Domyoji Line

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Domyoji Line
overhead lines)
Operating speed	65 km/h (40 mph)
Signalling	Automatic closed block
Train protection system	Kintetsu ATS
Route map Legend km Minami Osaka Line 0.0 Dōmyōji 1.0 Yamatobashi 1911- 1924 Yamato River 1.6 Kashiwara- minamiguchi 1924- 2.2 Kashiwara Kansai Main Line Yamatoji Line

The Domyoji Line (道明寺線, Dōmyōji-sen) is a single-tracked, 2.2 km short railway line operated by

The line is the oldest in the Kintetsu railway network. Initially steam-powered, the line was built and opened in 1898 by the Kayō Railway (河陽鉄道, Kayō tetsudō), whose plan was to connect towns of southern Kawachi Province to the then main line of the Osaka Railway (大阪鉄道, Osaka tetsudō),^[1] present-day Kansai Main Line.

In the following year, the whole railway from

With its name changed to the Osaka Railway^[1] in 1919, the company built its own railway directly to Osaka's downtown, diverting at Dōmyōji. The new line opened in 1923 to Osaka Tennōji (大阪天王寺) (present Ōsaka Abenobashi) with 1,500 V DC electrified, the first in Japan. Then the railway line between Dōmyōji and Kashiwara became a short branch line of the network.

In 1943, the predecessor of Kintetsu, the Kansai Express Railway (関西急行鉄道, Kansai kyūkō tetsudō) merged the company. In 1944 it renamed itself Kintetsu.

Operation

All trains are operated as locals between Dōmyōji and Kashiwara. One set of two-car EMU serves the line all day.

Stations

All stations are in Osaka Prefecture.

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