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JR Tōzai line
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Prefectures on this page: Hyōgo   Ōsaka  
JR West 西日本旅客鉄道  Nishi Nippon Ryokaku Tetsudō     West Japan Railway Company

JR Tōzai JR東西線 1067 mm     1500V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Amagasaki Shin-Ōsaka Nagata
Ebie Umeda Kyōbashi
Opened1997TracksDouble track
"Tōzai" means "East-West" which is a relevant name for a line passing through Ōsaka city from East to West. The line is built as a relief line bypassing Ōsaka station. Most of the line is underground.

MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Map Kyōbashi Keihan: Keihan Hon, JR West: Katamachi, JR West: Ōsaka kanjō (loop),
Ōsaka-shi: Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi 		0.0 Ōsaka-shi Ōsaka
Map Map Ōsaka-Tenmangu Ōsaka-shi: Tanimachi [Minami-Morimachi], Ōsaka-shi: Sakaisuji [Minami-Morimachi] 2.2 Ōsaka-shi
Map Map Kitashinchi Hankyū: Kyōto (Kyōto Hon) [Umeda], Hankyū: Kōbe (Kōbe Hon) [Umeda], Hankyū: Takarazuka (Takarazuka Hon) [Umeda],
Hanshin: Hon [Umeda], JR West: Tōkaidō Hon (Maibara - Kōbe) [Ōsaka], JR West: Ōsaka kanjō (loop) [Ōsaka],
Ōsaka-shi: Midōsuji [Umeda], Ōsaka-shi: Tanimachi [Higashi-Umeda], Ōsaka-shi: Yotsubashi [Nishi-Umeda] 		3.6 Ōsaka-shi
Map Map Shin-Fukushima Hanshin: Hon [Fukushima], JR West: Ōsaka kanjō (loop) [Fukushima] 4.8 Ōsaka-shi
Map Map Ebie Hanshin: Hon [Noda], Ōsaka-shi: Sennichimae [Noda-Hanshin] 6.0 Ōsaka-shi
Map Map Amagasaki JR West: Tōkaidō Hon (Maibara - Kōbe), JR West: Fukuchiyama 12.5 Amagasaki-shi Hyōgo

Traffic pattern
The trains on JR Tōzai line originate along Katamachi (Gakkentoshi) line in the east and terminate either along Fukuchiyama (JR Takarazuka) line (normally in Takarazuka) or along Tōkaido (JR Kōbe) line (normally in Nishi-Akashi).
The traffic pattern was accurate at: Nov 28, 2011
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day		Daytime
frequency		Fastest
train		Average
speed
Direct Rapid
Chokutsū kaisoku
直通快速 		Nara - Kyūhōji - Ōsaka Higashi line - Hanaten - Kyōbashi - Amagasaki4
1h1246 km/h
Local & Rapid (Katamachi line -) Kyōbashi - Amagasaki (-Fukuchiyama line or Tōkaido Hon line)
Every 8 min or better21 min36 km/h

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This page is updated Nov 27, 2011