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Katamachi Line
207 series EMU on a Local service
Overview
Other name(s)Gakkentoshi Line
Native name片町線
Owner JR West
Locale Osaka and Kyoto prefectures
Termini
Stations24
Service
Type Heavy rail
SystemUrban Network
Operator(s)JR West
JR Freight
Rolling stock 207 series
321 series
History
Opened22 August 1895; 128 years ago (1895-08-22)
Technical
Line length55.4 km (34.4 mi)
Number of tracks Double-track (Between Matsuiyamate and Kyōbashi)
Single-track (between Matsuiyamate and Kizu)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC ( overhead line)
Operating speed110 km/h (68 mph)
Train protection system ATS-P and ATS-SW
Route map

Legend
km
year
closed
Yamatoji Line
( Kansai Main Line)
0.0
 Kizu
Nara Line
0.6
 Shin-Kizu
1911
2.2
 Nishi-Kizu
Yamada River
Kintetsu Kyoto Line
5.1
 Hōsono
Shin-Hōsono
7.4
 Shimokoma
Hosono Base branch
9.4
 JR Miyamaki
(second)
9.6
 JR Miyamaki
(first)
10.5
 Dōshisha-mae
Hogagawa Tunnel Hoga River
Sakagawa River
12.4
 Kyōtanabe
Shin-Tanabe
Tenjingawa Tunnel Tenjin River
14.5
 Ōsumi
17.0
 Matsuiyamate
Otani Tunnel
Kyoto Prefecture
Osaka Prefecture
18.6
 Nagao
20.2
 Fujisaka
Kin-ya ammunition dump
21.8
 Tsuda
25.0
 Kawachi-Iwafune
Keihan Katano Line
Uji Weapon Kori Factory
27.1
 Hoshida
28.8
 Higashi-Neyagawa
Uchiage Tunnel
30.1
 Shinobugaoka
32.0
 Shijōnawate
33.3
 Nozaki
Higashi-Suminodō
1948
Onji River
35.5
 Suminodō
37.9
 Kōnoikeshinden
JP Expressway E26.svg Kinki Expressway
Kinki Sharyo
39.8
 Tokuan
Aboshi Depot
Hanaten Branch
Osaka Higashi Line
Daini Neya River
41.6
 Hanaten
Osaka Army
Arsenal warehouse
Hirano River (Joto Canal)
Osaka Municipal Subway
Imazatosuji Line
43.2
 Shigino
Neya River
43.9
Osaka Higashi Line
44.0
 Shin-Kita
1916
44.8
 Kyōbashi
Osaka Loop Line
45.3
 Katamachi [ ja]
1997
Osaka Municipal Subway
Katamachi Line
Keihan Main Line
JR Tōzai Line

The Katamachi Line (片町線, Katamachi-sen), officially nicknamed the Gakkentoshi Line (学研都市線, Gakkentoshi-sen), is a commuter rail line and service in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area of Japan, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line connects Kizu Station in Kyoto Prefecture and Kyōbashi Station in Osaka.

The common name "Gakkentoshi Line", literally "Research City Line", comes from the Kansai Science City, which is located along the line around the border of Osaka and Nara prefectures.

Basic data

History

The line was originally built and operated by the Naniwa Railway (浪速鉄道, Naniwa Tetsudō) between Katamachi and Shijōnawate in 1895. Two years later, the Kansai Railway bought the line in order to have its own trunk line to Osaka from Nagoya, combined with constructing the section between Shijōnawate and Kizu. Katamachi Station was unable to be expanded, thus Amijima terminus was constructed. However Kansai Railway bought the Osaka Railway [ ja] line from Nara via Ōji to Minatomachi (present JR Namba) in downtown Osaka, and shifted its main line to the ex-Naniwa Railway line. Thereafter, the Katamachi Line became a branch of the railway network of Osaka.

The Shigino to Hanaten section was duplicated in 1927, with the Katamachi to Shigino section double-tracked in 1955, the Hanaten to Shijonawate section in 1969, extended to Nagao in 1979, to Matsuiyamate in 1989, and the balance of the section to Kyobashi double-tracked between 2007 and 2009.[ citation needed]

The section between Katamachi and Shijōnawate became the first Japan Governmental Railways electrified line in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area in 1932, with electrification extended to Nagao in 1950.[ citation needed] After privatization of the then Japanese National Railways (JNR), the line became part of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) system, and the Kizu to Nagao section was electrified in 1989.[ citation needed]

In 1997, the JR Tōzai Line was opened and connected to Katamachi Line at Kyōbashi, and Katamachi Station was closed (with Ōsakajō-kitazume Station becoming the replacement station). Most trains began operating through to the Fukuchiyama Line ( JR Takarazuka Line).

