Nankai Kōya Line

Nankai Kōya Line
Limited Express "Rinkan"
Technical
Line length	64.5 km
Track gauge	1067 mm
Electrification	1500 V DC
Operating speed	100 km/h

Nankai Kōya Line

Legend 3.9 Namba (for connections, see below) 3.0 Imamiyaebisu 2.5 Shin-Imamiya (for connections, see below) 1.9 Haginochaya Subway: Sakaisuji Line (K20) 0.9 Tengachaya Shiomibashi Nankai: "Shiomibashi Line"   for details, see below 0.0 Kishinosato-Tamade Nankai: Nankai Main Line Hankai: Hankai Line 1.1 Tezukayama Hankai: Uemachi Line (Kaminoki Station) 2.0 Sumiyoshihigashi 2.9 Sawanochō 3.5 Abikomae Yamato River 4.8 Asakayama 6.4 Sakaihigashi JR-W: Hanwa Line 7.9 Mikunigaoka JR-W: Hanwa Line 8.8 Mozuhachiman Subway: Midosuji Line (M30) 9.5 Nakamozu Osaka Urban Development:   Semboku Rapid Railway Kōmyōike Izumi-Chūō 10.5 Shirasagi 12.0 Hatsushiba 12.9 Hagiharatenjin 14.7 Kitanoda 15.6 Sayama 17.2 Ōsakasayamashi 18.3 Kongō 20.0 Takidani 21.3 Chiyoda Chiyoda Signal Box Chiyoda Depot and Chiyoda Workshop Kintetsu: Nagano Line 23.4 Kawachinagano 25.1 Mikkaichichō 26.7 Mikanodai 28.6 Chihayaguchi 30.3 Amami Osaka Prefecture Kimi Tunnel Wakayama Prefecture 34.0 Kimitōge 35.3 Rinkanden'entoshi 37.3 Miyukitsuji Koharada Signal Box Koharada Depot 40.1 Hashimoto JR-W: Wakayama Line Kinokawa 43.2 Kii-Shimizu 45.8 Kamuro 47.6 Kudoyama 49.6 Kōyashita 51.3 Shimo-Kosawa 53.0 Kami-Kosawa 56.0 Kii-Hosokawa 58.4 Kii-Kamiya 59.9 Gokurakubashi Nankai: Kōyasan Cable funicular Shiomibashi Branch  Subway: Sennichimae Line (Sakuragawa) Hanshin: Hanshin Namba Line (Sakuragawa) 0.0 Shiomibashi JR-W: Osaka Loop Line (Ashiharabashi) 0.9 Ashiharachō 1.6 Kizugawa 2.6 Tsumori 3.6 Nishi-Tengachaya Nanakai: Nankai Main Line Nanakai: Koya Line (Rinkan Sun Line) 4.6 Kishinosato-Tamade Details of Namba area  Subway: Yotsubashi Line (Y15) Subway: Midōsuji Line (M20) Subway: Sennichimae Line (S16) Kintetsu: Namba Line (Osaka Namba) Hanshin: Hanshin Namba Line (Osaka Namba) Namba Subway: Sakaisuji Line Subway: Daikokuchō Imamiyaenisu Subway, Hankai: Ebisuchō Hankai: Hankai Line JR-W: Osaka Loop, Kansai Main (Yamatoji) lines Shin-Imamiya /Hankai: Minami-Kasumichō Subway: Midōsuji Line (M22) Subway: Dōbutsuen-mae Subway: Sakaisuji Line (K19) Haginochaya Hankai: Imaike Tengachaya Nankai Line (left)/Koya Line (right)

The Kōya Line (高野線, Kōya-sen^?) of Nankai Electric Railway is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It connects Osaka and Koyasan, the capital of Japanese Buddhist sect Shingon, via suburbs of Osaka, such as Sakai, Osakasayama, Tondabayashi and Kawachinagano in Osaka Prefecture and Hashimoto and Kōya in Wakayama Prefecture.

From historical reason formally the line begins at Shiomibashi Station in Osaka and crosses the Nankai Main Line, the other main line of the company, at Kishinosato-Tamade Station, though operationally it starts at Namba Station together with Nankai Main Line, diverges at Kishinosato-Tamade Station and goes to Gokurakubashi Station, to have a connection to Koyasan through Nankai Cable Line.

The section from Shiomibashi to Kishinosato-Tamade, called "the Shiomibashi Line (汐見橋線^?)", has trains operated only in between.

The section from Namba to Hashimoto of the line was formally nicknamed "the Rinkan Sun Line (りんかんサンライン^?)", which few know. The name became not in use at the diagram revision in 2008.

Kōya Line is indicated, to distinguish from Nankai Lines, with pictograms of coniferous-like trees which infer Mount Koya, or with the line colour, green.

