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{{short description|Railway line in Osaka prefecture, Japan}}
{{use mdy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Refimprove|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox rail line
| name                            = Osaka Higashi Line
| native_name                     = おおさか東線
| native_name_lang                = ja
| color                           = {{rcr|JR West|Osaka Higashi}}
| logo                            = JRW kinki-F.svg
| logo_width                      = 50
| logo_alt                        = 
| image                           = JR-WEST 221 series at Minami-Suita.jpg
| image_width                     = 300px
| image_alt                       = 
| caption                         = A 221 series EMU on a Local service in March 2022
| type                            = Heavy rail
| system                          = Urban Network
| locale                          = [[Osaka Prefecture]]
| start                           = Ōsaka
| end                             = Kyūhōji
| stations                        = 15
| open                            = {{plainlist|
*March 15, 1929 {{small|(as Katamachi Freight Branch Line)}}
*March 15, 2008 {{small|(as Osaka Higashi Line)}}
|}}
| owner                           = Osaka Soto-Kanjo Railway Co., Ltd.
| depot                           = Aboshi
| operator                        = [[JR-West]]<br> [[JR Freight]]
| stock                           = [[221 series]] EMU
| linelength_km                   = 20.2
| linelength                      = 
| gauge                           = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}
| electrification                 = {{1,500 V DC}} ([[overhead lines]])
| speed                           = {{cvt|120|km/h}}
| map                             = {{routemap|inline=yes
|map = 
ABZg2\STRc3\\\~~ ~~ ~~[[Osaka Loop Line]]
eKRZt!~STRc1\xtKRZq2+4\extSTRq!~STRc3\extSTRq\extSTR+r~~ ~~ ~~''[[Naniwasuji Line]] (future)''
STR\STR+l!~STRc1\KRZq2+4o\STRq!~STRc3\xtKRZ~~ ~~ ~~[[Tōkaidō Main Line]] ([[JR Kobe Line]], [[Fukuchiyama Line|JR Takarazuka Line]])
STR\STR\STRc1\ABZ4+fx2\extSTR!~exSTRc3
STR\STR\extSTRc4\tSTRa@f!~exSTRc1!~POINTERf@lgq\extSTR3!~exSTR+4~~ ~~ ~~Umeda Freight Line
STR\STR\\etABZg+1\exDST!~extSTRc4~~ ~~''Umeda Signal Box'' (formerly [[JR Freight]] ''[[Umeda Station#Japan Freight Railway|Umeda Freight Terminal]]'')~~–2023
BHF!~HUBaq\BHF!~HUBq\HUBtf\tBHF!~HUBeq\exSTR~~{{RouteBox|JR-F01||#335099}} [[Ōsaka Station|Ōsaka]]
STR3\STR\KBHFaq!~HUBe\tKRZ\xKRZu~~ ~~ ~~[[Hankyu Kobe Main Line]], [[Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line]] ([[Umeda Station|Osaka-Umeda]])
\STR\\tSTRe!~exSTRc2\exSTR3!~POINTERg@lfq~~ ~~''old Umeda Freight Line''~~–2023
\STR!~POINTERf@gq\STRc2\ABZ3+gx1\exSTRc4~~ ~~ ~~Tōkaidō Main Line ([[JR Kyoto Line]])
\KRZt\tSTRq!~STR+1\tSTReq!~STRc4\STR+r~~ ~~ ~~[[Osaka Metro]]: [[Midōsuji Line]]
\hKRZWae\hKRZWae\WASSERq\hKRZWae~~ ~~ ~~[[Yodo River]]
\eABZgr\STR\\LSTR~~ ~~ ~~''Old Tōkaidō Line''
\KRZo\KRZo\LSTRq\KRZo~~ ~~ ~~[[Hankyu Kyoto Main Line]]
\ABZgl\KRZu\STRq\KRZo~~ ~~ ~~Spur track to Miyahara Depot
\BHF!~HUBaq\BHF!~HUBq\HUBtf\BHF!~HUBeq~~{{BSsplit|0.0|–|line=1|align=right}}~~{{RouteBox|JR-F02||#335099}} {{STN|Shin-Ōsaka|x}}
\KRZu\KRZu\BHFq!~HUBe\KRZu~~ ~~ ~~[[Image:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpeg|10px|Left]][[Tōkaidō Shinkansen]] – [[Sanyō Shinkansen]][[Image:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg|10px|Right]]
\KRWg+l\KRWgr\STR+1u!~POINTERf@rgq\STR~~ ~~ ~~Hoppō Freight Line
\STR\STR\STR\STRl~~ ~~ ~~Osaka Metro: Midōsuji Line
BHF\STR\STR~~ ~~ ~~{{STN|Higashi-Yodogawa|x}}
hKRZWae\hKRZWae\hKRZWae~~ ~~ ~~Kanzaki River
\STR2u\ABZ23\STR2+c3\STRc3
STRc2\BHF3+1\STR+4u!~STRc1\STR+4+c1\STR+4~~{{RouteBox|JR-F03||#335099}} [[Minami-Suita Station|Minami-Suita]]
STR+1!~STR+l\STRq!~STRc4\KRZu\ABZg+r\STR~~[[Image:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpeg|10px|Left]]Jōtō Freight Line
DST\\STR\STR\STR~~ ~~ ~~Kanzakigawa Signal Box
STR\STR+l\KRZo\KRZo\KRZo~~ ~~ ~~[[Hankyu Senri Line]]
STR\eABZg+l\eABZg+r\eDST2\STR!~STRc3~~{{BSsplit|–|10.3|line=1|align=right}}~~''Senri Signal Box''~~–1982
STR\LSTR\BHF2\STRc13\ABZg+4~~{{BSsplit|–|10.7|line=1|align=right}}~~{{STN|Suita|x|JR West}}
