Kitayama Rail Pages
Kintetsu: Nara - Kyōto area


Lines on this page
Railway Line Linetype
Kintetsu IkomaNon JR railway

KashiharaNon JR railway

KeihannaNon JR railway

KyōtoNon JR railway

NambaNon JR railway

NaraNon JR railway

TawaramotoNon JR railway

TenriNon JR railway

Kintetsu 近畿日本鉄道  Kinki Nippon Tetsudō     Kintetsu Corporation

Ikoma 生駒線 1435 mm     1500V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Nara Tenri
Opened1922 - 1927TracksDouble trackIkoma - Minami-IkomaTracksDouble trackHainodai - Higashiyama


Single trackMinami-Ikoma - HaginodaiSingle trackHigashiyama - Ōji
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Ikoma Kintetsu: Nara, Kintetsu: Keihanna 0.0 Ikoma-shi Nara
Minami-Ikoma
3.5 Ikoma-shi
Haginodai
4.5 Ikoma-shi
Higashiyama
5.4 Ikoma-shi
Ōji Kintetsu: Tawaramoto [Shin-Ōji], JR West: Kansai Hon, JR West: Wakayama 12.4 Ōji-chō

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Nov 7, 2011
TypeOrigin - DestinationDaytime
frequency
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Local
Futsū
普通
Ikoma - ŌjiEvery 15 min or better24 min31 km/h


Kashihara 橿原線 1435 mm     1500V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages:
Yoshino
Nara Tenri
Opened1921 - 1923TracksDouble track
Oddities:
The Kashihara and Ōsaka lines cross on different levels in Yamato-Yagi. The through LEX trains Kyōto - Kashikojima use therefore an alternative route into the Yamato-Yagi station - diverting from the normal line 1 km north of the station.
There is also a bypasstrack from Ōsaka line towards Kashihara-jingūmae - not used by regular trains. Yamato-Yagi and Yagi-nishiguchi are counted as one station due to historical reasons.
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Yamato-Saidaiji Kintetsu: Kyōto, Kintetsu: Nara 34.6 Nara-shi Nara
Kintetsu-Kōriyama
40.1 Yamatokōriyama-shi
Hirahata Kintetsu: Tenri 44.5 Yamatokōriyama-shi
Tawaramoto Kintetsu: Tawaramoto [Nishi-Tawaramoto] 50.5 Tawaramoto-chō
Yamato-Yagi Kintetsu: Ōsaka 55.1 Kashihara-shi
Yagi-nishiguchi JR West: Sakurai [Unebi] 55.5 Kashihara-shi
Kashihara-jingū-mae Kintetsu: Minami-Ōsaka, Kintetsu: Yoshino [Kashihara-jingūmae] 58.4 Kashihara-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Nov 21, 2011
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day
Daytime
frequency
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Limited Express
Tokkyū
特急
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kashihara-jingūmae181/hour50 min70 km/h
Yamato-Saidaiji - Kashihara-jingūmae 1
26 min55 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Yamato-Yagi - Toba - Kashikojima11
2h4571 km/h
Express
Kyūkō
急行
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kashihara-jingūmae 301/hour1h0653 km/h
Yamato-Saidaiji - Kashihara-jingūmae 8
29 min49 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Hirahata - Tenri131/hour58 min51 km/h
Local
Futsū
普通
Yamato-Saidaiji - Kashihara-jingūmae 76Every 15 min35 min41 km/h
Yamato-Saidaiji - Hirahata - Tenri321/hour20 min43 km/h


Keihanna けいはんな線 1435 mm     750V DC 3rd rail
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Nara
Nagata
Opened1 Oct, 1986Nagata - IkomaTracksDouble track
27 Mar, 2006Ikoma - Gakkennaratomigaoka
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Nagata Ōsaka-shi: Chūō 0.0 Higashiōsaka-shi Ōsaka
Ikoma Kintetsu: Nara, Kintetsu: Ikoma 10.2 Ikoma-shi Nara
Gakkennaratomigaoka
18.8 Ikoma-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Oct 28, 2011
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationDaytime
frequency
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Local
Futsū
普通
Cosmosquare - Chūō line - Nagata - Ikoma - GakkennaratomigaokaEvery 15 min or better52 min42 km/h
Cosmosquare - Chūō line - Nagata - IkomaEvery 15 min or better41 min41 km/h


Kyōto 京都線 1435 mm     1500V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages:
Uji Nara
Katsura Tambabashi
Central Kyōto
Opened1928TracksDouble track
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Kyōto JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen, JR West: Tōkaidō Hon (Maibara - Kōbe), JR West: Sanin Hon,
JR West: Nara, Kyōto-shi: Karasuma
0.0 Kyōto-shi Kyōto
Takeda Kyōto-shi: Karasuma 3.6 Kyōto-shi
Kintetsu-Tambabashi Keihan: Keihan Hon [Tambabashi] 6.0 Kyōto-shi
Shin-Tanabe JR West: Katamachi [Kyōtanabe] 19.6 Kyōtanabe-shi
Kintetsu-Miyazu
23.1 Kyōtanabe-shi
Shin-Hōsono JR West: Katamachi [Hōsono] 26.7 Seika-chō
Yamato-Saidaiji Kintetsu: Nara, Kintetsu: Kashihara 34.6 Nara-shi Nara

