The Minami-Osaka Line connects Ōsaka Abenobashi in Osaka and Kashiharajingū-mae in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture via Osaka's southern suburb cities of Matsubara, Fujiidera and Habikino in Osaka Prefecture, and Katsuragi and Yamato-Takada in Nara Prefecture. The line is the major access from Osaka to southern part of Nara Basin, and together with Yoshino Line to Yoshino refuge of Emperor Godaigo.
The network formed by this line and some branch lines uses a track gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), an exception in the Kintetsu network. |