STR\LSTR\STRc1\STR+4!~GRZq\DST!~GRZq~~ ~~ ~~Suita Freight Terminal
hKRZWae\hKRZWae\\\~~ ~~ ~~Kanzaki River
KRZu\KRZu\\\~~ ~~ ~~Tōkaidō Shinkansen
STR2\ABZ3+gl!~ÜWu3\\\~~ ~~ ~~Hankyu Kyoto Line
STR+1u\BHF2+4!~HUBa\STRc3\\~~{{RouteBox|JR-F04||#335099}} {{STN|JR-Awaji|x}}
BHF!~HUBaq\STRc1!~HUBrf\STR+4\\
hKRZWae~~ ~~Akagawa Bridge~~Yodogawa River
eDST~~{{BSsplit|–|5.7|line=1|align=right}}~~''Miyakojima Signal Box''~~–1982
BHF~~{{RouteBox|JR-F05||#335099}} [[Shirokitakōendōri Station|Shirokitakōendōri]]
\BHF!~HUBaq\HUBlg~~ ~~{{RouteBox|JR-F06||#335099}} [[JR-Noe Station|JR-Noe]]~~Osaka Metro: [[Tanimachi Line]] ([[Noe-Uchindai Station|Noe-Uchindai]])
STR+l\KRZo\BHFq!~HUBe~~ ~~ ~~[[Keihan Main Line]] ({{STN|Noe|x}})
eKRZo\eABZgr+r!~eDST\~~ ~~ ~~''Yodogawa Freight Line and Sakuranomiya Line''
STR~~{{BSsplit|–|2.9|line=1|align=right}}~~''Tatsumi Signal Box''~~−1982
STR~~[[Image:Arrow Blue Up 001.jpeg|10px|Up]]Jōtō Freight Line
ABZg+r~~ ~~ ~~[[Katamachi Line]] (Gakkentoshi Line)
hKRZWae~~ ~~ ~~Neya River
BHF~~ ~~{{RouteBox|JR-F07||#335099}} [[Shigino Station|Shigino]]~~Osaka Metro: [[Imazatosuji Line]]
BHF~~{{BSsplit|11.1|0.0 |line=1|align=right}}~~{{RouteBox|JR-F08||#335099}} {{STN|Hanaten|x}}
ABZgl~~ ~~ ~~Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line)
STR
hKRZWae~~ ~~ ~~Daini Neya River
\ABZgl\KDSTeq~~Aboshi Depot Hanaten Branch
BHF~~{{BSsplit|12.8|1.7|line=1|align=right}}~~{{RouteBox|JR-F09||#335099}} [[Takaida-Chūō Station|Takaida-Chūō]]~~Osaka Metro: [[Osaka Metro Chūō Line|Chūō Line]] ([[Takaida Station (Higashiōsaka)|Takaida]])
\BHF!~HUBaq\HUBlg~~{{BSsplit|14.4|3.3|line=1|align=right}}~~{{RouteBox|JR-F10||#335099}} {{STN|JR Kawachi-Eiwa|x}}
\KRZu\BHFq!~HUBe~~ ~~ ~~[[Kintetsu Railway|Kintetsu]] [[Nara Line (Kintetsu)|Nara Line]] ([[Kawachi-Eiwa Station|Kawachi-Eiwa]])
STR
BHF~~{{BSsplit|15.0|3.9|line=1|align=right}}~~{{RouteBox|JR-F11||#335099}} [[JR Shuntokumichi Station|JR Shuntokumichi]]
BHFq\KRZu\~~ ~~ ~~[[Osaka Line]] ([[Shuntokumichi Station|Shuntokumichi]])
eDST~~ ~~''Shuntokumichi Signal Box''~~2007–2008
\eKRWgl\exKRW+r
\BHF\exSTR~~{{BSsplit|16.0|4.9|line=1|align=right}}~~{{RouteBox|JR-F12||#335099}} {{STN|JR Nagase|x}}
\STR\exDST~~ ~~''Hagusa Signal Box''~~–2003
\BHF\exSTR~~{{RouteBox|JR-F13||#335099}} {{STN|Kizuri-Kamikita|x}}
\DST\exSTR~~Shōgakuji Signal Box
\ABZgr\exSTR~~ ~~'''South Jōtō Freight Line'''~~(see inset below)
\eKRZo\exABZgr~~ ~~''Old Jōtō Freight Line''~~(see inset below)
\BHF\exSTR~~{{BSsplit|18.7|7.6|line=1|align=right}}~~{{RouteBox|JR-F14||#335099}} {{STN|Shin-Kami|x}}
HST2+4\STR+c3!~exSTRc2\exSTR3~~ ~~ ~~[[Image:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpeg|10px|Left]][[Kansai Main Line]] ([[Yamatoji Line]]) [[Kami Station|Kami]]
STRc1\ABZ+4x1!~eABZg+r\exSTRc4~~ ~~ ~~[[Image:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpeg|10px|Left]]''Hanwa Freight Line''
BHF~~{{BSsplit|20.3|9.2|line=1|align=right}}~~{{RouteBox|JR-F15||#335099}} {{STN|Kyūhōji|x}}
eDST~~ ~~''Ryūge Signal Box''~~–1997
BHF~~10.4~~[[Yao Station|Yao]]
STR~~ ~~ ~~[[Kansai Main Line]] ([[Yamatoji Line]])
-colspan
----
-colspan-end
exSTRq\exSTRq\exABZq+r~~''Old Jōtō Freight Line''
DSTq\ABZq+r\xKRZu~~0.0~~Shōgakuji Signal Box~~Osaka Higashi Line
\STR\xABZg+l~~ ~~ ~~Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)
\eKRWgl!~POINTERf@gq\eKRWg+r~~Jōtō Freight–Yamatoji connection
\DST\eDST~~Kutara No. 1 Signal Box
\GRZq!~DST\BHF~~1.5~~{{STN|Hirano|x|JR West}}
\eKRWg+l!~POINTERf@gq\eKRWgr~~ ~~ ~~Jōtō Freight–Yamatoji connexion
\KBSTxe\STR~~ ~~ ~~Kudara Freight Terminal
exKBSTaq\exSTRr\STR~~ ~~ ~~''Kudarashijō'' –1984
}}
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| box_width                       = auto
}}
The {{nihongo|'''Osaka Higashi Line'''|おおさか東線|Ōsaka-Higashi-sen}} (Literally: Osaka East Line) is a railway line in Osaka, Japan, operated by the [[West Japan Railway Company]] (JR-West). The line connects [[Ōsaka Station]] in northern [[Osaka]] with [[Kyūhōji Station]] in [[Yao, Osaka|Yao]], forming an arc around the northern and eastern suburbs of the city. Before being named on August 23, 2007, the line was constructed with the tentative name "{{nihongo|Osaka Outer Loop Line|大阪外環状線|Ōsaka-soto-kanjōsen}}".

