Semboku Rapid Railway

Services

Along with services inside the line, through trains also operate to the Nankai Kōya Line beyond Nakamozu to Namba.

■Limited Express Semboku Liner (特急 泉北ライナー, Tokkyū Senboku Rainā) (LE)

All seats are reserved. Operations started on December 5, 2015. Trains pass Sakaihigashi and Fukai non-stop for the first time.

■Sub-Express (区間急行, Kukan Kyūkō) (SbE)

Operated all day, through to Namba.

■Semi-Express (準急, Junkyū) (SmE)

Trains are operated all day, through to Namba.

■Local (各駅停車, Kakueki Teisha) (L)

Operated all day. Mainly shuttles between Nakamozu and Izumi-Chūō (some trains for Komyoike). During the daytime and late at night, some services operate between Izumi-Chūō and Namba.

List of stations

All stations are located in Osaka Prefecture.

O: Trains stop.

|: Trains pass.

See Nankai Koya Line article for the stops of the through trains to Namba between Namba and Nakanozu.

Rolling stock

As of 1 April 2016, the railway operated a fleet of 108 electric multiple unit (EMU) vehicles, all based at Nakamozu Depot.

Semboku Liner limited express services

Semboku 12000 series EMU (sometimes substituted by Nankai 12000 series)

From 27 January 2017, a new Semboku 12000 series EMU was introduced on Semboku Liner services.

Local services

Semboku 3000 series two- and four-car EMUs with stainless steel bodies

Semboku 5000 series eight-car EMUs with aluminium bodies

Semboku 7000 series two-, four-, and six-car EMUs with aluminium bodies

Semboku 7020 series two-, four-, and six-car EMUs with aluminium bodies

Former rolling stock

Semboku 100 series

Nankai 11000 series (until January 2017)

History

The section from Nakamozu to Izumigaoka opened on 1 April 1971, with 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) double track and electrified at 600 V DC. The overhead line voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC from 7 October 1973, and the line was extended to Toga-Mikita on 7 December 1973.

The line was extended to Komyoike on 20 August 1977, and to Izumi-Chuo on 1 April 1995.