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{{Infobox rail line
| name          = Hankai Line
| native_name   = 阪堺電車阪堺線
| native_name_lang = jpn
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| caption       = Hankai Line near Shukuin Station in Sakai, October 2007
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| status        = Open
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| start         = {{STN|Ebisuchō|x|Osaka}}
| end           = {{STN|Hamadera eki-mae|x}}
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The {{nihongo|'''Hankai Line'''|阪堺電車阪堺線|''Hankai Densha Hankai-sen''}} is a tramway in the cities of [[Osaka]] and [[Sakai, Osaka|Sakai]], [[Osaka Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. [[Hankai Tramway|Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd.]] owns and operates the line.

The line's name comes from {{Nihongo|Osaka|大阪}} (the [[kanji]] character for ''saka'' is also pronounced ''han'') and {{Nihongo|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Osaka 1959 |url=http://tundria.com/trams/JPN/Osaka-1959.php |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=tundria.com}}</ref>  By 1980, Hankai Tramway split from Nankai.

==Stations==
Station numbers are in parentheses.<ref group=numbering name=release20120223>{{cite web|script-title=ja:阪堺電車全停留場に駅ナンバリングを導入します|trans-title=We will introduce the station numbering system at all stops on the Hankai Tramway Lines|url=http://www.hankai.co.jp/topics/pdf/120305.pdf|publisher=Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd.|access-date=April 4, 2012|language=ja|date=February 23, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511055107/http://www.hankai.co.jp/topics/pdf/120305.pdf|archive-date=May 11, 2012}}</ref>

