Gakkentoshi Line

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Gakkentoshi Line
System map
207 Series, local train bound for Matsuiyamate
Locale Osaka Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture
Dates of operation 1988 (1895) – present
Track gauge 1,067 mm / 3 ftin
(Narrow gauge)
Headquarters N/A

The Gakkentoshi Line (学研都市線 Gakkentoshi-sen?) is the nickname of the Katamachi Line (片町線 Katamachi-sen?), one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company. The line originates Kizu Station in Kyoto Prefecture through Kyobashi Station in Osaka City. Its nickname, literally "Science City Line," comes from the Kansai Science City, which is located on the line between Osaka and Nara.

The Gakkentoshi Line is connected by the JR Tozai Line to the JR Kobe Line and JR Takarazuka Line, allowing trains from Nara to operate as far west as Kobe, Himeji, and Sanda.

Maximum speed: 120km/h

Connected to Nara Station
via JR Yamatoji Line
Station
Name
Distance
from
Kizu (km)
Rapid
Service
Regional
Rapid
Service
Local Connection Location
Kizu Station 0.0 JR-West: Yamatoji Line, Nara Line Kizu-cho, Soraku County, Kyoto Prefecture
Nishi-Kizu
Station
2.2  
Hosono Station 5.1 Kintetsu Kyoto Line
(Shin-Hosono Station)
Seika-cho, Soraku County, Kyoto Prefecture
Shimokoma
Station
7.4 Kintetsu Kyoto Line
(Komada Station)
JR-Miyamaki
Station
9.4 Kintetsu Kyoto Line
(Miyamaki Station)
Kyotonabe City,
Kyoto Prefecture
Doshishamae
Station
10.5  
Kyotanabe Station 12.4 Kintetsu Kyoto Line
(Shin-Tanabe Station)
3 cars of the Rapid Service trains are detatched/attached here.
Osumi Station 14.5  
Matsuiyamate
Station
17  
Nagao Station 18.6   Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture
Fujisaka Station 20.2 |  
Tsuda Station 21.8 |  
Kawachi-Iwafune
Station
25.0 Keihan Railway: Katano Line
(Kawachi-Mori Station)
Katano City, Osaka Prefecture
Hoshida Station 27.1  
Higashi-Neyagawa
Station
28.8 |   Neyagawa City, Osaka Prefecture
Shinobugaoka
Station
30.1 |   Shijonawate City, Osaka Prefecture
Shijonawate Station 32   Daito City, Osaka Prefecture
Nozaki Station 33.3 | |  
Suminodo Station 35.5  
Konoike-Shinden
Station
37.9 | |   Higashi-Osaka City,
Osaka Prefecture
Tokuan Station 39.8 | |  
Hanaten Station 41.6 JR-West: Osaka Outer Loop Line
(Opening in 2008)
Tsurumi Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Shigino Station 43.2 | | JR-West: Osaka Outer Loop Line
(Opening in 2008)
Osaka Municipal Subway:
Imazato-suji Line
Joto Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Kyobashi Station 44.6 JR-West: JR Tozai Line (direct),
Osaka Loop Line
Keihan Railway: Keihan Main Line
Osaka Municipal Subway:
Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line
Connected to Nishi-Akashi and Shin-Sanda
via JR Kobe Line and JR Fukuchiyama Line

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Mass transit in Osaka
Municipal lines Subway: Chūō - Imazatosuji - Midōsuji - Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi - Sennichimae - Sakaisuji - Tanimachi - Yotsubashi - People mover: New Tram
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
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