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{{short description|Railway line in Japan}}
{{Infobox rail line
 | box_width     =
 | name          = Yamatoji Line
 | native_name   = 大和路線
 | color         = {{rcr|JR West|Yamatoji}}
 | logo          = JRW kinki-Q.svg
 | logo_width = 50
 | image         = JRW series207-Yamatoji.jpg
 | image_width   = 300px
 | image_alt     =
 | caption       = 207 series EMU on a Yamatoji Line Direct Rapid Service
 | type          = [[Heavy rail]]
 | system        = Urban Network
 | status        =
 | locale        = [[Kansai]] ([[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto]], [[Nara Prefecture|Nara]], [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]] prefectures)
 | start         = Kamo
 | end           = JR Namba
 | stations      = 22
 | routes        =
 | daily_ridership = 
 | ridership2    =
 | open          = 1988 (1889)
 | owner         = [[JR West]]
 | operator      = 
 | depot         = Nara Depot
 | stock         = 201 series EMU<br />221 series EMU<br />207 series EMU (Kizu&ndash;Nara)<br />321 series EMU (Kizu&ndash;Nara)
 | linelength_km = 54.0
 | tracklength_km= 
 | tracks = 2
 | gauge         = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}
 | old_gauge =
 | load_gauge = 
 | minradius     =
 | routenumber =
 | electrification = {{1,500 V DC}} ([[overhead lines]])
 | speed         = {{cvt|120|km/h}} (Nara&ndash;Tennoji)<br>{{cvt|95|km/h}} (Kamo&ndash;Nara, Tennoji&ndash;JR Namba)
 | elevation_m   =
 | website       =
 | map           =
 | map_state     = collapsed
}}

The {{Nihongo|'''Yamatoji Line'''|大和路線|Yamatoji-sen}} is the common name of the western portion of the [[Kansai Main Line]] in Japan. The line is owned and operated by [[West Japan Railway Company]] (JR West). It starts at [[Kamo Station (Kyoto)|Kamo Station]] in [[Kyoto Prefecture]] and ends at [[JR Namba Station]] in [[Naniwa-ku, Osaka]].

==Operations==

=== Yamatoji Rapid Service ===

:{{Nihongo|''Yamatoji'' Rapid Service|[[jp:大和路快速 |大和路快速]]|Yamatoji Kaisoku|extra=}} trains operate between {{STN|Kamo|x|Kyoto}} or [[Nara Station]] and [[Tennoji Station|Tennoji]], via a complete loop on the [[Osaka Loop Line]]. Trains divert from the Kansai Line at [[Shin-Imamiya Station]] instead of continuing to JR Namba. From Shin-Imamiya, they run on the [[Osaka Loop Line]], making limited stops to [[Osaka Station]], and then making every stop before completing the loop at [[Tennoji Station]]. However, some services do not complete the loop, as they terminate in Kyobashi. Trains also stop at every station east of {{STN|Ōji|x|Nara}}.
:4 services are operated every hour during weekday daytime and weekend nighttime, with 2 of them operating as far as {{STN|Kamo|x|Kyoto}}. Some weekend services operate through service to the [[Wakayama Line]] towards [[Takada Station (Nara)|Takada]] and [[Gojō Station (Nara)|Gojō]].
:All trains are operated using [[221 series]] EMUs, with every of them being 8 cars.

=== Regional Rapid Service ===

:{{Nihongo|Regional Rapid Service|区間快速|Kukan Kaisoku|extra=}} operate the same route as the Yamatoji Rapid but make every stop on the Osaka Loop Line. They are operated in weekday rush hours, plus weekend nights. There are also services which operate through services to the Wakayama Line. All services are operated using 221 series EMUs.

