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Lines on this page
Railway Line Linetype
JR West BiwakoJR railway [Nickname]

 JR KōbeJR railway [Nickname]

 JR KyōtoJR railway [Nickname]
JR West Tōkaidō Hon (Maibara - Kōbe)JR railway

Tōkaidō Hon (Umeda Kamotsu Umeda Freight)JR railway
JR West 西日本旅客鉄道  Nishi Nippon Ryokaku Tetsudō     West Japan Railway Company

Biwako 琵琶湖線      
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Iga
Yamashina Ishiyama
Real line nameFrom - To
JR West: Hokuriku Hon Nagahama - Maibara
JR West: Tōkaidō Hon (Maibara - Kōbe) Maibara - Kyōto


JR Kōbe JR神戸線      
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages:
Tarumi Wadamisaki
Sumiyoshi Kōbe - Sannomiya Rokkō Island Nishinomiya Amagasaki Shin-Ōsaka
Ebie Umeda
Sannomiya
Real line nameFrom - To
JR West: Tōkaidō Hon (Maibara - Kōbe) Ōsaka - Kōbe
JR West: Sanyō Hon Kōbe - Himeji


JR Kyōto JR京都線      
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages:
Myōkenguchi Uji
Ibaraki Toyonaka Settsu Shin-Ōsaka Katsura
Umeda
Real line nameFrom - To
JR West: Tōkaidō Hon (Maibara - Kōbe) Kyōto - Ōsaka


Tōkaidō Hon (Maibara - Kōbe) 東海道本線 1067 mm     1500V DC
NicknameFrom - To
Biwako Maibara - Kyōto
JR Kōbe Ōsaka - Kōbe
JR Kyōto Kyōto - Ōsaka
JR Takarazuka Ōsaka - Amagasaki
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages:
Biwako Iga
Hikone Kusatsu Yōkaichi Myōkenguchi Uji
Sumiyoshi Kōbe - Sannomiya Rokkō Island Ibaraki Toyonaka Settsu Nishinomiya Amagasaki Shin-Ōsaka Katsura Yamashina Ishiyama
Central Kyōto
Ebie Umeda
Sannomiya
Opened1876 - 1889Maibara - ŌsakaTracksDouble trackMaibara - Kusatsu
1874Ōsaka - KōbeFour tracks (or more)Kusatsu - Kōbe
Mapion Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Maibara JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen, JR Central: Tōkaidō Hon (Atami - Maibara), JR West: Hokuriku Hon, Ōmi: Hon 445.9 Maibara-shi Shiga
Map Hikone Ōmi: Hon 451.9 Hikone-shi
Map Ōmi-Hachiman Ōmi: Yōkaichi 474.3 Ōmihachiman-shi
Map Yasu
483.9 Yasu-shi
Map Moriyama
487.0 Moriyama-shi
Map Rittō
489.1 Rittō-shi
Map Kusatsu JR West: Kusatsu 491.4 Kusatsu-shi
Map Ishiyama Keihan: Ishiyama Sakamoto [Keihan Ishiyama] 499.1 Ōtsu-shi
Map Zeze Keihan: Ishiyama Sakamoto [Keihan Zeze] 501.9 Ōtsu-shi
Map Ōtsu
503.6 Ōtsu-shi
Map Yamashina Keihan: Keishin [Keihan-Yamashina], JR West: Kosei, Kyōto-shi: Tōzai 508.1 Kyōto-shi Kyōto
Map Kyōto Kintetsu: Kyōto, JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen, JR West: Sanin Hon, JR West: Nara, Kyōto-shi: Karasuma 513.6 Kyōto-shi
Map Mukōmachi
520.0 Mukō-shi
Map Nagaokakyō
523.7 Nagaokakyō-shi
Map Yamazaki Hankyū: Kyōto (Kyōto Hon) [Ōyamazaki] 527.7 Oyamazaki-chō
Map Takatsuki
535.2 Takatsuki-shi Ōsaka
Map Settsu-Tonda
538.1 Takatsuki-shi
Map Ibaraki
541.8 Ibaraki-shi
Map Suita
548.8 Suita-shi
Map Shin-Ōsaka JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen, JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen, JR West: Tōkaidō Hon (Umeda Kamotsu Umeda Freight), Ōsaka-shi: Midōsuji 552.6 Ōsaka-shi
Map Ōsaka Hanshin: Hon [Umeda], JR West: Ōsaka kanjō (loop), JR West: JR Tōzai [Kitashinchi], Ōsaka-shi: Midōsuji [Umeda], Ōsaka-shi: Tanimachi [Higashi-Umeda], Ōsaka-shi: Yotsubashi [Nishi-Umeda] 556.4 Ōsaka-shi
Map Amagasaki JR West: Fukuchiyama, JR West: JR Tōzai 564.1 Amagasaki-shi Hyōgo
Map Ashiya
575.6 Ashiya-shi
Map Sumiyoshi Kōbe New Transit: Rokkō Island (Rokkōliner) 580.1 Kōbe-shi
Map Sannomiya Kōbe New Transit: Port Island (Portliner), Hankyū: Kōbe (Kōbe Hon), Hanshin: Hon, Kōbe Subway: Seishin-Yamate, Kōbe Subway: Kaigan [Sannomiya-hanadokeimae], Kōbe Rapid: Tōzai (Hankyū Sannomiya - Nishidai) 587.0 Kōbe-shi
Map Motomachi Hanshin: Hon, Kōbe Rapid: Tōzai (Motomachi -Kōsoku Kōbe) 587.8 Kōbe-shi
Map Kōbe JR West: Sanyō Hon, Kōbe Subway: Kaigan [Harborland], Kōbe Rapid: Tōzai (Hankyū Sannomiya - Nishidai) [Kōsoku-Kōbe] 589.5 Kōbe-shi

