Fukuchiyama Line

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Fukuchiyama Line
Locale	Osaka Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture
Dates of operation	1891 – present
Track gauge	1,067 mm / 3 ft 6 in (Narrow gauge)
Headquarters	N/A

The Fukuchiyama Line (福知山線, Fukuchiyama-sen^?) is a railway line of West Japan Railway (JR West) between Osaka and Fukuchiyama, Japan. Although Amagasaki is the line's official southeastern terminus, all trains continue east to Osaka and beyond on the JR Kobe Line, or to Gakkentoshi Line via Tōzai Line.

The section of the line from Osaka to Sasayamaguchi is known as the JR Takarazuka Line (JR宝塚線), runs through the cities of Kawanishi and Takarazuka in the northwestern corner of the Osaka metropolitan area.

1 Route data
2 Rolling stock
3 History
4 Stations

[edit] Route data

Jurisdiction (enterprise classification): West Japan Railway (first kind railroad enterprise company)
Route distance: 106.5km
Rail gauge: 1067mm
The number of stations: 30 stations (23 stations as the JR Takarazuka Line)
Electrified section: Whole-line electrification (direct current 1500V)

[edit] Rolling stock

201 series (201系, Local Train)
205 series (205系, Local Train)
207 series (207系, Rapid Service and the Local Train)
221 series (221系, The Tanbaji Rapid Service and the Rapid Service)
321 series (321系, Rapid Service and the Local Train)
113 series (113系)
117 series (117系)
183 series (183系, Limited Express, Kita-Kinki (北近畿, kita kinki^?) and Monju (文殊, monju^?)
KTR 8000 series (KTR8000型, Limited Express, Tango Explorer(タンゴエクスプローラー Tango Ekusupurōrā)

[edit] History

Modernization of the route began in the 1980s. Railway signal system changed to CTC, and electrification to Fukuchiyama was completed in 1986.

On April 25, 2005, a seven-car Rapid Service bound for Doshisha-mae on the Gakkentoshi Line derailed and crashed between Tsukaguchi and Amagasaki (see: Amagasaki rail crash). Operations on the affected part of the line remained suspended until trial runs began on June 7, 2005. Passenger service resumed on June 19, 2005.

[edit] Stations

● : Stop , ▲ : Some trains pass , | : Pass

Local (普通): The through trains to Takatsuki or Kyoto stop at the station of ▲ (Tsukamoto Station).

Station	Distance from Amagasaki Station (km)	Local	Rapid Service	Tambaji Rapid Service	Connecting Lines	Location
Tōkaidō Main Line
Osaka Station	7.7	●	●	●	JR West: Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line), Osaka Loop Line Hanshin: Main Line (Umeda Station) Hankyu: Kyoto, Takarazuka, Kobe Lines (Umeda Station) Subway: Midosuji Line (Umeda Station), Tanimachi Line (Higashi-Umeda Station), Yotsubashi Line (Nishi-Umeda Station)	Kita-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
Tsukamoto Station	4.3	▲	\|	\|		Yodogawa-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
Fukuchiyama Line
Amagasaki Station	0.0	●	●	●	JR West: Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line), JR Tozai Line	Amagasaki	Hyogo Prefecture
Tsukaguchi Station	2.5	●	\|	\|
Inadera Station	3.9	●	\|	\|
Itami Station	5.8	●	●	●		Itami
Kita-Itami Station	7.9	●	\|	\|		Itami
Kawanishi-Ikeda Station	11.0	●	●	●	Hankyu: Takarazuka Line (Kawanishi-Noseguchi Station) Nose Railway: Myoken Line (Kawanishi-Noseguchi Station)	Kawanishi
Nakayamadera Station	14.5	●	●	●		Takarazuka
Takarazuka Station	17.8	●	●	●	Hankyu: Takarazuka and Imazu Lines	Takarazuka
Namaze Station	19.7	●	\|	\|		Nishinomiya
Nishinomiyanajio Station	21.9	●	●	●		Nishinomiya
Takedao Station	25.1	●	\|	\|		Takarazuka
Dojo Station	30.1	●	\|	\|		Kita-ku, Kobe
Sanda Station	33.7	●	●	●	Shintetsu: Sanda Line	Sanda
Shin-Sanda Station	36.9	●	●	●
Hirono Station	39.7	●	●	●
Aino Station	44.0	●	●	●
Aimoto Station	48.2	●	●	●
Kusano Station	50.2	●	●	●		Sasayama
Furuichi Station	53.5	●	●	●
Minami-Yashiro Station	56.1	●	●	●
Sasayamaguchi Station	58.4	●	●	●
Tamba-Oyama Station	60.7	●	●
Shimotaki Station	68.7	●	●			Tamba
Tanikawa Station	73.0	●	●		JR West: Kakogawa Line
Kaibara Station	80.0	●	●
Iso Station	83.2	●	●
Kuroi Station	87.5	●	●
Ichijima Station	94.0	●	●
Tamba-Takeda Station	98.2	●	●
Fukuchiyama Station	106.5	●	●		JR West: Sanin Main Line Kitakinki Tango Railway: Miyafuku Line	Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture

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JR lines (Urban Network)	Akō - ●Gakkentoshi - ●Hanwa - ●Kosei - ●Nara - ●Osaka Loop - Osaka Outer Loop - ●Takarazuka - ●Tōkaidō/Sanyō (Biwako - Kyoto - Kobe) - ●Tōzai - ●Yamatoji - ●Yumesaki
Other networks	Hankyū - Hanshin - Keihan - Kintetsu - Kitakyū - Nankai - Osaka Monorail - Semboku Rapid
Around Osaka	Hankai - Hokushin Kyuko - Kobe New Transit - Kobe Rapid - Kobe Subway - Kyoto Subway - Noseden - Randen - Sanyō - Shintetsu
Terminals	Osaka - Umeda - Tennōji - Namba - Kyōbashi
Miscellaneous	ICOCA - PiTaPa

JR West lines
Main	Hokuriku – Kansai – Kisei – San'in – Sanyō – Tōkaidō
Local	Ako – Bantan – Fukuchiyama – Fukuen – Gantoku – Geibi – Hakubi – Inbi – Kabe – Kakogawa – Kibi – Kishin – Kisuki - Kure – Ohama – Oito – Onoda – Sakai – Sanko – Tsuyama – Ube – Uno – Wakayama – Yamaguchi