=== Rapid Service ===

:{{Nihongo|Rapid Service|快速|Kaisoku|extra=}}" operate between JR Namba and either Takada on the Wakayama Line (daytime), or Nara / Kamo (morning, evening, night), with an interval of 2 trains per hour. Among the through trains towards the Wakayama Line during the evening rush, some of them are coupled with Nara-bound services before decoupling at Ōji. However there are no Namba-bound services where two trains couple at Ōji. Additionally, there are a few Namba-bound through service trains starting from Nara and detours to the Sakurai Line in the morning rush.
:Trains stop at [[JR Namba Station|JR Namba]], [[Shin-Imamiya Station|Shin-Imamiya]], [[Tennoji Station|Tennoji]], {{STN|Kyūhōji|x}}, {{STN|Ōji|x|Nara}} and every station after Ōji.
:During daytime, trains are operated using 4-car 221 series EMUs. During rush hours, 6-car 201 series EMUs are also used, but now there is a higher tendency that 221 series trains being used. From the timetable revision on 15 March 2008 until 11 March 2022, 3 Rapid services starting from [[Kashiwara Station|Kashiwara]] (where Rapid trains normally skip) to Namba were operated.
;{{Nihongo|Direct Rapid Service|直通快速|Chokutsū Kaisoku|extra=}}
:The operation of the "Direct Rapid Service" trains started on March 17, 2008, with the opening of the [[Osaka Higashi Line]] and the timetable revision on March 15, 2008. The trains are now operated between {{STN|Nara|x}} and [[Shin-Ōsaka Station|Shin-Osaka]], via the Yamatoji Line and the [[Osaka Higashi Line]]. On weekdays, 4 Shin-Osaka-bound trains are operated in the mornings, while 4 Nara-bound trains are operated in the evenings. On weekends, 2 round trips are operated both in the mornings and in the evenings. Trains stop at all stations from Nara to {{STN|Ōji|x|Nara}}, {{STN|Kyūhōji|x}}, [[Kawachi-Eiwa Station|JR Kawachi-Eiwa]], [[Takaida Station (Higashiōsaka)|Takaida-Chuo]], [[Hanaten Station|Hanaten]] and [[Shin-Ōsaka Station|Shin-Osaka]]. Trains are operated using [[207 series (JR West)|207 series]] or [[321 series]] EMUs from the Aboshi Depot.
:Before 16 March 2019, when the Osaka Higashi Line still had not been extended to Shin-Osaka, Direct Rapid trains operated between Nara and {{STN|Amagasaki|x|JR West}} via the Yamatoji Line, the Osaka Higashi Line, the [[Katamachi Line|Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line)]], and the [[JR Tōzai Line]].
;{{Nihongo|Local|普通|Futsū}}
:"Local trains" stop at every station on the Yamatoji Line between Kamo and JR Namba. They are operated between Oji and JR Namba in the non-rush hour. Trains are also operated from JR Namba to Kamo and through from JR Namba to the Nara Line in the early morning.

==History==
The oldest section of the Yamatoji Line is between {{STN|Kashiwara|x}} and {{STN|JR Namba|x}}, which opened on May 14, 1889. The present route was completed on August 21, 1907 when the new line between {{STN|Kamo|x|Kyoto}} and {{STN|Kizu|x|Kyoto}}, replacing the original route via {{STN|Daibutsu|x}}, was opened.<ref>{{teishajo|I|182}}</ref> The name "Yamatoji Line" has been used since March 13, 1988, and the term “Yamatoji“ roughly translates to “Road to [[Yamato Province]]”.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=関西本線（大阪方）快速運転ものがたり|author=Teramoto, Mitsuteru|journal=The Railway Pictorial|volume=878|issue=August 2013|page=59}}</ref>

[[Station numbering]] was introduced in March 2018 with the Yamatoji Line being assigned station numbers between JR-Q17 and JR-Q39 with the exception of JR-Q35 (which will be assigned to a future station between Koriyama and Nara).<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 July 2016 |title=近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！ |trans-title="Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area! |url=https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2016/07/page_8973.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116010608/https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2016/07/page_8973.html |archive-date=16 November 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=westjr.co.jp |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 July 2016 |title=「駅ナンバー」一覧表 |trans-title="Station number" list |url=https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/items/160720_01_ekinumber.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116010610/https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/items/160720_01_ekinumber.pdf |archive-date=16 November 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=westjr.co.jp |language=ja}}</ref>

==Stations==
*● : All trains stop.
*| : All trains pass.

Local trains stop at every passenger station.

