JR Tōzai Line

Railway line in Japan

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Not to be confused with Tokyo Metro Tozai Line.

JR Tōzai Line

207 series EMU

Overview
Native name| JR東西線
Owner| Kansai Rapid Railway Co., Ltd.
Locale| Osaka and Amagasaki
Termini|

* Kyōbashi
* Amagasaki

Stations| 9
Service
Type| Commuter rail
System| Urban Network
Operator(s)|  JR West
Rolling stock| 207 series EMU
321 series EMU
Daily ridership| 233,577 (daily 2015)[1]
History
Opened| 8 March 1997; 28 years ago (1997-03-08)
Technical
Line length| 12.5 km (7.8 mi)
Number of tracks| Double-track
Track gauge| 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification| 1,500 V DC (overhead lines)
Operating speed| 90 km/h (56 mph)
Signalling| Automatic Closed block
Train protection system| ATS-P

The JR Tōzai Line (JR東西線, Jei-āru Tōzai-sen) is one of several commuter rail lines and services in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line, whose name literally means "east-west", runs underground through central Osaka and connects the Gakkentoshi Line at Kyobashi Station in Osaka and the JR Takarazuka Line and the JR Kobe Line at Amagasaki. All stations on this line are in the city of Osaka, except for the western terminus in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture.

## Basic data

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* Operators, distances: 12.5 km / 7.8 mi.
* West Japan Railway Company (Category-2, Services)
* Kansai Rapid Railway [ja] Co., Ltd. (Category-3, Tracks)
* Railway signalling:Automatic
* CTC centers:Ōsaka Operation Control Center
* CTC system:JR Takarazuka – JR Tozai – Gakkentoshisen traffic control system (JR west traffic control system)

## Operation

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All trains are local services and stop at every station on the line. Some trains terminate at Amagasaki, but most westbound trains continue on the Kobe Line to Nishi-Akashi and on the Takarazuka Line to Tsukaguchi and Takarazuka. All eastbound trains continue past Kyobashi on the Gakkentoshi Line.

## History

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The line was initially proposed in 1971 by Japanese National Railways (JNR) as a link between the Katamachi Line, which connected Osaka to its eastern suburbs, and Fukuchiyama Line, which connected the city to its northwestern suburbs. Osaka's municipal government had maintained tight controls over transportation within the city, and most intercity lines terminated outside the city center. The line, provisionally known as Katafuku Line (片福線, Kata- from Katamachi, -fuku from Fukuchiyama), and would give commuters a single-seat ride from the suburbs and an east-west connection through central Osaka.

A permit to lay the track was given 10 years later, but the project stopped because of JNR's financial problems.

In 1988, after JNR privatized and split into Japan Railway companies, West Japan Railway Company formed a private-public entity called Kansai Rapid Railway Co., Ltd. (関西高速鉄道株式会社, Kansai kōsoku tetsudō kabushiki gaisha) with the prefectural governments of Osaka and Hyōgo, and the cities of Osaka and Amagasaki.

The line was completed and opened as JR Tozai Line in 1997.

## Stations

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No [2] | Station  | Transfers  | Location

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Through train service to Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line)
JR-H41 | Kyobashi | 京橋  |

* Osaka Loop Line (JR-O08)
* Keihan Main Line (KH03)
* Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line (N22)

| Joto-ku | Osaka
JR-H42 | Ōsakajō-kitazume | 大阪城北詰  |  | Miyakojima-ku
JR-H43 | Osaka-Temmangu | 大阪天満宮  |

