The is a railway line between
Hineno Station and
Kansai Airport Station
is a ground level passenger railway station shared by Nankai Electric Railway and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) located at Kansai International Airport in the town of Tajiri, Osaka, Tajiri, Sennan District, Osaka, Sennan District, Osaka Pr ...
in Japan, operated by the
West Japan Railway Company
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, ...
(JR West) and owned by Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. between Rinkū Town and Kansai Airport. It opened on 15 June 1994.
[ 『歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 国鉄・JR』42号 27頁]
Basic data
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Railway signalling
Railway signalling (), or railroad signaling (), is a system used to control the movement of railway traffic. Trains move on fixed rails, making them uniquely susceptible to collision. This susceptibility is exacerbated by the enormous weight ...
: Automatic
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CTC centers: Kansai Airport Operation Control Center
*CTC system: Kansai airport line CTC
Rolling stock
*Local (Shuttle) and rapid service trains use 4-car
223-0/223-2500 series and
225-5000/225-5100 series trainsets.
*
Kansai Airport Limited Express Haruka use 6- or 9-car
271 series and
281 series trainsets.
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Nankai Electric Railway
is a private railway in Japan, founded in 1884. The name ''Nankai'' (which means "South Sea") comes from the company's routes along the Nankaidō, the old highway that ran south from the old capital, Kyoto, along the sea coast. Nankai predate ...
trains use the track between Rinkū Town and Kansai Airport.
File:JRWest281 HelloKittyHaruka"Ori-Tsuru".jpg, 281 series
File:JRW series271-4 Hanwa Haruka.jpg, 271 series
File:JRW223-0 Airport,KishujiRapid.jpg, 223-0 series
File:阪和線225系5000番台.jpg, 225-5000 series
Stations
History
The Kansai Airport line opened in 1994.
Station numbering was introduced to the line in March 2018 with stations on the line being assigned JR-S45 through JR-S47.
References
External links
Access to Kansai Airport- JR West
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Rail transport in Osaka Prefecture
Lines of West Japan Railway Company
Airport rail links in Japan
1067 mm gauge railways in Japan
Railway lines opened in 1994
1994 establishments in Japan