Koya Line

Template:Short description Template:Koya Line The is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by the Nankai Electric Railway, a private railway operator. It connects Osaka and Koyasan, the capital of the Japanese Buddhist sect Shingon, via the suburbs of Osaka, such as Sakai, Osakasayama, Tondabayashi and Kawachinagano in Osaka Prefecture and Hashimoto and Kōya in Wakayama Prefecture. To distinguish it from other Nankai Lines, the Kōya Line is indicated with pictograms of coniferous-like trees which bring to mind Mount Kōya, or with the line colour, green.

For historical reasons, the line formally begins at Shiomibashi Station in Osaka and crosses the Nankai Main Line, the company's other main line, at Kishinosato-Tamade Station, though operationally it starts at Namba Station together with the Nankai Line, diverges at Kishinosato-Tamade Station and goes to Gokurakubashi Station, to connect to Koyasan through Nankai Cable Line.

The section from Shiomibashi to Kishinosato-Tamade, called the , has trains operating only in between those two stations. The section from Hashimoto to Gokurakubashi and the Koyasan Cable is named the by operating a sightseeing train "Tenku".

Service patterns

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

All the southbound trains are operated from Namba to Izumi-Chūō on the Semboku Rapid Railway Line. On weekday mornings, northbound trains for Namba are operated from Kawachinagano and Chiyoda in addition to the through trains from the Semboku Rapid Railway Line.

Trains are operated between Namba and Kawachinagano, Miikkaichichō, Rinkanden-entoshi or Izumi-Chūō (Semboku Line).

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

All trains are operated between Namba and Gokurakubashi, and use a special "Zoomcar" rolling stock. On weekday evenings, southbound trains for Hashimoto from Namba are operated using other rolling stock.

The operates between Namba and Gokurakubashi, and the between Namba and Hashimoto.

From December 5, 2015, services also commenced between Namba and Izumi-Chūō (Semboku Line). All seats on Limited Express trains are reserved.

From July 3, 2009, trains operate between Hashimoto and Gokurakubashi daily 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

Legends:

• ● : All trains stop.
• ｜: All trains pass.
• ◆ : Extra Limited Express trains originating at Hashimoto stop here
• ▲ - Semboku Liner No Stop

