Hankai Line
Hankai Line near Shukuin Station in Sakai, October 2007
Overview
Native name阪堺電車阪堺線
StatusOpen
OwnerHankai Tramway Co., Ltd.
Termini
Stations31
Websitewww.hankai.co.jp
Service
TypeTram

The Hankai Line (阪堺電車阪堺線, Hankai Densha Hankai-sen) is a tramway in the cities of Osaka and Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd. owns and operates the line.

The line's name comes from Osaka (大阪) (the kanji character for saka is also pronounced han) and Sakai (堺) (whose kanji contributed the kai).

History

The Hankai Line has its origin in the Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd., founded in 1910. In 1915 the company merged with the Nankai Railway which runs north and south in Osaka. The city's overall tram network was once extensive. As motorization developed as an alternative form of transportation along with the construction of subway lines underneath major routes, the trams lost their passengers, causing Osaka's once-extensive tram network to shrink, with only the Hankai and Uemachi tram lines remaining.[1] By 1980, Hankai Tramway split from Nankai.

Stations

Station numbers are in parentheses.[numbering 1]

All trams from Ebisucho go only as far as Abikomichi, while Uemachi Line trains go through from Tennoji-ekimae to Hamadera-ekimae.[revision2013 1]

No. Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location
Between
stations		 Total
HN51 Ebisuchō 恵美須町 - 0.0 Osaka Municipal Subway: Sakaisuji Line (Ebisuchō: K18) Osaka Naniwa
HN52 Shin-Imamiya-Ekimae 新今宮駅前 0.6 0.6 JR West: Osaka Loop Line・Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) (Shin-Imamiya)
Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line ・Kōya Line (Shin-Imamiya)
Osaka Municipal Subway: Midōsuji Line ・ Sakaisuji Line (Dōbutsuen-mae: M22, K19)		 Nishinari
HN53 Imaike 今池 0.4 1.0 Nankai Electric Railway: Kōya Line (Haginochaya)
HN54 Imafune 今船 0.3 1.3 Osaka Municipal Subway: Yotsubashi Line (Hanazonochō: K17)
HN55 Matsudachō 松田町 0.4 1.7  
HN56 Kita-Tengachaya 北天下茶屋 0.3 2.0 Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line・Kōya Line (Tengachaya)
Osaka Municipal Subway: Sakaisuji Line (Tengachaya)
HN57 Shōtensaka 聖天坂 0.4 2.4  
HN58 Tenjinnomori 天神ノ森 0.4 2.8 Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line ・Kōya Line (Kishinosato-Tamade)
HN59 Higashi-Tamade 東玉出 0.4 3.2 Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line ・Kōya Line (Kishinosato-Tamade)
HN60 Tsukanishi 塚西 0.4 3.6  
HN61 Higashi-Kohama 東粉浜 0.6 4.2 Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line (Kohama) Sumiyoshi
HN10 Sumiyoshi 住吉 0.4 4.6 Hankai Tramway: Uemachi Line
HN12 Sumiyoshi-toriimae 住吉鳥居前 0.2 4.8 Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line (Sumiyoshitaisha)
HN13 Hosoigawa 細井川 0.3 5.1  
HN14 Anryumachi 安立町 0.5 5.6 Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line (Suminoe)
HN15 Abikomichi 我孫子道 0.6 6.2  
HN16 Yamatogawa 大和川 0.6 6.8   Sakai Sakai
HN17 Takasu-jinsha 高須神社 0.5 7.3  
HN18 Ayanocho 綾ノ町 0.4 7.7  
HN19 Shimmeicho 神明町 0.4 8.1  
HN20 Myokokuji-mae 妙国寺前 0.3 8.4  
HN21 Hanataguchi 花田口 0.3 8.7  
HN22 Oshoji 大小路 0.3 9.0  
HN23 Shukuin 宿院 0.4 9.4  
HN24 Terajicho 寺地町 0.4 9.8  
HN25 Goryomae 御陵前 0.4 10.2  
HN26 Higashi-Minato 東湊 0.7 10.9  
HN27 Ishizu-Kita 石津北 0.7 11.6   Nishi
HN28 Ishizu 石津 0.6 12.2  
HN29 Funao 船尾 0.7 12.9 Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line (Suwanomori)
HN31 Hamadera eki-mae 浜寺駅前 1.2 14.1 Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line (Hamaderakōen)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 阪堺電車全停留場に駅ナンバリングを導入します [We will introduce the station numbering system at all stops on the Hankai Tramway Lines] (PDF) (in Japanese). Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd. February 23, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 11, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  1. ↑ 2月2日（土）にダイヤ改正を実施します [Diagram Revision on Saturday, February 2, 2013] (PDF) (in Japanese). Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd. January 18, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2013.


  1. ↑ "Osaka 1959". tundria.com. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
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