Hankai Line

Hankai Line
Hankai Line
	Hankai Line near Shukuin Station in Sakai, October 2007
Overview
Native name	阪堺電車阪堺線
Status	Open
Owner	Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd.
Termini	Ebisuchō; Hamadera eki-mae;
Stations	31
Website	www.hankai.co.jp
Service
Type	Tram

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).

Services

While the Hankai Line is officially Ebisucho–Sumiyoshi–Abikomichi–Hamadera-Ekimae, all trams from Ebisucho operate only as far as Abikomichi, while Uemachi Line trams from Tennoji-ekimae operate through to Hamadera-ekimae.^[1]^[2]

Stations

Station numbering was introduced in March 2012.^[3]

All trams from Ebisucho operate only as far as Abikomichi,^[4] with the section of line between Abikomichi and Hamadera eki-mae being serviced by Uemachi Line trams operating from Tennoji-ekimae.^[5]

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
No.	Station	Japanese	Between stations	Total	Transfers	Location
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)

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.^[6] By 1980, Hankai Tramway split from Nankai.

References

^ "路線図｜阪堺電気軌道株式会社". www.hankai.co.jp. Retrieved 2026-01-06.
^ 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.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "ja: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). www.hankai.co.jp (in Japanese). 2012-02-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
^ "ebisucho-20230204.pdf" (PDF). www.hankai.co.jp. 2023-02-04. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
^ "tennoji-ekimae-20230204.pdf" (PDF). www.hankai.co.jp. 2023-02-04. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
^ "Osaka 1959". tundria.com. Retrieved 2022-09-21.

External links

Media related to Hankai Tramway Hankai Line at Wikimedia Commons
Hankai Line official site (in Japanese)

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[1] "路線図｜阪堺電気軌道株式会社". www.hankai.co.jp. Retrieved 2026-01-06.

[2] 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.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "ja: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). www.hankai.co.jp (in Japanese). 2012-02-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2012-04-04.

[4] "ebisucho-20230204.pdf" (PDF). www.hankai.co.jp. 2023-02-04. Retrieved 2026-01-07.

[5] "tennoji-ekimae-20230204.pdf" (PDF). www.hankai.co.jp. 2023-02-04. Retrieved 2026-01-07.

[6] "Osaka 1959". tundria.com. Retrieved 2022-09-21.

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