Traffic pattern
The traffic pattern shown does not include all details and could change at any time.
TypeNameOrigin - Major stops - DestinationFrequencyFastest
train		Average
speed
Limited Express Tokkyū 特急Biwako Express Maibara - Ōsaka1/day1h2479 km/h
Hamakaze Ōsaka - Kōbe - Himeji - Bantan line - Wadayama - Sanin line - Tottori1/day4h2760 km/h
Ōsaka - Kōbe - Himeji - Bantan line - Wadayama - Sanin line - Hamasaka1/day3h4163 km/h
Ōsaka - Kōbe - Himeji - Bantan line - Wadayama - Sanin line - Kasumi1/day3h3261 km/h
Haruka Maibara - Kyōto - Shin-Osaka - Umeda Freight Line - (Nishikujō) - Tennoji - Kansai-kūkō (Kansai Airport)2/day2h0978 km/h
Kusatsu - Kyōto - Shin-Osaka - Umeda Freight Line - (Nishikujō) - Tennoji - Kansai-kūkō (Kansai Airport)1/day1h4073 km/h
Kyōto - Shin-Osaka - Umeda Freight Line - Nishikujō - Tennoji - Kansai-kūkō (Kansai Airport)27/day1h1778 km/h
Hida Takayama - Gifu - Maibara - Ōsaka1/day4h1570 km/h
Kitakinki Shin-Ōsaka - Amagasaki - Fukuchiyama line - Fukuchiyama - Toyooka - Kinosaki-onsen6/day2h4568 km/h
Shin-Ōsaka - Amagasaki - Fukuchiyama line - Fukuchiyama - Toyooka2/day2h5063 km/h
Shin-Ōsaka - Amagasaki - Fukuchiyama3/day1h4170 km/h
Monju Shin-Ōsaka - Amagasaki - Fukuchiyama - Miyazu - Amanohashidate1/day2h2663 km/h
Ocean Arrow Kyōto - Shin-Ōsaka - Umeda Freight line - Tennoji - Wakayama - Shingū3/day4h1275 km/h
Raichō Kanazawa - Tsuruga - Kosei line - Kyōto - Ōsaka8/day2h5393 km/h
Shinano Nagano - Matsumoto - Shiojiri - Chūō line - Nagoya - Ōsaka1/day5h1883 km/h
Super Hakuto Kyōto - Ōsaka - Himeji - Kamigōri - Chizu kyūkō railway - Chizu - Tottori - Kurayoshi5/day3h3183 km/h
Kyōto - Ōsaka - Himeji - Kamigōri - Chizu kyūkō railway - Chizu - Tottori2/day3h0284 km/h
Super Kuroshio Kyōto - Shin-Ōsaka - Umeda Freight line - Tennoji - Wakayama - Shingū2/day4h2771 km/h
Tango Explorer Shin-Ōsaka - Amagasaki - Fukuchiyama - Miyazu - Kumihama - Toyooka1/day3h1963 km/h
Shin-Ōsaka - Amagasaki - Fukuchiyama - Miyazu1/day2h2362 km/h
Thunderbird Toyama - Kanazawa - Tsuruga - Kosei line - Kyōto - Ōsaka
1 train/day originates in Uozu
5 trains/day have a section from Wakura-onsen (Nanao line) merging with the section from Toyama in Kanazawa. 		15/day3h15101 km/h
Night LEXNihonkai Aomori - Akita - Niitsu - Naoetsu - Kanezawa - Kyōto - Ōsaka1/night14h5469 km/h
Twilight Express Sapporo - Toya - (no stops in Hakodate - Akita) - Niitsu - Toyama - Kyōto - Ōsaka3-7 nights/week 22h4766 km/h
Sunrise Seto / Izumo Tōkyo - Hamamatsu - Himeji - Okayama - Takamatsu / Izumo
No stops on Maibara - Kōbe section		1/night

Night ExpKitaguni Niigata - Niitsu - Naoetsu - Maibara - Ōsaka1/night7h5476 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.
In addition to the trafficpattern shown below, Tōkaidō line is used by:
Kosei line trains between Yamashita and Kyōto.

