Fukuchiyama Line
| Fukuchiyama Line | |
|---|---|
| Locale | Osaka Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture |
| Dates of operation | 1891 – present |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm / 3 ft 6 in (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).
Mass transit in Osaka | |
|---|---|
| Municipal lines | Subway: Midōsuji • Tanimachi • Yotsubashi • Chūō • Sennichimae • Sakaisuji • Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi • Imazatosuji People mover: New Tram |
| JR lines (urban network) | Osaka Loop • Gakkentoshi • Hanwa • Kobe • Kosei • Kyoto • Nara • Osaka Outer Loop • Takarazuka • Tōzai • Yamatoji • Biwako |
| Other networks | Hankyū • Hanshin • Keihan • Kintetsu • Kitakyū • Nankai • Osaka Monorail • Semboku Rapid |
| Around Osaka | Hankai • Kobe New Transit • Kobe Rapid • Kobe Subway • Kyoto Subway • Noseden • Randen • Sanyō • Shintetsu |
| Terminals | Osaka • Umeda • Tennōji • Namba • Kyōbashi |
| Miscellaneous | ICOCA • PiTaPa |
| JR West lines | |
| Main | Hokuriku – Kansai – Kisei – San'in – Sanyō – Tōkaidō |
| Local | Ako – Bantan – Fukuchiyama – Fukuen – Gantoku – Geibi – Hakubi – Inbi – Kabe – Kakogawa – Kibi – Kishin – Kisuki - Kure – Ohama – Oito – Onoda – Sakai – Sanko – Tsuyama – Ube – Uno – Wakayama – Yamaguchi |
