Nankai Airport Line
Appearance
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Airport Line | |
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Overview | |
Owner | Nankai Electric Railway (Izumisano–Rinkū Town) New Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. (Rinkū Town–Kansai Airport) |
Locale | Osaka Prefecture |
Termini | |
Stations | 3 |
Service | |
Operator(s) | Nankai Electric Railway |
Rolling stock |
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Technical | |
Line length | 8.8 km (5.5 mi) |
Number of tracks | 2 |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Electrification | 1,500 V DC, overhead lines |
Operating speed | 120 km/h (75 mph) |
The Airport Line (
It is one of the access routes to the Kansai International Airport which is located on an artificial island in Ōsaka Bay. The line colour of the Airport Line is purple.[1]
Rolling stock
[edit]- Nankai 7000 series (until October 2015)
- Nankai 7100 series
- Nankai 9000 series
- Nankai 2000 series
- Nankai 1000 series
- Nankai 8000 series
- Nankai 8300 series (from Autumn 2015)
- Nankai 50000 series, used on rapi:t services
- JR West trains also use the track between Rinkū Town and Kansai Airport.
Stations
[edit]- Limited express (rapi:t), Airport express, Local: All trains stop at every station.
- For stations within the Nankai Main Line, refer to the "Nankai Main Line" article.
No. | Station name | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | |
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NK30 | Izumisano | 0.0 | Nankai Main Line (Through trains for Namba are available.) | Osaka Prefecture | Izumisano | |
NK31 | Rinkū Town | りんくうタウン | 1.9 | S Kansai Airport Line (JR-S46) | ||
NK32 | Kansai Airport | 8.8 | Tajiri |
References
[edit]This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
- ^ Mochizuki, Osamu. "Nankai Electric Railway Services Targeting Inbound Visitors." Japan Railway & Transport Review (2017).