Fukuchiyama Line

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Fukuchiyama Line
Locale Osaka Prefecture, Hyōgo Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture
Dates of operation 1891–present
Track gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
(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. Within the Tōkaidō Main Line from Osaka to Amagasaki, the line from Osaka to Sasayamaguchi is also called 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.

Although Amagasaki is the line's official southeastern terminus, all trains continue east to Osaka and beyond on the JR Kōbe Line, or to Gakkentoshi Line via JR Tōzai Line.

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[edit] 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)

[edit] Rolling stock

  • 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 Kitakinki (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)

[edit] History

Kawabe Horsecar Railway (川辺馬車鉄道 Kawabe Bashatetsudō?) started the history of the line in 1891. The railway operated the line between Amagasaki and Itami (about 8 km) by horsecars. In 1893, the horsecar railway was reorganized as Settsu Railway (摂津鉄道 Settsu Tetsudō?), which introduced steam power to the railway and extended the line to Ikeda.

Settsu Railway was merged by Hankaku Railway (阪鶴鉄道 Hankaku Tetsudō?), which had a plan to build a railway between Osaka and Maizuru. Hankaku Railway extended the line to Takarazuka in 1897 and to Fukuchiyama in 1899. Also the company connected the line to the Kanzaki Station (present-day Amagasaki Station) of the government line in 1898 making the line to the original Amagasaki terminal a branch. Hankaku Railway was nationalized on August 1, 1907.

The branchline between Amagasakikō Station (former Amagasaki terminal of the horsecar railway) and Tsukaguchi Station ceased passenger operation in 1981 and freight operation in 1984.

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 derailed and crashed between Tsukaguchi and Amagasaki on its way for Doshisha-mae via the JR Tōzai Line and the Gakkentoshi Line (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.

[edit] Stations

● : Stop , ▲ : Some trains pass , | : Pass
Local (普通): The through trains to and from the JR Kyoto Line stop at the station of ▲ (Tsukamoto Station).
Station Distance from
Amagasaki Station
(km)		 Local Rapid Service Tambaji Rapid Service Connecting Lines Location
JR Takarazuka Line Tōkaidō Main Line
Osaka 7.7 ● ● ● Kita-ku, Osaka Osaka Prefecture
Tsukamoto 4.3 ▲ | |   Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
Fukuchiyama Line
Amagasaki 0.0 ● ● ● Amagasaki Hyōgo Prefecture
Tsukaguchi 2.5 ● | |  
Inadera 3.9 ● | |  
Itami 5.8 ● ● ●   Itami
Kita-Itami 7.9 ● | |  
Kawanishi-Ikeda 11.0 ● ● ● Kawanishi
Nakayamadera 14.5 ● ● ●   Takarazuka
Takarazuka 17.8 ● ● ●
Namaze 19.7 ● | |   Nishinomiya
Nishinomiyanajio 21.9 ● ● ●  
Takedao 25.1 ● | |   Takarazuka
Dōjō 30.1 ● | |   Kita-ku, Kobe
Sanda 33.7 ● ● ● Sanda
Shin-Sanda 36.9 ● ● ●  
Hirono 39.7 ● ● ●  
Aino 44.0 ● ● ●  
Aimoto 48.2 ● ● ●  
Kusano 50.2 ● ● ●   Sasayama
Furuichi 53.5 ● ● ●  
Minami-Yashiro 56.1 ● ● ●  
Sasayamaguchi 58.4 ● ● ●  
Tamba-Ōyama 60.7 ● ●    
Shimotaki 68.7 ● ●     Tamba
Tanikawa 73.0 ● ●  
Kaibara 80.0 ● ●    
Iso 83.2 ● ●    
Kuroi 87.5 ● ●    
Ichijima 94.0 ● ●    
Tamba-Takeda 98.2 ● ●    
Fukuchiyama 106.5 ● ●   Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture
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