The Biwako, JR Kyōto and JR Kōbe lines form a traffic system from Nagahama in east to Himeji in west with three train types:
Special Rapid (shin-kaisoku), Rapid (kaisoku) and Local (futsu).

This traffic system also continues into Kosei, JR Tōzai and Fukuchiyama (JR Takarazuka) lines.
SectionFrequencyFastest
train		 SectionFrequencyFastest
train
Special Rapid and Rapid trains




Maibara - Ōmi-Hachiman81/day18 minŌmi-Hachiman - Yasu83/day6 min
Yasu - Kusatsu131/day7 minKusatsu - Kyōto133/day21 min
Kyōto - Ōsaka144/day31 minŌsaka - Amagasaki183/day6 min
Amagasaki - Kōbe152/day19 min


Local




Maibara - Yasu2/day34 minYasu - Kusatsu4/day9 min
Kusatsu - Kyōto10/day23 minKyōto - Takatsuki81/day22 min
Takatsuki - Ōsaka160/day24 minŌsaka - Amagasaki166/day7 min
Amagasaki - Kōbe150/day30 min




Tōkaidō Hon (Umeda Kamotsu Umeda Freight) 東海道本線 1067 mm     1500V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages:
Shin-Ōsaka
Umeda
Opened1928 - 1934Freight lineTracksDouble trackShin-Ōsaka - Umeda Freight stn (km 3.8)
1989For regular passenger trafficSingle trackUmeda Freight stn - Fukushima (- Nishikujō)
This is not an official passenger line, but it is used by trains from Shin-Ōsaka to Hanwa line bypassing Ōsaka station. It joins the Ōsaka kanjō (Ōsaka loop) at Fukushima station, but has no platform at that station.
Mapion Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Shin-Ōsaka JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen, JR West: Tōkaidō Hon (Maibara - Kōbe), JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen, Ōsaka-shi: Midōsuji 0.0 Ōsaka-shi Ōsaka
Map Fukushima
4.7 Ōsaka-shi
Map Nishikujō Hanshin: Hanshin Namba, JR West: Ōsaka kanjō (loop), JR West: Sakurajima 7.3 Ōsaka-shi Ōsaka

Traffic pattern
The traffic pattern shown does not include all details and could change at any time.
TypeNameOrigin - Major stops - DestinationFrequencyFastest
train		Average
speed
Limited Express Tokkyū 特急Haruka Maibara - Kyōto - Shin-Osaka - Umeda Freight Line - Tennoji - Kansai-kūkō (Kansai Airport)2/day2h0978 km/h
Kusatsu - Kyōto - Shin-Osaka - Umeda Freight Line - Tennoji - Kansai-kūkō (Kansai Airport)1/day1h4073 km/h
Kyōto - Shin-Osaka - Umeda Freight Line - Tennoji - Kansai-kūkō (Kansai Airport)27/day1h1778 km/h
Kuroshio Shin-Ōsaka - Umeda Freight Line - Wakayama - Shingū1/day4h1765 km/h
Shin-Ōsaka - Umeda Freight Line - Wakayama - Shirahama5/day2h2177 km/h
Shin-Ōsaka - Umeda Freight Line - Wakayama - Kii-Tanabe1/day2h1676 km/h
Ocean Arrow Kyōto - Shin-Ōsaka - Umeda Freight line - Tennoji - Wakayama - Shingū3/day4h1275 km/h
Super Kuroshio Kyōto - Shin-Ōsaka - Umeda Freight line - Tennoji - Wakayama - Shingū2/day4h2771 km/h
Shin-Ōsaka - Umeda Freight Line - Wakayama - Shingū3/day3h5969 km/h
Shin-Ōsaka - Umeda Freight Line - Wakayama 1/day1h0669 km/h
Rapid Kaisoku 快速
Shin-Ōsaka - Umeda Freight Line - Wakayama - Kii-Tanabe2/day2h5958 km/h

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This page is updated Nov 6, 2009