Kansai Main Line

The Minatomachi to Tennoji section was duplicated in 1903 and extended to Kashiwara in 1908. The Nara to Kizu section was duplicated in 1914, and the Kashiwara to Nara section between 1923 and 1926. In 1944 the Oji to Nara section was returned to single track and the materials recycled for the Japanese war effort. The section was re-duplicated in 1961.

The Tomita to Kuwana section (except for the bridge over the Inabe River) was duplicated in 1973, and the Kuwana to Yatomi section between 1977 and 1980. The Yokkaichi to Tomidahama section was duplicated in 1993.

The Minatomachi to Nara section was electrified in 1973, extended to Kizu in 1984, and to Kamo in 1988.

The Nagoya - Hatta section was electrified in 1979, and extended to Kameyama in 1982.

CTC signalling was commissioned between Kizu and Kameyama in 1983, and extended to Nagoya in 2001.

Freight services ceased in 1987, and in 1994 Minatomachi Station was renamed JR Namba to coincide with the opening of the Kansai Airport Line to Kansai Airport. In 1996 Namba Station and the approach line were relocated underground to eliminate a number of level crossings. There are plans to extend the line from Namba to Osaka Station, with construction to begin within the next few years. (See Naniwasuji Line for information.)

• Kamo Station - In 1898 the Kansai Railway Co. opened an 8 km (5.0 mi) branch to a station beside the Daibutsu (Great Buddha), and in 1899 extended the line 2 km (1.2 mi) to Nara. Following the nationalisation of the Kansai Railway Co. in 1907, the 10 km (6.2 mi) line was closed.
• Horyuji Station - The 4 km (2.5 mi) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Kintetsu line to Hirahata operated between 1915 and 1945.
• Kyuhoji Station - A branchline to serve the Taisho airfield opened in 1942, and was extended to Sugimotocho Station on the Hanwa Line in 1952 to provide an electrified (1500 V DC) freight bypass between Wakayama and Nagoya. Passenger services were introduced in 1965 but ceased two years later, and the line closed in 2009 after being out of service for five years.
• Tennoji Station - The 2.4 km (1.5 mi) Nankai line to Tengachaya, electrified at 1500 V DC, operated between 1901 and 1993.

• S: Trains stop
• |: Trains pass
• Local trains stop at all stations.

All stations between Kameyama and Kamo featured passing double tracks.

Station	Japanese	Transfers	Location
Kameyama	亀山	JR Central: Kansai Main Line (for Nagoya) Kisei Main Line	Kameyama	Mie Prefecture
Seki	関
Kabuto	加太
Tsuge	柘植	Kusatsu Line	Iga
Shindō	新堂
Sanagu	佐那具
Iga-Ueno	伊賀上野	Iga Railway Iga Line (Ninja Line)
Shimagahara	島ヶ原
Tsukigaseguchi	月ケ瀬口		Minamiyamashiro, Soraku District	Kyoto Prefecture
Ōkawara	大河原
Kasagi	笠置		Kasagi, Soraku District
Kamo	加茂	( Q39  Yamatoji Line)	Kizugawa

See the Yamatoji Line article for the train types and stopping patterns on this section.

Stations on this section

• Kamo - Kizu - Narayama - Nara - Kōriyama - Yamato-Koizumi - Hōryūji - Ōji - Sangō - Kawachi-Katakami - Takaida - Kashiwara - Shiki - Yao - Kyūhōji - Kami - Hirano - Tōbu-shijō-mae - Tennōji - Shin-Imamiya - Imamiya - JR Namba

• 211 series
• 313 series

• KiHa 75 series
• HC85 series
• Ise Railway Ise type III

• KiHa 120 series

• 101 series
• 113 series
• 165 series
• 213-5000 series
• KiHa 17
• KiHa 35
• KiHa 50
• KiHa 51
• KiHa 55
• KiHa 58
• KiHa 65
• KiHa 81
• KiHa 82
• Ise Railway Ise I
• Ise Railway Ise II
• KiHa 85