Rapid service

Local (各駅停車, Kakueki Teisha^?) (Lo)

Between Namba and Sakaihigashi, Kitanoda, Kongō, Chiyoda, Kawachinagano, Miikkaichichō, Rinkanden-entoshi or Hashimoto, and between Hashimoto and Kōyashita or Gokurakubashi.

Semi-Express (準急, Junkyū^?) (SE)

All the down (southbound) trains are operated from Namba to Kōmyōike or Izumi-Chūō on the Semboku Rapid Railway Line. In the morning on weekdays, up (northbound) trains for Namba are operated from Mikkaichicho, Kawachinagano and Chiyoda in addition to the through trains from the Semboku Rapid Railway Line.

Sub Express (区間急行, Kukan Kyūkō^?) (SbE)

Trains are operated between Namba and Kawachinagano, Miikkaichichō or Rinkanden-entoshi. Through trains from the Semboku Rapid Railway Line to Namba are available in the morning on weekdays.

Express (急行, Kyūkō^?) (Ex)

Trains are operated mainly between Namba and Miikkaichichō, Rinkanden-entoshi or Hashimoto. Several trains are operated between Namba and Kōyashita or Gokurakubashi.

Rapid Express (快速急行, Kaisoku Kyūkō^?) (RE)

All trains are operated between Namba and Gokurakubashi, and requires the special car, generally called "ZOOMCAR".

Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū^?) (LE)

The "Kōya (こうや^?)" is operated between Namba and Gokurakubashi, and the "Rinkan (りんかん^?)" between Namba and Hashimoto. All seats of both trains are reserved.

Sightseeing train "Tenku" (観光列車「天空」^?) (Tk)

Started on July 3, 2009, trains are operated between Hashimoto and Gokurakubashi every day except Wednesdays and Thursdays from March until November, and on Saturdays, Sundays and National Holidays from December until February. They stop at Kamuro and Kudoyama.

• For fare calculation, the distance between Tengachaya and Tezukayama is defined as 1.8 km

Stations

Namba - Kishinosato-Tamade - Gokurakubashi

Station	Stop	Location
Nankai Main Line (南海本線)
Namba	Lo SE SB Ex RE    LE	Chūō-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
Imamiyaebisu	Lo	Naniwa-ku, Osaka
Shin-Imamiya	Lo SE SB Ex RE    LE	Nishinari-ku, Osaka
Haginochaya	Lo
Tengachaya	Lo SE SB Ex RE    LE
Kōya Line (高野線)
Kishinosato-Tamade	Lo	Nishinari-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
Tezukayama	Lo	Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
Sumiyoshihigashi	Lo
Sawanochō	Lo
Abikomae	Lo
Asakayama	Lo	Sakai-ku, Sakai
Sakaihigashi	Lo SE SB Ex RE    LE
Mikunigaoka	Lo SE
Mozuhachiman	Lo SE
Nakamozu	Lo SE	Kita-ku, Sakai
Shirasagi	Lo SE
Hatsushiba	Lo SE	Higashi-ku, Sakai
Hagiharatenjin	Lo SE
Kitanoda	Lo SE SB Ex RE
Sayama	Lo SE SB	Osakasayama
Ōsakasayamashi	Lo SE SB
Kongō	Lo SE SB Ex RE    LE
Takidani	Lo SE SB	Tondabayashi
Chiyoda	Lo SE SB	Kawachinagano
Kawachinagano	Lo SE SB Ex RE    LE
Mikkaichichō	Lo SE SB Ex RE
Mikanodai	Lo    SB Ex RE
Chihayaguchi	Lo    SB Ex
Amami	Lo    SB Ex
Kimitōge	Lo    SB Ex	Hashimoto	Wakayama Prefecture
Rinkanden'entoshi	Lo    SB Ex RE    LE
Miyukitsuji	Lo    SB Ex RE
Hashimoto	Lo    SB Ex RE Tk LE
Kii-Shimizu	Lo       Ex RE
Kamuro	Lo       Ex RE Tk
Kudoyama	Lo       Ex RE Tk	Kudoyama, Ito District
Kōyashita	Lo       Ex RE
Shimo-Kosawa	Lo       Ex RE
Kami-Kosawa	Lo       Ex RE
Kii-Hosokawa	Lo       Ex RE	Koya, Ito District
Kii-Kamiya	Lo       Ex RE
Gokurakubashi	Lo       Ex RE Tk LE

Shiomibashi - Kishinosato-Tamade

• The section is known as "the Shiomibashi Line (汐見橋線^?)".

Station	Location
Shiomibashi	Naniwa-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
Ashiharachō
Kizugawa	Nishinari-ku, Osaka
Tsumori
Nishi-Tengachaya
Kishinosato-Tamade

Rail Statistics

• Distance between Shiomibashi and Gokurakubashi: 64.5 km
• Electrification: 1500 V DC
• Gauge: 1067 mm
• Track: dual excluiding in Kishinosato-Tamade Station of Shiomibashi Line section