Nankai Airport Line
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Airport Line | |
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![]() Airport Limited Express rapi:t at Kansai Airport Station | |
Overview | |
Owner | Nankai Electric Railway (Izumisano–Rinkū Town) New Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. (Rinkū Town–Kansai Airport) |
Locale | Osaka Prefecture |
Termini | Izumisano Kansai Airport |
Stations | 3 |
Service | |
Operator(s) | Nankai Electric Railway |
Rolling stock | 1000 series 2000 series 7000 series 7100 series 8000 series 9000 series 50000 series |
Technical | |
Line length | 8.8 km (5.5 mi) |
Number of tracks | 2 |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Electrification | 1,500 V DC, overhead lines |
Operating speed | 120 km/h (75 mph) |
The Airport Line (空港線, Kūkō sen) is a railway line operated by the Nankai Electric Railway, which connects Izumisano and Kansai International Airport and is owned by Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. between Rinkū Town and Kansai Airport. It opened on June 15, 1994.
It is one of the access routes to the Kansai International Airport which is located on an artificial island in Ōsaka Bay. The line colour of the Airport Line is purple.
Rolling stock[]
- (until October 2015)
- Nankai 9000 series
- Nankai 1000 series
- Nankai 8000 series
- Nankai 8300 series (from Autumn 2015)
- Nankai 50000 series, used on rapi:t services
- JR West trains also use the track between Rinkū Town and Kansai Airport.
Stations[]
- Limited express (rapi:t), Airport express, Local: All trains stop at every station.
- For stations within the Nankai Main Line, refer to the "Nankai Main Line" article.
No. | Station name | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | |
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NK30 | Izumisano | 泉佐野 | 0.0 | ![]() |
Osaka Prefecture | Izumisano |
NK31 | Rinkū Town | りんくうタウン | 1.9 | S Kansai Airport Line (JR-S46) | ||
NK32 | Kansai Airport | 関西空港駅 | 8.8 | Tajiri |
References[]
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
Categories:
- Lines of Nankai Electric Railway
- Airport rail links in Japan
- 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan
- Railway lines opened in 1994