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 19, 2011
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day
Daytime
frequency
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Limited Express
Tokkyū
特急
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kintetsu-Nara30Every 30 min34 min69 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kashihara-jingūmae181/hour50 min70 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Yamato-Yagi - Toba - Kashikojima11
2h4571 km/h
Express
Kyūkō
急行
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kashihara-jingūmae 301/hour1h0653 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Hirahata - Tenri131/hour58 min51 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kintetsu-Nara23
43 min54 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji3
38 min55 km/h
Kyōto - Kintetsu-Miyazu2
31 min45 km/h
Kyōto - Shin-Tanabe1
22 min53 km/h
Kokusaikaikan - Kyōto subway - Takeda - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kintetsu-Nara13
1h0645 km/h
Semi-express
Junkyū
準急
Kyōto - Shin-Tanabe6
29 min41 km/h
Local
Futsū
普通
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kintetsu-Nara1
1h0536 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji66Every 15 min54 min38 km/h
Kyōto - Shin-Tanabe10
31 min38 km/h
Kokusaikaikan - Kyōto subway - Takeda - Shin-Tanabe32
51 min35 km/h
Shin-Tanabe- Yamato-Saidaiji16
22 min41 km/h
Shin-Tanabe- Kintetsu-Miyazu2
5 min42 km/h
Kintetsu-Miyazu - Yamato-Saidaiji1
17 min41 km/h


Namba 難波線 1435 mm     1500V DC
You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page:
Namba
Opened1970TracksDouble track
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Ōsaka-Namba Hanshin: Hanshin Namba, JR West: Kansai Hon [JR Namba], Nankai: Nankai Hon [Namba],
Ōsaka-shi: Midōsuji [Namba], Ōsaka-shi: Yotsubashi [Namba], Ōsaka-shi: Sennichimae [Namba]
0.0 Ōsaka-shi Ōsaka
Kintetsu-Nippombashi Ōsaka-shi: Sennichimae [Nippombashi], Ōsaka-shi: Sakaisuji [Nippombashi] 0.8 Ōsaka-shi
Ōsaka-Uehommachi Kintetsu: Ōsaka 2.0 Ōsaka-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Aug 23, 2010
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day
Daytime
frequency
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Non-Stop Limited Express
Nonsutoppu tokkyū
ノンストップ特急
Ōsaka-Namba - Kintetsu-Nagoya15Every hour2h0591 km/h
Limited Express
Tokkyū
特急
Ōsaka-Namba - Kintetsu-Nagoya15Every hour2h1982 km/h
Ōsaka-Namba - Toba - Kashikojima9
2h3170 km/h
Ōsaka-Namba - Toba3
2h0275 km/h
Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Matsusaka4
1h3675 km/h
Ōsaka-Namba - Nabari4
54 min77 km/h
Ōsaka-Namba - Kintetsu-Nara16
34 min58 km/h
Rapid Express
Kaisoku kyūkō
快速急行
Sannomiya - Hanshin - Ōsaka-Namba - Kintetsu-Nara43Every 20 min1h2049 km/h
Amagasaki - Hanshin - Ōsaka-Namba - Kintetsu-Nara8
51 min50 km/h
Ōsaka-Namba - Kintetsu-Nara8
36 min55 km/h
Express
Kyūkō
急行
Ōsaka-Namba - Kintetsu-Nara38Every 20 min38 min52 km/h
Semi-express
Junkyū
準急
Amagasaki - Hanshin - Namba - Uehommachi - Nara1
1h0937 km/h
Amagasaki - Hanshin - Namba - Uehommachi - Yamato-Saidaiji4
1h0337 km/h
Namba - Uehommachi - Nara12
46 min43 km/h
Namba - Uehommachi - Yamato-Saidaiji10
39 min44 km/h
Suburban Semi-Express
Kukan junkyū
区間準急
Amagasaki - Hanshin - Namba - Uehommachi - Yamato-Saidaiji2
1h0635 km/h
Namba - Uehommachi - Nara6
52 min38 km/h
Namba - Uehommachi - Yamato-Saidaiji22
45 min38 km/h

Frequency per section
The origin/destination-relations are not shown; only frequency per section.
The local trains originate either in Amagasaki or Ōsaka-Namba. They terminate along the Nara line in Higashi-Hanazono, Hyōtanyama, Ishikiri, Higashi-Ikoma, Yamato-Saidaiji and Kintetsu-Nara.
The traffic pattern was accurate at: Aug 23, 2010
SectionTrains
per day
Fastest
train
Train
type
Namba - Uehommachi1123 minLocal
Futsū
普通


