West "Urban Network", and is nicknamed the Yamatoji Line. The JR Central section from Nagoya to Kameyama is also electrified.
Despite its name, for much of its length it is a very local line with mainly single track sections and no regular express services. The line was originally built in the 1890s by Kansai Railway (later under the Japanese Government Railways and Japanese National Railways) as an alternate route from south Osaka to Nara and Nagoya, but competition from the Kintetsu lines and declining ridership forced the line to operationally become two electric suburban lines for Osaka and Nagoya respectively, with a less-used unelectrified rural section in the middle.
Formerly a Kasuga express train ran from Nagoya to Nara, but this service was discontinued in March 2006.
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