The line is constructed and owned by the {{nihongo|Osaka Soto-Kanjo Railway Co., Ltd.|大阪外環状鉄道株式会社|Ōsaka Sotokanjō Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha}} as a [[Rail transport in Japan#Category-3|Category-3 railway business]] under the Railway Business Act of Japan. JR-West and JR Freight operate trains as [[Rail transport in Japan#Category-2|Category-2 railway business]].{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} The Kita-Umeda extension opened on March 18, 2023, replacing the above-ground Umeda Freight Line.

== History ==
Conceived in the 1950s during Japan's explosive postwar economic growth, it was planned as a grand "outer loop"  of the city, using existing freight lines to link [[Amagasaki Station (JR West)|Amagasaki]] with [[Shin-Osaka Station|Shin-Osaka]], [[Suita, Osaka|Suita]], [[Awaji Station|Awaji]], [[Hanaten Station|Hanaten]], [[Shin-Kami Station|Kami]], Uriwari and [[Sugimotochō Station|Sugimotochō]], with a newly constructed segment into Osaka's (then primarily industrial) Nankō Port Town. However, with JNR's financial situation deteriorating catastrophically (culminating in its privatization) and continuing issues surrounding land acquisition and squatting by local residents on railway property, the plan was cut back to Shin-Osaka and Kami, terminating at [[Kyūhōji Station|Kyūhōji]] in the south.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} (The Hanwa Freight Line, which would have carried the southern segment from Kami to Sugimotochō, was officially abandoned by JR Freight in 2009.) The line connects [[Shin-Osaka Station]] in northern [[Osaka]] with [[Kyūhōji Station]] in [[Yao, Osaka|Yao]], forming an arc around the northern and eastern suburbs of the city.