All trams from Ebisucho go only as far as Abikomichi, while Uemachi Line trains go through from Tennoji-ekimae to Hamadera-ekimae.<ref group=revision2013 name=release20130118>{{cite web|script-title=ja:2月2日（土）にダイヤ改正を実施します|trans-title=Diagram Revision on Saturday, February 2, 2013|url=http://www.nankai.co.jp/groupinfo/news/pdf/130118_2.pdf|publisher=Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd.|access-date=February 23, 2013|language=ja|date=January 18, 2013}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" rules="all"
|-
! rowspan="2"|No.
! rowspan="2"|Station
! rowspan="2"|Japanese
! colspan="2"|Distance (km)
!rowspan="2"|Transfers
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Location
|-
!Between<br />stations
!Total
|-
!HN51
|{{STN|Ebisuchō|x|Osaka}}
|恵美須町
|style="text-align: center;"|-
|style="text-align: right;"|0.0
|[[Osaka Municipal Subway]]: [[File:Sakaisuji logo.png|13px]] [[Sakaisuji Line]] ({{STN|Ebisuchō|x|Osaka}}: K18)
|rowspan="16"| [[Osaka]]
|[[Naniwa-ku, Osaka|Naniwa]]
|-
!HN52
|{{STN|Shin-Imamiya-Ekimae|x}}
|新今宮駅前
|style="text-align: center;"|0.6
|style="text-align: right;"|0.6
|[[West Japan Railway Company|JR West]]: [[Osaka Loop Line]]・[[Kansai Main Line]] ([[Yamatoji Line]]) ({{STN|Shin-Imamiya|x}})<br />[[Nankai Electric Railway]]: [[Nankai Main Line]] ・[[Nankai Kōya Line|Kōya Line]] (Shin-Imamiya)<br />Osaka Municipal Subway: [[File:Midosuji logo.png|13px]][[Midōsuji Line]] ・ [[File:Sakaisuji logo.png|13px]] Sakaisuji Line ({{STN|Dōbutsuen-mae|x}}: M22, K19)
|rowspan="9"| [[Nishinari-ku, Osaka|Nishinari]]
|-
!HN53
|{{STN|Imaike|x|Osaka}}
|今池
|style="text-align: center;"|0.4
|style="text-align: right;"|1.0
|Nankai Electric Railway: Kōya Line ({{STN|Haginochaya|x}})
|-
!HN54
|{{STN|Imafune|x}}
|今船
|style="text-align: center;"|0.3
|style="text-align: right;"|1.3
|Osaka Municipal Subway: [[File:Yotsubashi.png|13px]] [[Yotsubashi Line]] ({{STN|Hanazonochō|x}}: K17)
|-
!HN55
|{{STN|Matsudachō|x}}
|松田町
|style="text-align: center;"|0.4
|style="text-align: right;"|1.7
|&nbsp;
|-
!HN56
|{{STN|Kita-Tengachaya|x}}
|北天下茶屋
|style="text-align: center;"|0.3
|style="text-align: right;"|2.0
|Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line・Kōya Line ({{STN|Tengachaya|x}})<br />Osaka Municipal Subway: [[File:Sakaisuji logo.png|13px]] Sakaisuji Line (Tengachaya)
|-
!HN57
|{{STN|Shōtensaka|x}}
|聖天坂
|style="text-align: center;"|0.4
|style="text-align: right;"|2.4
|&nbsp;
|-
!HN58
|{{STN|Tenjinnomori|x}}
|天神ノ森
|style="text-align: center;"|0.4
|style="text-align: right;"|2.8
|Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line ・Kōya Line ({{STN|Kishinosato-Tamade|x}})
|-
!HN59
|{{STN|Higashi-Tamade|x}}
|東玉出
|style="text-align: center;"|0.4
|style="text-align: right;"|3.2
|Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line ・Kōya Line (Kishinosato-Tamade)
|-
!HN60
|{{STN|Tsukanishi|x}}
|塚西
|style="text-align: center;"|0.4
|style="text-align: right;"|3.6
|&nbsp;
|-
!HN61
|{{STN|Higashi-Kohama|x}}
|東粉浜
|style="text-align: center;"|0.6
|style="text-align: right;"|4.2
|Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line ({{STN|Kohama|x}})
|rowspan="6"| [[Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka|Sumiyoshi]]
|-
!HN10
|{{STN|Sumiyoshi|x|Osaka}}
|住吉
|style="text-align: center;"|0.4
|style="text-align: right;"|4.6
|Hankai Tramway: [[Hankai Uemachi Line|Uemachi Line]]
|-
!HN12
|{{STN|Sumiyoshi-toriimae|x}}
|住吉鳥居前
|style="text-align: center;"|0.2
|style="text-align: right;"|4.8
|Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line ({{STN|Sumiyoshitaisha|x}})
|-
!HN13
|{{STN|Hosoigawa|x}}
|細井川
|style="text-align: center;"|0.3
|style="text-align: right;"|5.1
|&nbsp;
|-
!HN14
|{{STN|Anryumachi|x}}
|安立町
|style="text-align: center;"|0.5
|style="text-align: right;"|5.6
|Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line ({{STN|Suminoe|x}})
|-
!HN15
|{{STN|Abikomichi|x}}
|我孫子道
|style="text-align: center;"|0.6
|style="text-align: right;"|6.2
|&nbsp;
|-
!HN16
|{{STN|Yamatogawa|x}}
|大和川
|style="text-align: center;"|0.6
|style="text-align: right;"|6.8
|&nbsp;
|rowspan="16"| [[Sakai, Osaka|Sakai]]
|rowspan="11"| [[Sakai-ku, Sakai|Sakai]]
|-
!HN17
|{{STN|Takasu-jinsha|x}}
|高須神社
|style="text-align: center;"|0.5
|style="text-align: right;"|7.3
|&nbsp;
|-
!HN18
|{{STN|Ayanocho|x}}
|綾ノ町
|style="text-align: center;"|0.4
|style="text-align: right;"|7.7
|&nbsp;
|-
!HN19
|{{STN|Shimmeicho|x}}
|神明町
|style="text-align: center;"|0.4
|style="text-align: right;"|8.1
|&nbsp;
|-
!HN20
|{{STN|Myokokuji-mae|x}}
|妙国寺前
|style="text-align: center;"|0.3
|style="text-align: right;"|8.4
|&nbsp;
|-
!HN21
|{{STN|Hanataguchi|x}}
|花田口
|style="text-align: center;"|0.3
|style="text-align: right;"|8.7
|&nbsp;
|-
!HN22
|{{STN|Oshoji|x}}
|大小路
|style="text-align: center;"|0.3
|style="text-align: right;"|9.0
|&nbsp;
|-
!HN23
|{{STN|Shukuin|x}}
|宿院
|style="text-align: center;"|0.4
|style="text-align: right;"|9.4
|&nbsp;
|-
!HN24
|{{STN|Terajicho|x}}
|寺地町
|style="text-align: center;"|0.4
|style="text-align: right;"|9.8
|&nbsp;
|-
!HN25
|{{STN|Goryomae|x}}
|御陵前
|style="text-align: center;"|0.4
|style="text-align: right;"|10.2
|&nbsp;
|-
!HN26
|{{STN|Higashi-Minato|x}}
|東湊
|style="text-align: center;"|0.7
|style="text-align: right;"|10.9
|&nbsp;
|-
!HN27
|{{STN|Ishizu-Kita|x}}
|石津北
|style="text-align: center;"|0.7
|style="text-align: right;"|11.6
|&nbsp;
|rowspan="4"| [[Nishi-ku, Sakai|Nishi]]
|-
!HN28
|{{STN|Ishizu|x|Osaka}}
|石津
|style="text-align: center;"|0.6
|style="text-align: right;"|12.2
|&nbsp;
|-
!HN29
|{{STN|Funao|x|Osaka}}
|船尾
|style="text-align: center;"|0.7
|style="text-align: right;"|12.9
|Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line ({{STN|Suwanomori|x}})
|-
!HN31
|{{STN|Hamadera eki-mae|x}}
|浜寺駅前
|style="text-align: center;"|1.2
|style="text-align: right;"|14.1
|Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line ({{STN|Hamaderakōen|x}})
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Hankai Uemachi Line]] - the sister line of Hankai Line

==References==
<references group=numbering />
<references group=revision2013 />

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Hankai Tramway Hankai Line}}
*[http://www.hankai.co.jp/ Hankai Line official site] {{in lang|ja}}

{{Osaka transit}}

[[Category:Hankai Line| ]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Osaka Prefecture]]
[[Category:Railway lines in Japan]]
[[Category:Tram transport in Japan]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1910]]


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