Kansai Airport Line

Kansai Airport Line
Kansai Airport Limited Express Haruka at Rinkū Town Station
Overview
Native name	関西空港線
Owner	JR West (Hineno–Rinkū Town) New Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. (Rinkū Town–Kansai Airport)
Locale	Osaka Prefecture
Termini	Hineno Kansai Airport
Stations	3
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	Urban Network
Operator(s)	JR West
Rolling stock	223-0 series EMU 223-2500 series EMU 225-5000 series EMU 271 series EMU 281 series EMU
History
Opened	1994
Technical
Line length	11.1 km (6.9 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC (overhead lines)
Operating speed	130 km/h (81 mph)

The Kansai Airport Line (関西空港線, Kansai-Kūkō-sen) is a railway line between Hineno Station and Kansai Airport Station in Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and owned by Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. between Rinkū Town and Kansai Airport. It opened on June 15, 1994.

Basic data

• Railway signalling: Automatic
• CTC centers: Kansai Airport Operation Control Center
• CTC system: Kansai airport line CTC

Trains

• 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 and 281 series trainsets.
• Nankai Electric Railway trains use the track between Rinkū Town and Kansai Airport.

• 
  281 series
• 
  271 series
• 
  223-0 series
• 
  225-5000 series

Stations

No.	Station	Japanese	Transfers	Location
Through service:			From Hineno: Kansai Airport Rapid & Direct Rapid for Tennōji, Ōsaka and Kyōbashi via  R  Hanwa Line and  O  Osaka Loop Line Kansai Airport Limited Express Haruka for Tennōji, Shin-Osaka, Kyoto via  R  Hanwa Line and  A  JR Kyoto Line
JR-S45	Hineno	日根野	R  Hanwa Line (for Wakayama)	Izumisano	Osaka Prefecture
JR-S46	Rinkū Town	りんくうタウン	Nankai Airport Line (NK31)
JR-S47	Kansai Airport	関西空港	Nankai Airport Line (NK32)	Tajiri

External links

• Access to Kansai Airport- JR West