{| class=wikitable
|-
!style="border-bottom:solid 3px #00B17B;"|No.
!style="border-bottom:solid 3px #00B17B; width:80px" colspan="2"|Station name
!style="border-bottom:solid 3px #00B17B; width:50px; background:#cfc;"|Regional Rapid
!style="border-bottom:solid 3px #00B17B; width:50px; background:#bbf;"|Direct Rapid
!style="border-bottom:solid 3px #00B17B; width:50px; background:#feb;"|Rapid
!style="border-bottom:solid 3px #00B17B; width:50px; background:#ada;"|Yamatoji Rapid
!style="border-bottom:solid 3px #00B17B;"|Transfers
!colspan="2" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #00B17B;"|Location
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q39|Yamatoji Line|#009933}} 
|{{STN|Kamo|x|Kyoto}}
|加茂
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|●
|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center"|&nbsp;
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|●
|[[File:JRW kinki-V.svg|20px]] [[Kansai Main Line]] (for Kameyama)
|rowspan="2"|[[Kizugawa, Kyoto|Kizugawa]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto<br/>Prefecture]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q38|Yamatoji Line|#009933}} 
|{{STN|Kizu|x|Kyoto}}
|木津
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|●
|{{Plainlist|
* [[File:JRW kinki-H.svg|20px]] [[Katamachi Line|Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line)]] 
* [[File:JRW kinki-D.svg|20px]] [[Nara Line]]
}}
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q37|Yamatoji Line|#009933}} 
|{{STN|Narayama|x}}
|平城山
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|●
|
| rowspan="2" width="" |[[Nara, Nara|Nara]]
| rowspan="6" width="" |[[Nara Prefecture|Nara<br/>Prefecture]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q36|Yamatoji Line|#009933}} 
|{{STN|Nara|x}}
|奈良
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#bbf;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|●
|{{Plainlist|
* [[File:JRW kinki-D.svg|20px]] Nara Line
* [[File:JRW kinki-U.svg|20px]] [[Sakurai Line|Sakurai Line (Man-yō Mahoroba Line)]]
}}
|- bgcolor="lightgray"
|''{{RouteBox|JR-Q35|Yamatoji Line|#009933}} ''
| colspan="2" |TBD
|
|
|
|
|''Expected to open in 2024''{{update inline|date=August 2025}}
|
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q34|Yamatoji Line|#009933}} 
|{{STN|Kōriyama|x|Nara}}
|郡山
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#bbf;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|●
|
| rowspan="2" width="" |[[Yamatokōriyama]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q33|Yamatoji Line|#009933}} 
|{{STN|Yamato-Koizumi|x}}
|大和小泉
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#bbf;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|●
|
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q32|Yamatoji Line|#009933}} 
|{{STN|Hōryūji|x}}
|法隆寺
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#bbf;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|●
|
|[[Ikaruga, Nara|Ikaruga]],<br /> [[Ikoma District, Nara|Ikoma District]]
|-
! colspan="10" |''Through service from/to [[Wakayama Line]]''
''Through service from [[Sakurai Line]] via Wakayama Line''
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q31|Yamatoji Line|#009933}} 
|{{STN|Ōji|x|Nara}}
|王寺
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#bbf;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|●
|{{Plainlist|
* [[File:JRW kinki-T.svg|20px]] [[Wakayama Line]]
* {{Rint|jp|kintetsu|g}} [[Kintetsu Railway|Kintetsu]] [[Ikoma Line]]
* {{Rint|jp|kintetsu|i}} Kintetsu [[Tawaramoto Line]] ([[Shin-Ōji Station]])
}}
|[[Ōji, Nara|Ōji]], [[Kitakatsuragi District, Nara|Kitakatsuragi District]]
| rowspan="2" |Nara<br/>Prefecture
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q30|Yamatoji Line|#009933}} 
|{{STN|Sangō|x|Nara}}
|三郷
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#bbf;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|
|[[Sangō, Nara|Sangō]], <br />Ikoma District
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q29|Yamatoji Line|#009933}}
|{{STN|Kawachi-Katakami|x}}
|河内堅上
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#bbf;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|
|width="" rowspan="3"|[[Kashiwara, Osaka|Kashiwara]]
| rowspan="13" width="" |[[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka<br/>Prefecture]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q28|Yamatoji Line|#009933}}
|{{STN|Takaida|x|Kashiwara, Osaka}}
|高井田
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#bbf;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q27|Yamatoji Line|#009933}}
|{{STN|Kashiwara|x}}
|柏原
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#bbf;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|{{Plainlist|
* {{Rint|jp|kintetsu|n}} Kintetsu [[Domyoji Line]] 
* {{Rint|jp|kintetsu|d}} Kintetsu [[Osaka Line]] ([[Katashimo Station]])
}}
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q26|Yamatoji Line|#009933}}
|{{STN|Shiki|x|Osaka}}
|志紀
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#bbf;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|
|width="" rowspan="3"|[[Yao, Osaka|Yao]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q25|Yamatoji Line|#009933}}
|{{STN|Yao|x}}
|八尾
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#bbf;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q24|Yamatoji Line|#009933}}
|{{STN|Kyūhōji|x}}
|久宝寺
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#bbf;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|●
|[[File:JRW kinki-F.svg|20px]] [[Osaka Higashi Line]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q23|Yamatoji Line|#009933}}
|{{STN|Kami|x}}
|加美
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=7| &nbsp;
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|
|width="" rowspan="2"|[[Hirano-ku, Osaka]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q22|Yamatoji Line|#009933}}
|{{STN|Hirano|x|JR West}}
|平野
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q21|Yamatoji Line|#009933}}
|{{STN|Tōbu-shijō-mae|x}}
|{{nowrap|東部市場前}}
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|
|[[Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q20|Yamatoji Line|#009933}}
|{{STN|Tennōji|x}}
|天王寺
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|●
|{{Plainlist|
* [[File:JRW kinki-O.svg|20px]] [[Osaka Loop Line]] 
* [[File:JRW kinki-R.svg|20px]] [[Hanwa Line]] 
* [[Osaka Metro]] {{rint|osaka|midosuji|size=18}} [[Midōsuji Line]], {{rint|osaka|tanimachi|size=18}} [[Tanimachi Line]]
* {{Rint|jp|kintetsu|f}} Kintetsu [[Minami Osaka Line]] ([[Osaka Abenobashi Station]])
* [[file:Number prefix Hankai Tramway line.svg|18px]] [[Hankai Uemachi Line]] ([[Tennoji-eki-mae Station]])
}}
|[[Tennoji-ku, Osaka]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q19|Yamatoji Line|#009933}}
|{{STN|Shin-Imamiya|x}}
|新今宮
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|●
|{{Plainlist|
* [[File:JRW kinki-O.svg|20px]] Osaka Loop Line
* [[file:Nankai mainline symbol.svg|18px]] [[Nankai Main Line]], [[file:Nankai koya line simbole.svg|18px]] [[Nankai Kōya Line]]
* Osaka Metro: {{rint|osaka|midosuji|size=18}} Midōsuji Line ([[Dōbutsuen-mae Station]]),
* {{rint|osaka|sakaisuji|size=18}} [[Sakaisuji Line]] (Dōbutsuen-mae Station)
* [[file:Number prefix Hankai Tramway line.svg|18px]] [[Hankai Line]] ([[Shin-Imamiya-Ekimae Station]])
}}
| rowspan="3" width="" |[[Naniwa-ku, Osaka]]
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q18|Yamatoji Line|#009933}}
|{{STN|Imamiya|x}}
|今宮
|style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|●
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|style="text-align:center; background:#ada;"|<nowiki>|</nowiki>
|[[File:JRW kinki-O.svg|20px]] Osaka Loop Line
|-
|{{RouteBox|JR-Q17|Yamatoji Line|#009933}}
|{{STN|JR Namba|x}}
|JR難波
|style="text-align:center"|&nbsp;
|style="text-align:center; background:#feb;"|●
|style="text-align:center"|&nbsp;
|{{Plainlist|
* {{Rint|jp|kintetsu|a}} [[Kintetsu Namba Line]] ([[Osaka Namba Station]])
* [[file:Number prefix Hanshin line.svg|18px]] [[Hanshin Namba Line]] (Osaka Namba Station)
* [[file:Nankai mainline symbol.svg|18px]] Nankai Main Line, [[file:Nankai koya line simbole.svg|18px]] Koya Line ([[Namba Station]])
* {{rint|osaka|metro|size=18}} [[Osaka Metro]]:
** {{rint|osaka|midosuji|size=18}} Midōsuji Line (Namba Station),
** {{rint|osaka|yotsubashi|size=18}} [[Yotsubashi Line]] (Namba Station),
** {{rint|osaka|sennichimae|size=18}} [[Sennichimae Line]] (Namba Station)
}}
|-
! colspan="10" |''Yamatoji Rapid, Regional Rapid: Through service from/to [[Osaka Loop Line]]''
''Direct Rapid: Through service from/to [[Osaka Higashi Line]]''
|}
[[File:JNR 201 Series EMU - Yamatojiline-train-2013 9 4.webm|thumb|A 201 series train pulling out of a train station, 2013.]]

