Tenri Line

{{Short description|Railway line in Japan}}

{{Primary sources|date=June 2024}}{{Infobox rail line

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| name = Tenri Line

| native_name = 天理線

| native_name_lang = ja

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| mapcolor = {{rcb|Kintetsu|Tenri|box}} (#{{rcr|Kintetsu|Tenri}})

| linenumber = {{rcb|Kintetsu|Tenri|route}}

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| image = Kintetsu Series 8400 Tenri.jpg

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| caption = Local train

| type = Commuter rail

| system = Kintetsu Railway

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| locale = Nara Prefecture

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| end = {{STN|Tenri|x}}

| stations = 4

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| tracks = Double-track

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| electrification = {{1,500 V DC}} (overhead line)

| speed_km/h = 90

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The {{nihongo|Tenri Line|天理線|Tenri sen}} is a railway line of Kintetsu Railway in Nara Prefecture, Japan connecting Hirahata Station in Yamato-Kōriyama and Tenri Station in Tenri.

The line has four stations including the terminal Tenri and the transfer station Hirahata. It is mainly used by commuters in the morning and evening, as well as by followers of Tenrikyo, headquartered in Tenri, especially during festivals of the religion.

Route data

History

The Tenri Light Railway Co. opened a {{RailGauge|762 mm}} gauge line from its namesake town to Horyuji on the Kansai Main Line in 1915.

The Osaka Electric Railway Co. acquired the line in 1921, the year it opened the Kashihara Line, which connected at Hirahata.{{Cite web |date=25 March 2022 |title=天理線電化100周年記念ヘッドマーク列車を運行します |url=https://www.kintetsu.co.jp/all_news/news_info/tenridenka100.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117204544/https://www.kintetsu.co.jp/all_news/news_info/tenridenka100.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2024 |access-date=17 June 2024 |website=kintetsu.co.jp |language=ja}} The following year the line was converted to {{RailGauge|1435mm|allk=on}} and electrified at 600 VDC. That company merged with Kintetsu in 1944.

The Hirahata - Horyuji section closed in 1952, and in 1969 the voltage was raised to 1500 VDC. The line was duplicated in 1988.{{Cite web |title=天理線 |url=https://www.kintetsu.jp/kouhou/Rireki/A40004.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522173316/https://www.kintetsu.jp/kouhou/Rireki/A40004.html |archive-date=22 May 2016 |access-date=17 June 2024 |website=kintetsu.jp |language=ja}}

Stations

Express trains and local trains stop at every station on the Tenri Line.

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!Station

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!Connections

!colspan=2|Location

colspan=7|Through services are available to Kyoto via the {{rcb|Kintetsu|Kashihara|route}} {{lnl|Kintetsu|Kashihara}} and the {{rcb|Kintetsu|Kyoto|route}} {{lnl|Kintetsu|Kyoto}}.
{{KNSN|H|32}}

|{{STN|Hirahata|x}}

|平端

|align="right"|0.0

|{{rcb|Kintetsu|Kashihara|route}} {{lnl|Kintetsu|Kashihara}} (B32)

|Yamatokoriyama

|rowspan=4|Nara Prefecture

{{KNSN|H|33}}

|{{STN|Nikaido|x}}

|二階堂

|align="right"|1.3

|

|rowspan=3|Tenri

{{KNSN|H|34}}

|{{STN|Senzai|x}}

|前栽

|align="right"|3.2

|

{{KNSN|H|35}}

|{{STN|Tenri|x}}

|天理

|align="right"|4.5

|{{rcb|JR West|Sakurai|route}} {{lnl|JR West|Sakurai}}

References