Converted from a freight branch to a passenger route, the Osaka Higashi Line began service in 2008. Trains from Nara via Kansai Main ( Yamatoji) Line began operation to Amagasaki Station. However, these through trains to Amagasaki have now ceased operation since March 2019, with the Osaka Higashi Line extension.

Station numbering was introduced to the line in March 2018 with stops being assigned station numbers between JR-H18 and JR-H41. [1] [2]

Military use

Three military/weapons-related facilities used during the early 20th century were serviced by spurs located between Fujisaka and Tsuda Stations (Kin-ya Ammunition Dump, where two explosions occurred in 1909 and 1939), between Kawachi-Iwafune and Hoshida Stations (Uji Weapon Kori Factory), and the Osaka Army Arsenal warehouse between Hanaten and Shigino Stations.[ citation needed]

Route and operation

The line is connected via the JR Tōzai Line in downtown Osaka, at Amagasaki, to the Tōkaidō Main Line ( JR Kobe Line) and Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line). This link enables trains operated from Nara to the west, as Kobe, Himeji, and Sanda.

Rapid services of several types of stops, with no surcharge, are also provided. Abbreviations are tentative for this article.


Some trains terminate at Matsuiyamate due to the single track to Kizu.

Local (普通, Futsū)
Operated all day, most trains between Matsuiyamate and Nishi-Akashi on Sanyō Main ( JR Kobe) Line. Some in busy hours to Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line), some terminate at Kyōbashi.
Regional Rapid (区間快速, Kukan Kaisoku)
Operated in early morning, late night, and busy hours only. Some from/to Nara, most from/to Dōshishamae or Kyōtanabe. Through to Nishiakashi or Shin-Sanda.
Rapid (快速, Kaisoku)
Mostly through to Shin-Sanda or Sasayamaguchi on Fukuchiyama (JR Takarazuka) Line. One per 15 minutes per direction.

Past services

Direct Rapid (直通快速, Chokutsū Kaisoku)
Through trains from Osaka Higashi Line, operated only between Hanaten and Kyōbashi in this line. Four trains to Amagasaki from Nara in the morning, 4 vice versa in the evening. This service has ceased operation on the Katamachi Line starting from 16 March 2019, with the opening of the Shin-Osaka Extension of the Osaka Higashi Line.

Stations

No. Station Stops Transfers Location
English Japanese Regional Rapid Rapid District, City Prefecture
Through service to/from Kansai Main Line ( Yamatoji Line)
 JR-H18  Kizu 木津 ● ●
Kizugawa Kyoto
 JR-H19  Nishi-Kizu 西木津 ● ●  
 JR-H20  Hōsono 祝園 ● ● B Kyoto Line (B21: Shin-Hōsono) Seika, Sōraku
 JR-H21  Shimokoma 下狛 ● ●  
 JR-H22  JR Miyamaki JR三山木 ● ● Kyōtanabe
 JR-H23  Dōshisha-mae 同志社前 ● ●  
 JR-H24  Kyōtanabe 京田辺 ● ● B Kyoto Line (B16: Shin-Tanabe)
 JR-H25  Ōsumi 大住 ● ●  
 JR-H26  Matsuiyamate 松井山手 ● ●  
 JR-H27  Nagao 長尾 ● ●   Hirakata Osaka
 JR-H28  Fujisaka 藤阪 ● ｜  
 JR-H29  Tsuda 津田 ● ｜  
 JR-H30  Kawachi-Iwafune 河内磐船 ● ● Keihan Katano Line (KH66: Kawachi-Mori Station) Katano
 JR-H31  Hoshida 星田 ● ●  
 JR-H32  Neyagawa-Kōen 寝屋川公園 ● ｜   Neyagawa
 JR-H33  Shinobugaoka 忍ケ丘 ● ｜   Shijōnawate
 JR-H34  Shijōnawate 四条畷 ● ●   Daitō
 JR-H35  Nozaki 野崎 ｜ ｜  
 JR-H36  Suminodō 住道 ● ●  
 JR-H37  Kōnoikeshinden 鴻池新田 ｜ ｜ Osaka Monorail Main Line (proposed extension) Higashiōsaka
 JR-H38  Tokuan 徳庵 ｜ ｜  
 JR-H39  Hanaten 放出 ● ● F Osaka Higashi Line Tsurumi, Osaka
 JR-H40  Shigino 鴫野 ｜ ｜ F Osaka Higashi Line

Imazatosuji Line (I19)

Jōtō, Osaka
 JR-H41  Kyōbashi 京橋 ● ●
Through service to/from JR Tōzai Line, further to/from Tōkaidō Main Line ( JR Kobe Line) and Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line)

Rolling stock

All trains are based at Aboshi Depot.

Former

References

  1. ^ "近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  2. ^ "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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