The is a railway line between

Hineno Station is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Lines Hineno Station is served by the Hanwa Line, and is located from the northern terminus ...

and

Kansai Airport Station is a ground level passenger railway station shared by Nankai Electric Railway and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) located at Kansai International Airport in the town of Tajiri, Sennan District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The northern end of ...

in Japan, operated by the

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

(JR West) and owned by Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. between Rinkū Town and Kansai Airport. It opened on 15 June 1994. 『歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線国鉄・JR』42号 27頁

Basic data

Railway signalling Railway signalling (), also called railroad signaling (), is a system used to control the movement of railway traffic. Trains move on fixed rails, making them uniquely susceptible to collision. This susceptibility is exacerbated by the enormou ...

: Automatic * CTC centers: Kansai Airport Operation Control Center *CTC system: Kansai airport line CTC

Rolling stock

*Local (Shuttle) and rapid service trains use 4-car 223-0/223-2500 series and 225-5000 series trainsets. * Kansai Airport Limited Express Haruka use 6- or 9-car

271 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on '' Haruka'' limited express services to and from Kansai International Airport. Design The trains inherit some of design elements of the 281 s ...

and 281 series trainsets. *

Nankai Electric Railway is a private railway in Japan, founded in 1884. The name ''Nankai'' (which means "South Sea") comes from the company's routes along the Nankaidō, the old highway that ran south from the old capital, Kyoto, along the sea coast. Nankai predates a ...

trains use the track between Rinkū Town and Kansai Airport. File:JRWest281 HelloKittyHaruka"Ori-Tsuru".jpg, 281 series File:JRW series271-4 Hanwa Haruka.jpg, 271 series File:JRW223-0 Airport,KishujiRapid.jpg, 223-0 series File:阪和線225系5000番台.jpg, 225-5000 series

Stations

History

The Kansai Airport line opened in 1994. Station numbering was introduced to the line in March 2018 with stations on the line being assigned JR-S45 through JR-S47.

References

External links

Access to Kansai Airport- JR West
{{authority control Rail transport in Osaka Prefecture Lines of West Japan Railway Company Airport rail links in Japan 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Railway lines opened in 1994 1994 establishments in Japan