* Sakaisuji Line (K13: Minami-morimachi Station)
* Tanimachi Line (T21: Minami-morimachi Station)

| Kita-ku
JR-H44 | Kitashinchi | 北新地  |

* Tōkaidō Main Line ( JR Kyoto Line (JR-A47),  JR Kobe Line (JR-A47),  JR Takarazuka Line (JR-G47))
* Osaka Higashi Line (JR-F01)
* Osaka Loop Line (JR-O11: Osaka Station)
* Yotsubashi Line (Y11: Nishi-Umeda Station)
* Midōsuji Line (M16: Umeda Station)
* Tanimachi Line (T20: Higashi-Umeda Station)
* Hankyū Kōbe Line, [[file:|Number prefix Hankyu Kyōto line.svg20px]] Hankyu Kyoto Line,  Hankyu Takarazuka Line (HK-01: Umeda Station)
* Hanshin Main Line (HS 01: Umeda Station)
* Keihan Nakanoshima Line (KH53: Watanabebashi)

JR-H45 | Shin-Fukushima | 新福島  |

* Osaka Loop Line (JR-O12: Fukushima)
* Hanshin Main Line (HS 02: Fukushima Station)
* Keihan Nakanoshima Line (KH54: Nakanoshima)

| Fukushima-ku
JR-H46 | Ebie | 海老江  |

* Hanshin Main Line (HS 03: Noda Station)
* Sennichimae Line (S11: Nodahanshin Station)

JR-H47 | Mitejima | 御幣島  |  | Nishiyodogawa-ku
JR-H48 | Kashima | 加島  |  | Yodogawa-ku
JR-H49 | Amagasaki | 尼崎  |

* Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line) (JR-A49)
* Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line) (JR-G49)

| Amagasaki,
Hyōgo Prefecture
Through train services to Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line) or Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line)

## Rolling stock

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* 207 series (from 1991)
* 321 series (from 2005)

### Former

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* 223-6000 series (from March 2008, until March 2011)

## References

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1. ^ "平成27年 大都市交通センサス 首都圈報告書" (PDF). P.92. 国土交通省.
2. ^ New Station numbers. West Japan Railway News Release July 20, 2016

## External links

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* JR Tozai Line

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Transit in Keihanshin

Shinkansen|

* Tokaido
* San'yō
* Hokuriku (planned)
* Chūō (planned)

JR West|

* Hokuriku/Tōkaidō/San'yō
* Biwako
* JR Kyoto
* JR Kobe
* Akō
* Wadamisaki
* Kosei
* Kusatsu
* Nara
* Sanin
* Sagano
* Osaka Higashi
* JR Takarazuka ( Fukuchiyama)
* Katamachi (Gakkentoshi)/JR Tozai
* Kakogawa
* Bantan
* Kishin
* Maizuru
* Osaka Loop
* Sakurajima (JR Yumesaki)
* Hanwa (Hagoromo Branch)
* Kansai Airport
* Wakayama
* Sakurai (Man-yo Mahoroba)
* Kansai
* Yamatoji
* Kisei
* Naniwasuji (under construction)

Osaka Metro|

* Midōsuji
* Tanimachi
* Yotsubashi
* Chūō
* Sennichimae
* Sakaisuji
* Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi
* Imazatosuji
* Nankō Port Town

Kobe Municipal Subway|

* Seishin-Yamate
* Kaigan
* Hokushin

Kyoto Municipal Subway|

* Karasuma
* Tōzai

Hankyu|

* Kobe Main
* Itami
* Imazu
* Koyo
* Takarazuka Main
* Minoo
* Kyoto Main
* Senri
* Arashiyama

Hanshin|

* Main
* Namba
* Mukogawa

Keihan|

* Main
* Oto
* Nakanoshima
* Katano
* Uji
* Otsu lines
* Keishin
* Ishiyama Sakamoto

Nankai|

* Nankai Main
* Takashinohama
* Airport
* Tanagawa
* Kada
* Wakayamako
* Koya
* Shiomibashi
* Semboku
* Naniwasuji (under construction)

Kintetsu|

* Namba/Nara
* Ikoma
* Kyoto/Kashihara
* Tenri
* Tawaramoto
* Keihanna
* Osaka
* Shigi
* Minami Osaka/Yoshino
* Domyoji
* Nagano
* Gose