The southern part opened on March 15, 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 March 2008 |title=おおさか東線が開業 |trans-title=Osaka Higashi Line opens for service |url=https://railf.jp/news/2008/03/17/150700.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129052242/https://railf.jp/news/2008/03/17/150700.html |archive-date=29 November 2023 |access-date=31 January 2024 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |language=ja}}</ref>{{Needs clarification|reason=Section of the line which opened needs to be specified.|date=January 2024}} But because of problems with the illegal occupation of a site, construction of the northern part was delayed.<ref name="Nihon Keizai Shimbun">{{cite web|url=http://www.nikkei.co.jp/kansai/news/news004797.html|title=JRおおさか東線、北ヤード乗り入れ、18年度までに開業、150億円追加投資。|date=2009-01-31|publisher=Nihon Keizai Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=2009-01-31}}{{dead link|date=January 2019}}</ref> Construction of the northern segment started in 2011 and the section between [[Shin-Osaka Station|Shin-Osaka]] and [[Hanaten Station|Hanaten]] has opened on March 16, 2019.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=2019年 春ダイヤ改正について|url=http://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2018/12/page_13525.html|publisher=西日本旅客鉄道|date=2018-12-14|access-date=2019-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jr-odekake.net/railroad/oh2019spring/|title=直結！おおさか東線|date=2019-03-16|website=jr-odekake.net|access-date=2019-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304090644/https://www.jr-odekake.net/railroad/oh2019spring/|archive-date=2019-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Incorporated into the second phase of the Osaka Higashi Line project is the construction of underground platforms at Osaka Station (known as Umekita).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=10 March 2007 |title=運輸政策審議会 答申図（三大都市圏） - 大阪圏 |trans-title=Transport Policy Council Report Map (Three Major Metropolitan Areas) - Osaka Area |url=https://www.mlit.go.jp/tetudo/toshitetu/pdf/03_10_07.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222183146/https://www.mlit.go.jp/tetudo/toshitetu/pdf/03_10_07.pdf |archive-date=22 February 2021 |access-date=7 February 2020 |website=Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation |language=ja}}</ref> The project provides the basis for the future Naniwasuji Line while also providing a small shortcut on current services on the [[Haruka (train)|Haruka]] and [[Kuroshio (train)|Kuroshio]] limited express trains.