==Rolling stock==
* [[207 series (JR West)|207 series]]
* [[221 series]] (''Yamatoji'' Rapid, Direct Rapid, Rapid and Local services)
* [[287 series]] (''[[Rakuraku Yamato]]'' services)<ref>{{cite web |title=より便利になる通勤特急を「らくラク～」シリーズに統一します |trans-title=Unification of the more convenient commuter express trains into the "Rakuraku" series. |url=https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/items/240130_00_press_rakuraku.pdf |website=West Japan Railway Company |access-date=30 March 2024 |location=Japan |language=Japanese |date=30 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[321 series]] 

===Former===
* [[103 series]] (until 2018)
* [[105 series]] (until 1994)
* [[113 series]] (until July 1989)
* [[117 series]]
* [[201 series]] (Rapid and Local services, until March 2025 )
* [[205 series]] (until March 2022)
* [[223 series|223-0/2500 series]] (Kansai Airport/''Kishuji'' Rapid service, until March 2008)
* [[223 series|223-6000 series]] (Direct Rapid service, until March 2011)
* [[381 series]] (''Yamatoji Liner'' Rapid service, until March 2011)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{West Japan Railway Company Lines}}
{{Osaka transit}}

[[Category:Rail transport in Osaka Prefecture]]
[[Category:Lines of West Japan Railway Company]]
[[Category:1067 mm gauge railways in Japan]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1988]]
[[Category:1988 establishments in Japan]]