The Koya Line ( 高野線 , Kōya sen ) is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture , Japan, owned and operated by the Nankai Electric Railway , a private railway operator. It connects Osaka and Koyasan , the capital of the Japanese Buddhist sect Shingon , via the suburbs of Osaka, such as Sakai , Osakasayama , Tondabayashi and Kawachinagano in Osaka Prefecture and Hashimoto and Kōya in Wakayama Prefecture . To distinguish it from other Nankai Lines, the Kōya Line is indicated with pictograms of coniferous-like trees which bring to mind Mount Kōya , or with the line colour, green.
4-629: For historical reasons, the line formally begins at Shiomibashi Station in Osaka and crosses the Nankai Main Line , the company's other main line, at Kishinosato-Tamade Station , though operationally it starts at Namba Station together with the Nankai Line, diverges at Kishinosato-Tamade Station and goes to Gokurakubashi Station , to connect to Koyasan through Nankai Cable Line . The section from Shiomibashi to Kishinosato-Tamade, called
8-532: Is known as the Shiomibashi Line ( 汐見橋線 ) . The Koya Railway opened the Shiomibashi to Sayama section between 1898 and 1900, and extended the line to Kawachinagano in 1902. That section was electrified at 600 V DC in 1912. All further extensions were electrified when opened. The Kawachinagano - Mikkaichicho section opened in 1914, and the line was extended to Hashimoto the following year. In 1922,
12-819: The "Shiomibashi Line" ( 汐見橋線 ) , has trains operating only in between those two stations. The section from Hashimoto to Gokurakubashi and the Koyasan Cable is named the "Koya Flower Railway" ( こうや花鉄道 ) by operating a sightseeing train "Tenku". Legends: A Kintetsu Namba Line (A01: Osaka Namba ) [REDACTED] Hanshin Namba Line (HS41: Osaka Namba) [REDACTED] JR West Kansai Main Line ( Yamatoji Line ) (JR-Q17: JR Namba ) Osaka Metro ( Dōbutsuen-mae ): [REDACTED] Hankai Tramway Hankai Line (HN52: Shin-Imamiya-Ekimae) [REDACTED] Osaka Metro Midosuji Line (M30) The section
16-457: The company merged with Nankai, and the Hashimoto to Gokurakubashi section opened in 1929. Double-tracking of the line commenced in 1924, reaching Kawachinagano in 1938. The line voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1973, and the following year, double-tracking reached Mikkaichicho, and Hashimoto in 1995. Shiomibashi Station Shiomibashi Station ( 汐見橋駅 , Shiomibashi-eki )
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