In February 2023, track switching work took place between the 11th and 13th of that month.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |date=14 February 2023 |title=「はるか」地下へ切り替え 東海道線、ホーム開業控え工事 |trans-title=Work Continues at Osaka Umekita as the Haruka Limited Express Is Rerouted Underground |url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/osaka/news/20230213-OYTNT50097/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214075104/https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/osaka/news/20230213-OYTNT50097/ |archive-date=14 February 2023 |access-date=14 February 2023 |website=Yomiuri Shimbun |language=ja}}</ref> The underground platforms began operation later in the year on March 18.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 December 2022 |title=梅田貨物線「地下化」来年2月に「うめきた地下ホーム」使用開始に先行 |trans-title=Umeda Freight Line "Underground'' ahead of the start of use of "Umekita Underground Platform'' in February next year |url=https://news.railway-pressnet.com/archives/46471 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209084858/https://news.railway-pressnet.com/archives/46471 |archive-date=9 December 2022 |access-date=18 March 2023 |website=news.railway-pressnet.com}}</ref>

==Stations==
*● : Direct Rapid service stops here
*| : Direct Rapid service does not stop here
Local trains stop at all stations.
For limited express [[Mahoroba (train)|''Mahoroba'']], please see their respective article.

{| class=wikitable
! rowspan="2" |No.
! rowspan="2" |Station
! rowspan="2" |Japanese
! colspan="2" |Distance (km)
! rowspan="2" |Direct Rapid
! rowspan="2" |Transfers
! rowspan="2" |Location
|-
!Between Stations
!Total
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-F01||#335099}}
|{{STN|Ōsaka|x}}
|大阪
| align="right" | 3.8
|3.8
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbf;" | ●
| align="center" valign="bottom" |
[[File:JRW kinki-A.svg|20px]] [[JR Kōbe Line]] (JR-A47)

[[File:JRW kinki-G.svg|20px]] [[Fukuchiyama Line|JR Takarazuka Line]] (JR-G47)

[[File:JRW kinki-O.svg|20px]] [[Osaka Loop Line]] (JR-O11)

'''From [[Umeda Station|Osaka-umeda Station]]:'''

* [[File:Number prefix Hankyu Kōbe line.svg|20x20px]] [[Hankyū Kōbe Main Line]], [[File:Number prefix Hankyu Takarazuka line.svg|20x20px]] [[Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line]], [[File:Number prefix Hankyu Kyōto line.svg|20x20px]] [[Hankyu Kyoto Main Line]] (HK-01)

'''From Osaka-Umeda Station:'''

* [[File:Number prefix Hanshin line.svg|20x20px]] [[Hanshin Main Line]] (HS 01)

'''From Umeda Station:'''

* {{rint|osaka|midosuji|size=20}} [[Midōsuji Line]] (M16)

'''From [[Higashi-Umeda Station]]:'''

