Nagano Line (Kintetsu)

The Nagano Line (長野線, Kintetsu Nagano-sen) is a railway line of Japanese private railway company Kintetsu Railway.^[1] It branches off Minami-Osaka Line at Furuichi in southern suburbs of Osaka. The line connects cities of Habikino, Tondabayashi and Kawachi-Nagano in Osaka Prefecture, terminates at Kawachinagano with connection to Nankai Electric Railway Kōya Line.

Nagano Line
Overview
Owner	Kintetsu Railway
Line number	O
Locale	Osaka Prefecture
Termini	Kawachinagano Furuichi
Stations	8
Color on map	(#008446)
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Kintetsu Railway
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Railway
History
Opened	14 April 1898; 127 years ago (1898-04-14)
Last extension	12 December 1902; 122 years ago (1902-12-12)
Technical
Line length	12.5 km (7.8 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC (overhead line)
Operating speed	90 km/h (56 mph)
Signalling	Automatic closing block
Train protection system	Kintetsu ATS
Route map Legend F01 Ōsaka Abenobashi Minami-Osaka Line Domyoji Line F15/N15 Dōmyōji 0.0 O16/F16 Furuichi Furuichi Depot/Minami-Osaka Line 1.9 Nishiura –1920 3.4 O17 Kishi 3.9 Miyanomae –1920 4.0 Asahigaoka 1923–1974 (suspended in 1945) 5.7 O18 Tondabayashi 6.3 O19 Tondabayashi-nishiguchi 7.3 O20 Kawanishi 8.7 O21 Takidanifudō 10.5 O22 Shionomiya Nankai: Kōya Line (NK69) 12.5 O23 Kawachinagano

History

The Nagano Line was constructed and opened between 1898 and 1902 as the sole line of Kayō Railway (河陽鉄道, Kayō Tetsudō) who aimed to connect inland town Kawachinagano to Kashiwara on the Kansai Main Line (then of Kansei Railway (関西鉄道, Kansei Tetsudō; also read as Kwansei, Kansai)). The company renamed itself the Osaka Railway Co. in 1919 (being the second company of that name) and decided and built its own line directly to Osaka, branching from Dōmyōji. The company then opened a line diverting from Furuichi to Nara Prefecture, to complete present Minami Osaka Line. Thus the line to Kawachi-Nagano became a branch line, present Nagano Line.

The line was electrified at 1500 VDC in 1923, and the company merged with Kintetsu in 1944. The Furuichi - Kishi section was duplicated in 1957, and extended to Tondabayashi in 1974.

In September 2024, services had to be reduced due to a shortage of drivers.^[2]

Operation

Nearly all trains go through up to/down from Ōsaka Abenobashi on Minami-Osaka Line. A few trains return at Tondabayashi.

Service

All trains stop at all stations on the Nagano Line. Most trains are operated as a Semi express.

Local (普通, Futsū) (L)

Limited number of operation, in the morning down to Tondabayashi or Kawachi-Nagano, in midnight up to Furuichi or Osaka Abenobashi.

Semi-Express (準急, Junkyū) (SE)

Four trains per hour per direction, all day, all to/from Osaka Abenobashi.

Express (急行, Kyūkō) (Ex)

In the rush hours, to/from Osaka Abenobashi.

Stations

All stations are located in Osaka Prefecture.

Local trains (普通) stop at every station. Therefore, it is omitted here.

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	SE	Ex	Transfers	Location
O16	Furuichi	古市	0.0	●	●	F Minami Osaka Line (F16)	Habikino
O17	Kishi	喜志	3.4	●	●		Tondabayashi
O18	Tondabayashi	富田林	5.7	●	●
O19	Tondabayashi-nishiguchi	富田林西口	6.3	●	●
O20	Kawanishi	川西	7.3	●	●
O21	Takidanifudō (Osaka Otani University)	滝谷不動 (大阪大谷大学前)	8.7	●	●
O22	Shionomiya	汐ノ宮	10.5	●	●		Kawachi-Nagano
O23	Kawachinagano	河内長野	12.5	●	●	Nankai Koya Line (NK69)