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Nankai Airport Line

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Line length
  
8.8 km (5.5 mi)

Track gauge
  
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Stations
  
3

Number of tracks
  
2

Locale
  
Osaka Prefecture

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Owner
  
Nankai Electric Railway (Izumisano–Rinkū Town) New Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. (Rinkū Town–Kansai Airport)

Rolling stock
  
1000 series 2000 series 7000 series 7100 series 8000 series 9000 series 50000 series

Electrification
  
1,500 V DC, overhead lines

Operator
  
Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

Terminis
  
Izumisano, Kansai International Airport

The Airport Line (空港線, Kūkō sen) is a railway line operated by the Nankai Electric Railway, which connects Izumisano and Kansai International Airport and owned by Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. between Rinkū Town and Kansai Airport. It opened on June 15, 1994.

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It is one of the access routes to the Kansai International Airport which is located on an articifial island in Ōsaka Bay. The line colour of the Airport Line is purple.

Rolling stock

  • Nankai 7000 series
  • Nankai 7100 series
  • Nankai 9000 series
  • Nankai 2000 series
  • Nankai 1000 series
  • Nankai 8000 series
  • Nankai 8300 series (from Autumn 2015)
  • Nankai 50000 series, used on rapi:t services
  • JR West trains also use the track between Rinkū Town and Kansai Airport.

    • Stations

  • Limited express (rapi:t), Airport express, Local: All trains stop at every station.
  • For stations within the Nankai Main Line, refer to the "Nankai Main Line" article.

    • References

    Nankai Airport Line Wikipedia
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