* {{rint|osaka|tanimachi|size=20}} [[Tanimachi Line]] (T20)

'''From [[Nishi-Umeda Station]]:'''

* {{rint|osaka|yotsubashi|size=20}} [[Yotsubashi Line]] (Y11)

'''From [[Kitashinchi Station]]:'''

* [[File:JRW kinki-H.svg|20px]] [[JR Tōzai Line]] (JR-H44)
|[[Kita-ku, Osaka]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-F02||#335099}}
|{{STN|Shin-Ōsaka|x}}
|新大阪
| align="right" | -
|0.0
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbf;" |●
|[[File:JRW kinki-A.svg|20px]] [[JR Kyoto Line]] (JR-A46)

[[File:Shinkansen_jrc.svg|20x20px]][[File:Shinkansen_jrw.svg|20x20px]] [[Tōkaidō Shinkansen|Tokaido]]・[[San'yō Shinkansen|Sanyo Shinkansen]]

{{rint|osaka|midosuji|size=20}} [[Osaka Metro]] [[Midōsuji Line]] (M13)
|[[Yodogawa-ku, Osaka]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-F03||#335099}}
|{{STN|Minami-Suita|x}}
|南吹田
| align="right" |2.0
|2.0
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbf;" |  <nowiki>|</nowiki>
|&nbsp;
|[[Suita, Osaka|Suita]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-F04||#335099}}
|{{STN|JR-Awaji|x}}
|JR淡路
| align="right" |1.3
|3.3
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbf;" |●
|'''From [[Awaji Station]]:'''

* [[File:Number prefix Hankyu Kyōto line.svg|20x20px]] [[Hankyu Kyoto Line]] (HK-63)

* [[File:Number prefix Hankyu Kyōto line.svg|20x20px]] [[Hankyu Senri Line]] (HK-63)
|[[Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-F05||#335099}}
|{{STN|Shirokitakōendōri|x}}
|城北公園通
| align="right" |2.1
|5.4
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbf;" |  <nowiki>|</nowiki>
|&nbsp;
|[[Miyakojima-ku, Osaka]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-F06||#335099}}
|{{STN|JR-Noe|x}}
|JR野江
| align="right" |2.2
|7.6
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbf;" |  <nowiki>|</nowiki>
|'''From [[Noe Station]]:'''

[[File:Number_prefix_Keihan_lines.svg|20x20px]] [[Keihan Main Line]] (KH-05)

'''From [[Noe-Uchindai Station]]:'''

{{rint|osaka|tanimachi|size=20}} Osaka Metro [[Tanimachi Line]] (T16)
| rowspan="2" |[[Joto-ku, Osaka]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-F07||#335099}}
|{{STN|Shigino|x}}
|鴫野
| align="right" |1.8
|9.4
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbf;" | <nowiki>|</nowiki>
|[[File:JRW kinki-H.svg|20px]] [[Katamachi Line]] (Gakkentoshi Line, JR-H40)

