The is a railway line of Japanese

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company

Kintetsu Railway , referred to as and officially Kinki-Nippon Railway, is a Japanese passenger railway company, managing infrastructure and operating passenger train service. Its railway system is the largest in Japan, excluding Japan Railways Group. The railw ...

. It branches off Minami-Osaka Line at in southern suburbs of

Osaka is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...

. The line connects

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, Tondabayashi and

Kawachi-Nagano is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 101,649 in 47493 households and a population density of 930 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Kawachinagano is located in the southe ...

Osaka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara ...

, terminates at with connection to

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Kōya Line.

History

The Nagano Line was constructed and opened between 1898 and 1902 as the sole line of who aimed to connect inland town Kawachinagano to Kashiwara on the

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(then of ). The company renamed itself the Osaka Railway Co. in 1919 (being the second company of that name) and decided and built its own line directly to Osaka, branching from Dōmyōji. The company then opened a line diverting from Furuichi to

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, to complete present

Minami Osaka Line is a railway line operated by Kintetsu Railway. It runs between in Osaka and in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture. The line connects Osaka to southern part of the Nara Basin, running through Osaka's southern suburb cities of Matsubara, Fujiidera ...

. Thus the line to Kawachi-Nagano became a branch line, present Nagano Line. The line was electrified at 1500 VDC in 1923, and the company merged with Kintetsu in 1944. The Furuichi - Kishi section was duplicated in 1957, and extended to Tondabayashi in 1974. In September 2024, services had to be reduced due to a shortage of drivers.

Operation

Nearly all trains go through up to/down from Ōsaka Abenobashi on Minami-Osaka Line. A few trains return at Tondabayashi.

Service

All trains stop at all stations on the Nagano Line. Most trains are operated as a Semi express. ; (L) :Limited number of operation, in the morning down to Tondabayashi or Kawachi-Nagano, in midnight up to Furuichi or Osaka Abenobashi. ; (SE) :Four trains per hour per direction, all day, all to/from Osaka Abenobashi. ; (Ex) :In the rush hours, to/from Osaka Abenobashi.

Stations

All stations are located in

. Local trains (普通) stop at every station. Therefore, it is omitted here.

References

This article also incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia Nagano Line Rail transport in Osaka Prefecture 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan {{Japan-rail-line-stub