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JR Takarazuka Line

Fukuchiyama Line
(JR Takarazuka Line)
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Tanbaji Rapid service
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.


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