Nara 奈良線 1435 mm     1500V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages:
Nara Tenri
Tsuruhashi
Opened1914TracksDouble track
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Ōsaka-Namba
0.0 Ōsaka-shi Ōsaka
Ōsaka-Uehommachi
2.0 Ōsaka-shi
Fuse Kintetsu: Ōsaka 6.1 Higashiōsaka-shi Ōsaka
Kawachi-Eiwa JR West: Ōsaka Higashi [JR Kawachi-Eiwa] 6.9 Higashiōsaka-shi
Higashi-Hanazono
11.7 Higashiōsaka-shi
Hyōtanyama
13.1 Higashiōsaka-shi
Ishikiri
16.2 Higashiōsaka-shi
Ikoma Kintetsu: Keihanna, Kintetsu: Ikoma 20.3 Ikoma-shi Nara
Higashi-Ikoma
21.5 Ikoma-shi
Yamato-Saidaiji Kintetsu: Kyōto, Kintetsu: Kashihara 28.4 Nara-shi
Kintetsu-Nara
32.8 Nara-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 1, 2011
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day
Daytime
frequency
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Limited Express
Tokkyū
特急
Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Nara17
34 min58 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Nara30Every 30 min34 min69 km/h
Rapid Express
Kaisoku kyūkō
快速急行
Sannomiya - Hanshin - Ōsaka-Namba - Kintetsu-Nara43Every 20 min1h2049 km/h
Amagasaki - Hanshin - Ōsaka-Namba - Kintetsu-Nara8
51 min50 km/h
Ōsaka-Namba - Kintetsu-Nara8
36 min55 km/h
Express
Kyūkō
急行
Ōsaka-Namba - Kintetsu-Nara38Every 20 min38 min52 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Nara23
43 min54 km/h
Kokusaikaikan - Kyōto subway - Takeda - Yamato-Saidaiji - Nara13
1h0645 km/h
Semi-express
Junkyū
準急
Amagasaki - Hanshin - Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Nara1
1h0937 km/h
Amagasaki - Hanshin - Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Yamato-Saidaiji4
1h0337 km/h
Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Nara12
45 min44 km/h
Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Yamato-Saidaiji10
40 min43 km/h
Suburban Semi-Express
Kukan junkyū
区間準急
Amagasaki - Hanshin - Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Yamato-Saidaiji2
1h0536 km/h
Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Nara6
52 min38 km/h
Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Yamato-Saidaiji22
45 min38 km/h
Local
Futsū
普通
Amagasaki - Hanshin - Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Nara17
1h1733 km/h
Amagasaki - Hanshin - Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Yamato-Saidaiji33
1h1033 km/h
Amagasaki - Hanshin - Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Higashi-Ikoma13
59 min32 km/h
Amagasaki - Hanshin - Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Ishikiri1
55 min29 km/h
Amagasaki - Hanshin - Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Hyōtanyama5
45 min31 km/h
Amagasaki - Hanshin - Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Higashi-Hanazono10
41 min32 km/h
Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Nara2
1h0530 km/h
Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Yamato-Saidaiji5
53 min32 km/h
Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Higashi-Ikoma4
41 min31 km/h
Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Hyōtanyama1
24 min33 km/h
Ōsaka-Namba - Uehommachi - Higashi-Hanazono21
22 min32 km/h
Higashi-Hanazono - Nara1
32 min40 km/h
Higashi-Hanazono - Yamato-Saidaiji3
25 min40 km/h
Higashi-Hanazono - Higashi-Ikoma1
15 min39 km/h
Ishikiri - Nara1
24 min42 km/h
Ikoma - Yamato-Saidaiji1
14 min35 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Nara1
1h0536 km/h
Yamato-Saidaiji - Nara11
5 min53 km/h


Tawaramoto 田原本線 1435 mm     1500V DC
You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page:
Tenri
Opened1918TracksSingle track
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Nishi-Tawaramoto Kintetsu: Kashihara [Tawaramoto] 0.0 Tawaramoto-chō Nara
Shin-Ōji Kintetsu: Ikoma [Ōji], JR West: Kansai Hon [Ōji], JR West: Wakayama [Ōji] 10.1 Ōji-chō

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Nov 18, 2011
Origin - DestinationDaytime
frequency
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Nishi-Tawaramoto - Shin-Ōji3/hour18 min34 km/h


Tenri 天理線 1435 mm     1500V DC
You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page: Tenri
Opened1915 - 1922TracksDouble track
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Hirahata Kintetsu: Kashihara 0.0 Yamatokōriyama-shi Nara
Tenri JR West: Sakurai 4.5 Tenri-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Mar 22, 2011
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Express
Kyūkō
急行
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Hirahata - Tenri1358 min51 km/h
Local
Futsū
普通
Yamato-Saidaiji - Hirahata - Tenri3220 min43 km/h
Hirahata - Tenri396 min45 km/h


This page is updated Dec 27, 2011