Kitayama Rail Pages
Kintetsu Railway; 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
Mapion Major stations Connecting lines Km City Prefecture
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 shown does not include all details and could change at any time.
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationFrequencyFastest
train
Average
speed
Local Futsū 普通 Ikoma - Ōji74/day25 min30 km/h
Ikoma - Higashiyama7/day10 min32 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.
Mapion Major stations Connecting lines Km City Prefecture
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-jingūmae Kintetsu: Minami-Ōsaka, Kintetsu: Yoshino 58.4 Kashihara-shi

Traffic pattern
The traffic pattern shown does not include all details and could change at any time.
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationFrequencyFastest
train
Average
speed
Limited Express Tokkyū 特急 Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kashihara-jingūmae18/day
1/hour
50 min70 km/h
Yamato-Saidaiji - Kashihara-jingūmae 1/day26 min55 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Yamato-Yagi - Toba - Kashikojima11/day2h4571 km/h
Express Kyūkō 急行 Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kashihara-jingūmae 30/day
2/hour
1h0653 km/h
Yamato-Saidaiji - Kashihara-jingūmae 8/day28 min51 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Hirahata - Tenri13/day59 min50 km/h
Local Futsū 普通 Yamato-Saidaiji - Kashihara-jingūmae 76/day35 min41 km/h
Yamato-Saidaiji - Hirahata - Tenri33/day20 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
Mapion Major stations Connecting lines Km City Prefecture
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 shown does not include all details and could change at any time.
SectionTrains
per day
Daytime
frequency
Fastest
train
SectionTrains
per day
Daytime
frequency
Fastest
train
(Chūō line -) Nagata - Ikoma1638/hour12 minIkoma - Gakkennaratomigaoka1004/hour9 min


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
Mapion Major stations Connecting lines Km City Prefecture
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
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TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationFrequencyFastest
train
Average
speed
Limited Express Tokkyū 特急 Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kintetsu-Nara30/day34 min69 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kashihara-jingūmae18/day
1/hour
50 min70 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Yamato-Yagi - Toba - Kashikojima11/day2h4571 km/h
Express Kyūkō 急行 Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kashihara-jingūmae 30/day
2/hour
1h0653 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Hirahata - Tenri13/day59 min50 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kintetsu-Nara24/day44 min53 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji2/day37 min56 km/h
Kyōto - Kintetsu-Miyazu2/day32 min43 km/h
Kyōto - Shin-Tanabe1/day22 min53 km/h
Kokusaikaikan - Kyōto subway - Takeda - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kintetsu-Nara13/day1h0645 km/h
Semi-express Junkyū 準急 Kyōto - Shin-Tanabe11/day29 min47 km/h
Local Futsū 普通 Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kintetsu-Nara3/day1h0635 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji67/day55 min38 km/h
Kyōto - Shin-Tanabe7/day31 min38 km/h
Kokusaikaikan - Kyōto subway - Takeda - Shin-Tanabe32/day51 min35 km/h
Shin-Tanabe- Yamato-Saidaiji - Kintetsu-Nara2/day30 min39 km/h
Shin-Tanabe- Yamato-Saidaiji12/day22 min41 km/h
Kintetsu-Miyazu - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kintetsu-Nara1/day17 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
It's an underground extension of the Ōsaka line. It's used by all train types serving the Nara line, some coming from the Hanshin Namba line, about 15 per hour (!) and by the express trains for Nagoya every 30 minutes and the express train for Kashikojima every hour.
Mapion Major stations Connecting lines Km City Prefecture
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 Nipponbashi Ōsaka-shi: Sennichimae [Nipponbashi], Ōsaka-shi: Sakaisuji [Nipponbashi] 0.8 Ōsaka-shi
Ōsaka Uehonmachi Kintetsu: Ōsaka 2.0 Ōsaka-shi


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
Mapion Major stations Connecting lines Km City Prefecture
Ōsaka Namba
0.0 Ōsaka-shi Ōsaka
Ōsaka Uehonmachi
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 shown does not include all details and could change at any time.
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationFrequencyFastest
train
Average
speed
Limited Express Tokkyū 特急 Namba - Uehonmachi - Nara16/day34 min58 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kintetsu-Nara30/day34 min69 km/h
Rapid Express Kaisoku kyūkō 快速急行 Namba - Uehonmachi - Nara57/day35 min56 km/h
Express Kyūkō 急行 Namba - Uehonmachi - Nara40/day39 min50 km/h
Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kintetsu-Nara24/day44 min53 km/h
Kokusaikaikan - Kyōto subway - Takeda - Yamato-Saidaiji - Kintetsu-Nara13/day1h0645 km/h
Semi-express Junkyū 準急 Namba - Uehonmachi - Nara16/day44 min45 km/h
Namba - Uehonmachi - Yamato-Saidaiji11/day40 min43 km/h
Suburban Semi-Express Kukan junkyū 区間準急 Namba - Uehonmachi - Nara4/day41 min39 km/h
Namba - Uehonmachi - Yamato-Saidaiji25/day44 min39 km/h

Frequency per section
For local trains and other train types listed below, the origin/destination-relations are not shown; only frequency per section.
SectionTrains
per day
Daytime
frequency
Fastest
train
SectionTrains
per day
Daytime
frequency
Fastest
train
Namba - Uehonmachi - Fuse - Higashi-Hanazono1146/hour22 minHigashi-Hanazono - Hyōtanyama 883/hour2 min
Hyōtanyama - Ishikiri803/hour6 minIshikiri - Ikoma - Higashi-Ikoma793/hour7 min
Higashi-Ikoma - Yamato-Saidaiji613/hour10 minYamato-Saidaiji - Nara38
5 min


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
Mapion Major stations Connecting lines Km City Prefecture
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 shown does not include all details and could change at any time.
SectionTrains
per day
Daytime
frequency
Fastest
train
Nishi-Tawaramoto - Shin-Ōji643/hour18 min


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
Mapion Major stations Connecting lines Km City Prefecture
Hirahata Kintetsu: Kashihara 0.0 Yamatokōriyama-shi Nara
Tenri JR West: Sakurai 4.5 Tenri-shi

Traffic pattern
The traffic pattern shown does not include all details and could change at any time.
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationFrequencyFastest
train
Average
speed
Express Kyūkō 急行 Kyōto - Yamato-Saidaiji - Hirahata - Tenri13/day59 min50 km/h
Local Futsū 普通 Yamato-Saidaiji - Hirahata - Tenri33/day20 min43 km/h
Hirahata - Tenri37/day6 min45 km/h


This page is updated Oct 17, 2009