The is a railway line owned and operated by the
Kintetsu Railway, a Japanese
private railway company, connecting
Nagoya
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and
Ise Nakagawa Station in
Matsusaka,
Mie Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture an ...
via
Kuwana,
Yokkaichi,
Suzuka,
Tsu municipalities along the
Ise Bay
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. The official starting-point of the line is Ise-Nakagawa and the terminus is Nagoya; however, operationally trains run "down" from and "up" towards Nagoya.
The line approximately parallels the
Central Japan Railway Company
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(JR Central)
Kansai Main Line, the Ise Railway
Ise Line, and the JR Central
Kisei Main Line, and all three offer rapid services from Nagoya to Ise.
At Ise-Nakagawa, the line has connections to the
Osaka Line to
Uehommachi and
Kintetsu Namba Stations of downtown
Osaka
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, and to the
Yamada Line to
Ujiyamada Station and beyond
Toba Station on the
Toba Line and
Kashikojima Station of the
Shima Line, to provide touristic access to scenic Shima Peninsula and
Ise Shrine.
Services
LO Local (; )
Trains stop at every station.
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SE Semi-Express (; )
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EX Express (; )
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LE Limited Express (; )
Seat reservations and limited express fee required.
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NS Non-stop Limited Express (; )
Trains for Ōsaka Namba run hourly. Trains for Kashikojima run once a day on weekends. Seat reservations and limited express fee required.
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SV Premium Express Shimakaze (; )
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Trains for Kashikojima run once a day except on Wednesday with some exceptions. :(Seat reservations, limited express fee and special vehicle fee required.
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Stations
History
The first section, between Shiroko and Takadahonzan, was opened in 1915 by an independent railway operator with rail gauge . The line was extended to Tsu-shinmachi and Kusu in 1917, and to (now) Kintetsu-Yokkaichi in 1922, the line being electrified at 1500 VDC in 1926. It was extended as an electrified line to Kuwana in 1929, and to Ise-Nakagawa the following year.
In 1936 the line was acquired by the Sangu Express Railway Co., which duplicated the Kuwana - Kusu section in 1938, the year that the Kansai Express Railway Co. opened the Nagoya - Kuwana section as electrified dual track.
In 1940 the merged with the Kansai Express Railway Co., a predecessor of Kintetsu.
The Kusu - Hisai section was duplicated between 1937 and 1955, and the dual tracking of the line was completed in 1972 with duplication of the Hisai - Ise-Nakagawa section.
Gauge conversion
After the acquisition of a 1435mm connection to Osaka, Kintetsu passengers to that destination needed to change trains due to the difference of gauges. In 1959 the disastrous
Ise-wan Typhoon
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destroyed the line and Kintetsu decided to
convert to gauge (
standard gauge
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), international gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge in Europe, and SGR in East Africa. It is the ...
) with the reconstruction, the standard of the company to enable direct operation between Osaka and Nagoya. Today a number of Limited Express trains between Osaka and Nagoya, and between Nagoya and Ise and Shima area are operated.
Former connecting lines
* Kuwana station - The 762mm gauge
Sangi Railway Hokusei Line section to Kuwana Kyobashi operated between 1913 and 1961, being electrified in 1930 at 600 VDC, and boosted to 750 VDC in 1954.
* Edobashi station - the
Ise Electric Railway 1067mm gauge line to Daijingumae opened between 1926 and 1930, and closed between 1943 and 1961.
* Tsu-shimmachi station - The Anou Railway Co. operated a 762mm gauge line to Mukumoto between 1914 and 1944. There was a branch to Katada operated from 1917 to 1927.
* Hisai station - The Dainippon Railway Co. operated a 762mm gauge line to Ise-Kawaguchi on the
Meisho Line between 1925 and 1943.
Proposed connecting line
* Toda station - The 1972 Nagoya regional transport plan proposed a subway (Line 5) from this station to Kurokawa. In 2008 it was determined the line was not economically viable.
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
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Nagoya Line
Rail transport in Aichi Prefecture
Rail transport in Mie Prefecture
Rail transport in Nagoya
Standard-gauge railways in Japan
Railway lines opened in 1915
1067 mm gauge railways in Japan