Kansai Airport Line

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300px Kansai Airport Limited Express Haruka at Rinkū Town Station
Overview
Native name	関西空港線
Type	Heavy rail
System	Urban Network
Locale	Osaka Prefecture
Termini	Hineno Kansai Airport
Stations	3
Operation
Opened	1994
Owner	JR West (Hineno–Rinkū Town) New Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. (Rinkū Town–Kansai Airport)
Operator(s)	JR West
Rolling stock	223-0 series EMU 223-2500 series EMU 225-5000 series EMU 281 series EMU
Technical
Line length
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Operating speed	130 km/h (80 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: Safety Urban Network Traffic System (SUNTRAS)

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

• JRW series223 Kansai-Airport.jpg

  Shuttle service (223-2500 series)

Stations

Station		Transfers	Location
Through train service from Kyoto, Shin-Osaka, Kyōbashi, Ōsaka and Tennōji via the Hanwa Line
Hineno	日根野	Hanwa Line	Izumisano	Osaka Prefecture
Rinkū Town	りんくうタウン	Nankai Airport Line
Kansai Airport	関西空港		Tajiri

External links

• Access to Kansai Airport- JR West