Fukuchiyama Line
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.
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
- 207 series (207系, Rapid Service and the Local Train)
- 221 series (221系, The Tanbaji Rapid Service and the Rapid Service)
- 223 series (223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 and
- KTR 8000 series (KTR8000型, Limited Express Tango Explorer(タンゴエクスプローラー Tango Ekusupurōrā)
History
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 , which introduced steam power to the railway and extended the line to Ikeda.Settsu Railway was merged by , 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.
Stations
- S : Stop
- s : Limited stop
- | : Pass
- Local (普通): The through trains to and from the JR Kyoto Line stop at the station of "s" (Tsukamoto Station).
| Station | Distance from Amagasaki Station (km) | Local | Rapid Service | Tambaji Rapid Service | Connecting Lines | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JR Takarazuka Line | Tōkaidō Main Line | |||||||
| 7.7 | S | S | S |
| Kita-ku, Osaka | Osaka Prefecture | ||
| 4.3 | s | | | | | Yodogawa-ku, Osaka | ||||
| Fukuchiyama Line | ||||||||
| 0.0 | S | S | S |
| Amagasaki | Hyōgo Prefecture | ||
| 2.5 | S | | | | | |||||
| 3.9 | S | | | | | |||||
| 5.8 | S | S | S | Itami | ||||
| 7.9 | S | | | | | |||||
| 11.0 | S | S | S |
| Kawanishi | |||
| 14.5 | S | S | S | Takarazuka | ||||
| 17.8 | S | S | S |
| ||||
| 19.7 | S | | | | | Nishinomiya | ||||
| 21.9 | S | S | S | |||||
| 25.1 | S | | | | | Takarazuka | ||||
| 30.1 | S | | | | | Kita-ku, Kobe | ||||
| 33.7 | S | S | S | Sanda | ||||
| 36.9 | S | S | S | |||||
| 39.7 | S | S | S | |||||
| 44.0 | S | S | S | |||||
| 48.2 | S | S | S | |||||
| 50.2 | S | S | S | Sasayama | ||||
| 53.5 | S | S | S | |||||
| 56.1 | S | S | S | |||||
| 58.4 | S | S | S | |||||
| 60.7 | S | S | ||||||
| 68.7 | S | S | Tamba | |||||
| 73.0 | S | S |
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| 80.0 | S | S | ||||||
| 83.2 | S | S | ||||||
| 87.5 | S | S | ||||||
| 94.0 | S | S | ||||||
| 98.2 | S | S | ||||||
| 106.5 | S | S | Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture | |||||
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Last updated on Sunday October 05, 2008 at 10:19:51 PDT (GMT -0700)
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