{{rint|osaka|imazatosuji|size=20}} Osaka Metro [[Imazatosuji Line]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-F08||#335099}}
|{{STN|Hanaten|x}}
|放出
| align="right" |1.6
|11.0
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbf;" | ●
|[[File:JRW kinki-H.svg|20px]] [[Katamachi Line]] (Gakkentoshi Line, JR-H39)
|[[Tsurumi-ku, Osaka]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-F09||#335099}}
|{{STN|Takaida-Chūō|x}}
|高井田中央
| align="right" |1.7
|12.7
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbf;" |●
|'''From [[Takaida Station (Higashiosaka, Osaka)|Takaida Station]]:'''
{{rint|osaka|chuo|size=20}} Osaka Metro [[Chuo Line (Osaka)|Chuo Line]] (C22)
| rowspan="5" |[[Higashiosaka, Osaka]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-F10||#335099}}
|{{STN|JR Kawachi-Eiwa|x}}
|JR河内永和
| align="right" |1.6
|14.3
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbf;" |●
|'''From [[Kawachi-Eiwa Station]]'''
{{Rint|jp|kintetsu|A}} [[Kintetsu Nara Line]] (A07)
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-F11||#335099}}
|{{STN|JR Shuntokumichi|x}}
|JR俊徳道
| align="right" |0.6
|14.9
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbf;" |  <nowiki>|</nowiki>
|'''From [[Shuntokumichi Station]]:'''
{{Rint|jp|kintetsu|D}} [[Osaka Line]] (D07)
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-F12||#335099}}
|{{STN|JR Nagase|x}}
|JR長瀬
| align="right" |1.0
|15.9
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbf;" |  <nowiki>|</nowiki>
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-F13||#335099}}
|{{STN|Kizuri-Kamikita|x}}
|衣摺加美北
| align="right" |1.3
|17.2
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbf;" |  <nowiki>|</nowiki>
|&nbsp;
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-F14||#335099}}
|{{STN|Shin-Kami|x}}
|新加美
| align="right" |1.4
|18.6
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbf;" |  <nowiki>|</nowiki>
|&nbsp;
|[[Hirano-ku, Osaka]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-F15||#335099}}
|{{STN|Kyūhōji|x}}
|久宝寺
| align="right" |1.6
|20.2
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbf;" | ●
|[[File:JRW kinki-Q.svg|20px]] [[Yamatoji Line]] ([[Kansai Main Line]])
|[[Yao, Osaka]]
|-
! colspan="8" |Direct Rapid service through to Nara via the Yamatoji Line
|}

;Notes:
{{Reflist|group="Note"}}

== Rolling stock ==

===Passenger===
* [[221 series]] (used for Local services from March 12, 2022 and Direct Rapid services from March 18, 2023)<ref name="221 higashi">{{Cite web |date=2022-03-12 |title=おおさか東線で221系の運用開始 |trans-title=221 series starts operation on the Osaka Higashi Line |url=https://railf.jp/news/2022/03/12/203000.html |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |publisher=Koyusha Co., Ltd. |location=Japan |language=ja}}</ref><ref name="221 DROHS"/>

====Former====
* [[103 series]] (until 2018)
* [[201 series]] (until March 11, 2022)<ref name="221 higashi"/>
* [[207 series (JR West)|207 series]] (used for Direct Rapid Services from March 12, 2011, until March 17, 2023)<ref name="221 DROHS">{{Cite web |date=19 March 2023 |title=おおさか東線の直通快速が221系に |trans-title=The direct rapid service on the Osaka Higashi Line becomes the 221 series. |url=https://railf.jp/news/2023/03/19/063000.html |access-date=19 December 2023 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |publisher=Koyusha Co., Ltd. |language=ja}}</ref>
* [[223 series|223-6000 series]] (used for Direct Rapid Services from March 15, 2008, until March 11, 2011)
* [[321 series]] (Used for Direct Rapid Services until March 17, 2023)<ref name="221 DROHS"/>

The 103 and 201 series trains are based at Nara Depot, the 207 series trains are based at Aboshi Depot, while the 223-6000 series trains were based at Miyahara Depot.

===Freight===
Locomotives seen hauling freight trains include the [[JNR Class DD51|DD51]], [[JNR Class DE10|DE10]], [[JNR Class EF66|EF66]], [[JNR Class EF81|EF81]] and [[JR Freight Class EF210|EF210]].{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}
<gallery widths=180>
File:JNR DD51 831 20011120.jpg|A DD51 locomotive on the Osaka Higashi Line in November 2001
File:EF81-627 Akagawa.jpg|An EF81 locomotive on the Akagawa Bridge in August 2013
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Musashino Line]], in the Tokyo area
* [[Aichi Loop Line]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.osr.co.jp/ Osaka Soto-Kanjo Railway Co., Ltd.] {{in lang|ja}}

{{Osaka transit}}
{{West Japan Railway Company Lines}}

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