Line name	No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Semi-Express	Sub-Express	Express	Rapid Express	Tenkū	Limited Express	Transfers	Location
					from Shiomibashi
Nankai Main Line	NK01	Template:STN	難波	(3.9)	-	●	●	●	●		●	Osaka Metro: Template:Rint Midosuji Line (M20) Template:Rint Yotsubashi Line (Y15) Template:Rint Sennichimae Line (S16) Template:Rint Kintetsu Namba Line (A01: Template:STN) File:Number prefix Hanshin line.svg Hanshin Namba Line (HS41: Osaka Namba) File:JRW kinki-Q.svg JR West Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) (JR-Q17:Template:STN)	Chūō-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
	NK02	Template:STN	今宮戎	(3.0)	-	｜	｜	｜	｜		｜		Naniwa-ku, Osaka
	NK03	Template:STN	新今宮	(2.5)	-	●	●	●	●		●	JR West: File:JRW kinki-O.svg Osaka Loop Line (JR-O19) File:JRW kinki-Q.svg Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) (JR-Q19) Osaka Metro (Template:STN): Template:Rint Midosuji Line (M22) Template:Rint Sakaisuji Line (K19) File:Number prefix Hankai Tramway line.svg Hankai Tramway Hankai Line (HN52: Shin-Imamiya-Ekimae)	Nishinari-ku, Osaka
	NK04	Template:STN	萩ノ茶屋	(1.9)	-	｜	｜	｜	｜		｜
	NK05	Template:STN	天下茶屋	(0.9)	-	●	●	●	●		●	Template:Plainlist
	NK06	Template:STN	岸里玉出	0.0	4.6	｜	｜	｜	｜		｜	Template:Plainlist
Kōya Line
	NK51	Template:STN	帝塚山	1.1	5.7	｜	｜	｜	｜		｜		Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
	NK52	Template:STN	住吉東	2.0	6.6	｜	｜	｜	｜		｜	Template:Plainlist
	NK53	Template:STN	沢ノ町	2.9	7.5	｜	｜	｜	｜		｜
	NK54	Template:STN	我孫子前	3.5	8.1	｜	｜	｜	｜		｜
	NK55	Template:STN	浅香山	4.8	9.4	｜	｜	｜	｜		｜		Sakai-ku, Sakai
	NK56	Template:STN	堺東	6.4	11.0	●	●	●	●		▲
	NK57	Template:STN	三国ヶ丘	7.9	12.5	●	｜	｜	｜		｜	Template:Plainlist
	NK58	Template:STN	百舌鳥八幡	8.8	13.4	●	｜	｜	｜		｜
	NK59	Template:STN	中百舌鳥	9.5	14.1	●	｜	｜	｜		｜	Template:Plainlist Template:Rint Osaka Metro Midosuji Line (M30)	Kita-ku, Sakai
	NK60	Template:STN	白鷺	10.5	15.1	●	｜	｜	｜		｜
	NK61	Template:STN	初芝	12.0	16.6	●	｜	｜	｜		｜		Higashi-ku, Sakai
	NK62	Template:STN	萩原天神	12.9	17.5	●	｜	｜	｜		｜
	NK63	Template:STN	北野田	14.7	19.3	●	●	●	●		｜
	NK64	Template:STN	狭山	15.6	20.2	●	●	｜	｜		｜		Ōsakasayama
	NK65	Template:STN	大阪狭山市	17.2	21.8	●	●	｜	｜		｜
	NK66	Template:STN	金剛	18.3	22.9	●	●	●	●		●
	NK67	Template:STN	滝谷	20.0	24.6	●	●	｜	｜		｜		Tondabayashi
	NK68	Template:STN	千代田	21.3	25.9	●	●	｜	｜		｜		Kawachinagano
	NK69	Template:STN	河内長野	23.4	28.0	●	●	●	●		●	Template:Plainlist
	NK70	Template:STN	三日市町	25.1	29.7	●	●	●	●		｜
	NK71	Template:STN	美加の台	26.7	31.3		●	●	●		｜
	NK72	Template:STN	千早口	28.6	33.2		●	●	｜		｜
	NK73	Template:STN	天見	30.3	34.9		●	●	｜		｜
	NK74	Template:STN	紀見峠	34.0	38.6		●	●	｜		｜		Hashimoto	Wakayama Prefecture
	NK75	Template:STN	林間田園都市	35.3	39.9		●	●	●		●
	NK76	Template:STN	御幸辻	37.3	41.9			●	●		｜
	NK77	Template:STN	橋本	40.1	44.7			●	●	●	●	Template:Plainlist
	NK78	Template:STN	紀伊清水	43.2	47.8			●	●	｜	｜
	NK79	Template:STN	学文路	45.8	50.4			●	●	●	◆
	NK80	Template:STN	九度山	47.6	52.2			●	●	●	◆		Kudoyama, Ito District
	NK81	Template:STN	高野下	49.6	54.2			●	●	｜	｜
	NK82	Template:STN	下古沢	51.3	55.9			●	●	｜	｜
	NK83	Template:STN	上古沢	53.0	57.6			●	●	｜	｜
	NK84	Template:STN	紀伊細川	56.0	60.6			●	●	｜	｜		Kōya, Ito District
	NK85	Template:STN	紀伊神谷	58.4	63.0			●	●	｜	｜
	NK86	Template:STN	極楽橋	59.9	64.5			●	●	●	●	Template:Plainlist

Shiomibashi - Kishinosato-Tamade

The section is known as the .

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
NK06-5	Template:STN	汐見橋	0.0	Template:Plainlist	Naniwa-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
NK06-4	Template:STN	芦原町	0.9	Template:Plainlist
NK06-3	Template:STN	木津川	1.6		Nishinari-ku, Osaka
NK06-2	Template:STN	津守	2.6
NK06-1	Template:STN	西天下茶屋	3.6
NK06	Template:STN	岸里玉出	4.6	Template:Plainlist

History

The Koya Railway opened the Shiomibashi to Sayama section between 1898 and 1900, and extended the line to Kawachinagano in 1902. That section was electrified at 600 V DC in 1912. All further extensions were electrified when opened.

The Kawachinagano - Mikkaichicho section opened in 1914, and the line was extended to Hashimoto the following year. In 1922, the company merged with Nankai, and the Hashimoto to Gokurakubashi section opened in 1929.

Double-tracking of the line commenced in 1924, reaching Kawachinagano in 1938. The line voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1973, and the following year, double-tracking reached Mikkaichicho, and Hashimoto in 1995.