Gose Line

Gose Line
64320 series EMU on a one-manned Local train
Overview
Native name 御所線
Owner The logo of the Kintetsu Railway Company. Kintetsu Railway
Line number P
Locale Nara Prefecture, Japan
Termini
Stations 12
Color on map      (#008446)
Service
Type Commuter rail
System Kintetsu Railway
Operator(s) Kintetsu Railway
History
Opened December 9, 1930
Technical
Track length 5.2 km (3.2 mi)
Number of tracks Single-track
Character Commuter rail
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC (overhead lines)
Operating speed 65 km/h (40 mph)
Signalling Automatic closed block
Train protection system Kintetsu ATS
Route map
0.0
 P23 Shakudo
F Minami Osaka Line
Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West ：T Wakayama Line
2.4
 P24 Kintetsu Shinjō
/Yamato-Shinjō
3.9
 P25 Oshimi
5.2
 P26 Kintetsu Gose
/Gose
JR West：T Wakayama Line

The Gose Line (御所線, Gose sen) is a railway line of Kintetsu Corporation in Nara Prefecture, Japan connecting Shakudo Station in Katsuragi and Gose Station in Gose.

The line has four stations including the terminal Gose and the transfer station Shakudo. It is mainly used by commuters to Osaka, as well as those who access to Mt. Katsuragi. At Gose, there is a bus headed for the Mt. Katsuragi Ropeway, which is also run by Kintetsu.

Route data

History

The Osaka Electric Railway Co. opened the line in 1930, electrified at 1500 VDC. The company merged with Kintetsu in 1944.

Stations

No. Station km Location
 P23  Shakudo
尺土 		0.0 Katsuragi Nara Prefecture
 P24  Kintetsu Shinjō
近鉄新庄 		2.4
 P25  Oshimi
忍海 		3.9
 P26  Kintetsu Gose
近鉄御所 		5.2 Gose

Connecting Lines