Fukuchiyama Line

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Fukuchiyama Line
Locale Osaka Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture
Dates of operation 1891 – present
Track gauge 1,067 mm / 3 ftin
(Narrow gauge)
Headquarters N/A

The Fukuchiyama Line (福知山線 Fukuchiyama-sen?) is a railway line of West Japan Railway (JR West) between Osaka and Fukuchiyama, Japan. Although Amagasaki is the line's official southeastern terminus, all trains continue east to Osaka and beyond on the JR Kobe Line, or to Gakkentoshi Line via Tōzai Line.

The section of the line from Osaka to Sasayamaguchi is known as the JR Takarazuka Line (JR宝塚線), runs through the cities of Kawanishi and Takarazuka in the northwestern corner of the Osaka metropolitan area.

Route data

  • Jurisdiction (enterprise classification): West Japan Railway (first kind railroad enterprise company)
  • Route distance: 106.5km
  • Rail gauge: 1067mm
  • The number of stations: 30 stations (23 stations as the JR Takarazuka Line)
  • Electrified section: Whole-line electrification (direct current 1500V)

Rolling stock

  • 201 series (201系, Local Train)
  • 205 series (205系, Local Train)
  • 207 series (207系, Rapid Service and the Local Train)
  • 221 series (221系, The Tanbaji Rapid Service and the Rapid Service)
  • 321 series (321系, Rapid Service and the Local Train)
  • 113 series (113系)
  • 117 series (117系)
  • 183 series (183系, Limited Express, Kita-Kinki (北近畿 kita kinki?) and Monju (文殊 monju?)
  • KTR 8000 series (KTR8000型, Limited Express, Tango Explorer(タンゴエクスプローラー Tango Ekusupurōrā)

History

Modernization of the route began in the 1980s. Railway signal system changed to CTC, and electrification to Fukuchiyama was completed in 1986.

On April 25, 2005, a seven-car Rapid Service bound for Doshisha-Mae on the Gakkentoshi Line derailed and crashed between Tsukaguchi and Amagasaki (see: Amagasaki rail crash). Operations on the affected part of the line remained suspended until trial runs began on June 7, 2005. Passenger service resumed on June 19, 2005.

Stations

The section under business

● : Stop , ▲ : Some trains pass , | : Pass
Local (普通): The through trains to Takatsuki or Kyoto stop at the station of ▲ (Tsukamoto Station).
Station Distance from
Amagasaki Station
(km)
Local Rapid Service Tambaji Rapid Service Connecting Lines Location
Tōkaidō Main Line
Osaka Station 7.7 JR West: Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line), Osaka Loop Line
Hanshin: Main Line (Umeda Station)
Hankyu: Kyoto, Takarazuka, Kobe Lines (Umeda Station)
Subway: Midosuji Line (Umeda Station), Tanimachi Line (Higashi-Umeda Station), Yotsubashi Line (Nishi-Umeda Station)
Osaka Prefecture Kita-ku, Osaka
Tsukamoto Station 4.3 | |   Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
Fukuchiyama Line
Amagasaki Station 0.0 JR West: Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line), JR Tozai Line Hyogo Prefecture Amagasaki
Tsukaguchi Station 2.5 | |  
Inadera Station 3.9 | |  
Itami Station 5.8   Itami
Kita-Itami Station 7.9 | |  
Kawanishi-Ikeda Station 11.0 Hankyu: Takarazuka Line (Kawanishi-Noseguchi Station)
Nose Railway: Myoken Line (Kawanishi-Noseguchi Station)
Kawanishi
Nakayamadera Station 14.5   Takarazuka
Takarazuka Station 17.8 Hankyu: Takarazuka and Imazu Lines
Namaze Station 19.7 | |   Nishinomiya
Nishinomiyanajio Station 21.9  
Takedao Station 25.1 | |   Takarazuka
Dojo Station 30.1 | |   Kita-ku, Kobe
Sanda Station 33.7 Kobe Electric Railway: Sanda Line Sanda
Shin-Sanda Station 36.9  
Hirono Station 39.7  
Aino Station 44.0  
Aimoto Station 48.2  
Kusano Station 50.2   Sasayama
Furuichi Station 53.5  
Minami-Yashiro Station 56.1  
Sasayamaguchi Station 58.4  
Tamba-Oyama Station 60.7    
Shimotaki Station 68.7     Tamba
Tanikawa Station 73.0   JR West: Kakogawa Line
Kaibara Station 80.0    
Iso Station 83.2    
Kuroi Station 87.5    
Ichijima Station 94.0    
Tamba-Takeda Station 98.2    
Fukuchiyama Station 106.5   JR West: Sanin Main Line
Kitakinki Tango Railway: Miyafuku Line
Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture



JR West lines
Main HokurikuKansaiKiseiSan'inSanyōTōkaidō
Local AkoBantanFukuchiyamaFukuenGantokuGeibiHakubiInbiKabeKakogawaKibiKishinKisuki - KureOhamaOitoOnodaSakaiSankoTsuyamaUbeUnoWakayamaYamaguchi

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