Fukuchiyama Line

Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line)
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225-6000 series EMU on a Tanbaji Rapid service
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
System	Urban Network (Amagasaki - Sasayamaguchi)
Locale	Hyogo Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture
Termini	Amagasaki Fukuchiyama
Stations	30 (23 as the JR Takarazuka Line)
Operation
Opened	1891
Owner	JR West
Rolling stock	207 series EMU 321 series EMU 223-6000 series EMU 223-5500 series EMU 225-6000 series EMU 287 series EMU 381 series EMU
Technical
Line length	106.5 km (66.2 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead line
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)

The Fukuchiyama Line (福知山線, Fukuchiyama-sen^?) is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) connecting Osaka and Fukuchiyama, Japan. Within JR West's "Urban Network" covering the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan region, the line from Osaka to Sasayamaguchi is also called the JR Takarazuka Line (JR宝塚線). The line traverses the cities of Kawanishi and Takarazuka in the northwestern corner of the Osaka metropolitan area.

Although Amagasaki is the line's official southeastern terminus, all trains continue east to Osaka and beyond on the JR Kōbe Line, or to the Gakkentoshi Line via the JR Tōzai Line.

The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) opened the Osaka - Kobe section of what is now the Tokaido Main Line in 1874 as a dual track line.

The Kawabe Horsecar Railway (川辺馬車鉄道, Kawabe Bashatetsudō^?) opened a 762mm gauge line between Amagasaki and Itami (about 8 km) in 1891. In 1893, the horsecar railway was reorganized as Settsu Railway (摂津鉄道, Settsu Tetsudō^?), which introduced steam power to the railway and extended the line to Ikeda.