Shintetsu|

* Arima
* Sanda
* Kōen-Toshi
* Ao
* Kobe Kosoku

Other commuter rail lines|

* Kita-Osaka Kyuko
* Namboku
* Kōbe Rapid
* Tōzai
* Namboku
* Sanyo
* Main
* Aboshi
* Mizuma Railway Mizuma
* Keifuku
* Arashiyama
* Kitano
* Eizan
* Eizan Main
* Kurama
* Chizu Express

Monorails and Trams|

* Osaka Monorail
* Main
* Saito
* Hankai Tramway
* Hankai
* Uemachi
* Kobe New Transit
* Port Island
* Rokkō Island

Hinterland|

* Wakayama (Kishigawa)
* Noseden
* Myoken
* Nissei
* Ohmi
* Main
* Yōkaichi
* Taga
* Shigaraki Kohgen

Cable car and aerial tramways|

* Keifuku
* Cable Line
* Eizan Ropeway
* Keihan
* Keihan Cable Line
* Kintetsu
* Ikoma Cable Line
* Nishi-Shigi Cable Line
* Katsuragisan Ropeway
* Kobe Rokko
* Rokko Cable Line
* Maya Cablecar
* Nankai
* Cable Line

Public ferries|

* Kanko Kisen
* Hankyu Ferry
* Nankai Ferry
* Akashi-Awaji Ferry

Major terminals|

* Rail
* Gion-Shijō
* Higashi-Umeda
* JR Namba
* Kitashinchi
* Kyōbashi
* Kyōto
* Kyoto Kawaramachi
* Nishi-Umeda
* Ōsaka
* Sanjo
* Sannomiya
* Shin-Ōsaka
* Tennoji
* Tsuruhashi
* Umeda
* Airports
* Itami
* Kansai
* Kobe
* Tokushima
* Ports
* Kobe
* Osaka
* Sakai
* Himeji

Miscellaneous|

* Kansai Airport People Mover
* Wing Shuttle
* Smart cards
* ICOCA
* PiTaPa
* Rail transport in Japan
* List of named passenger trains of Japan
* List of through trains in Japan
* List of Osaka Metro stations
* Station numbering
* Osaka City Air Terminal

* Japan transit: Tokyo
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* Metro systems
* Shinkansen
* trams (list)
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JR West lines

Shinkansen|

* San'yō Shinkansen (Hakataminami)
* Hokuriku Shinkansen

Main|

* Kansai
* Kisei
* Sanin
* San'yō
* Takayama
* Tōkaidō
* Hokuriku

Local|

* Akō
* Bantan Line
* Etsumi-Hoku
* JR Takarazuka Line
* Fukuen Line
* Gantoku
* Geibi Line
* Hakubi Line
* Hanwa Line
* Himi
* Honshi-Bisan Line
* Inbi Line
* Jōhana
* JR Tōzai Line
* Kabe Line
* Kakogawa Line
* Kansai Airport Line
* Gakkentoshi Line
* Kibi Line
* Kishin Line
* Kisuki Line
* Kosei Line
* Kure Line
* Kusatsu Line
* Maizuru Line
* Mine
* Nanao
* Nara Line
* Obama
* Ōito
* Onoda
* Osaka Higashi Line
* Osaka Loop
* Sakai Line
* Man-yō Mahoroba Line (Sakurai Line)
* JR Yumesaki Line
* Tsuyama Line
* Ube
* Uno Line
* Wakayama Line
* Yamaguchi

Other|

* Biwako Line
* JR Kyōto Line
* JR Kōbe Line
* Sagano
* Yamatoji
* Seto-Ōhashi

Past|

* Gannichi
* Hokuriku Main
* Hapi Fukui
* Ishikawa
* Ainokaze Toyama
* Echigo Tokimeki Nihonkai Hisui
* Kajiya
* Miki
* Miyazu
* Noto
* Sankō
* Shigaraki
* Taisha
* Toyamakō
* Wakasa
* Gakkentoshi
* Kyobashi - Katamachi

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