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Yoshino Line

Yoshino Line
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Kintetsu Series 6400 Yoshino.jpg
Overview
Type Commuter rail
Locale Nara Prefecture
Termini Kashihara-Jingūmae
Yoshino
Stations 16
Operation
Opened 25 October 1912
Owner Kintetsu Railway
Depot(s) Muda (branch depot of Furuichi Inspection Depot)
Technical
Line length 25.2 km (15.7 mi)
Number of tracks 1
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius 160 m
Electrification 1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed 100 km/h (60 mph)

The Yoshino Line (吉野線, Yoshino-sen?) is a railway line in Nara Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. It connects Kashihara-Jingūmae in Kashihara and Yoshino in Yoshino. All Express and Limited Express trains continue to and from Ōsaka Abenobashi Station on the Minami Osaka Line.

The Yoshino Railway (吉野鉄道?) Co. opened the Yoshino - Muda section in 1912, and extended the line to Kashiharajingū-mae in 1923, electrifying the entire line at 1500 VDC at that time.

In 1929 the company merged with the Osaka Electric Railway Co., which merged with Kintetsu in 1944.

Freight services ceased in 1984, and CTC signalling was commissioned in 2001.


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