Hanshin Namba Line

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox rail line The Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a railway line operated by the private railway operator Hanshin Electric Railway connecting Amagasaki Station in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, and Ōsaka Namba Station in Chuo-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

History

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File:Hanshin Ajigawa Bridge Osaka JPN 001.jpg
Ajigawa Bridge under construction (August 2007)

The Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., the predecessor of the Hanshin Namba Line, was planned as a bypass for the Hanshin Railway Main Line, and to connect from Amagasaki to Noda via Dempō. Then the plan was changed to connect to Nishikujō. The line was finally extended to Namba station in 2009.

  • January 20, 1924 - The Dempō Line was opened (Daimotsu - Dempō).
  • August 1, 1924 - The line was extended from Dempō to Chidoribashi.
  • December 28, 1928 - The line was extended from Daimotsu to Amagasaki.
  • June 1960 - The first stage of construction to extend line to Namba was started (Chidoribashi - Nishikujō).
  • May 20, 1964 - The first stage of construction to extend the line to Namba was completed, thus, the line was extended from Chidoribashi to Nishikujō. The Dempo Line was renamed the Script error: No such module "Nihongo"..
  • September 1965 - Nishi-Osaka limited express service started.
  • December 1, 1974 - Nishi-Osaka limited express service was abandoned.
  • July 10, 2001 - Nishi-Osaka Railway Co., Ltd. was established to restart the extension from Nishikujō to Namba.
  • October 7, 2003 - The construction of the extending line from Nishikujō to Namba was restarted.
  • March 20, 2009 - The line from Nishikujō to Namba opened, and the line was renamed the Hanshin Namba Line.

Operations

There are through rapid express operations between Kobe Sannomiya on the Main Line in Kobe and Kintetsu Nara Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line in Nara via the Hanshin Namba Line, and through local, semi-express, and suburban semi-express operations between Amagasaki Station and Kintetsu Nara Station.[1][2]

  • Rapid Express
    • Three to five trains per hour on weekdays, and three trains per hour at weekends and holidays
    • Trains stop at Kobe Sannomiya, Uozaki, Ashiya, Nishinomiya, Koshien, Amagasaki, Nishikujo, Kujo, Dome-mae, Sakuragawa, Ōsaka Namba, Kintetsu Nippombashi, Osaka Uehommachi, Tsuruhashi, Ikoma, Gakuen-mae, Yamato-Saidaiji, Shin-Omiya and Kintetsu Nara. Rapid express services also stop at Imazu and Mukogawa during the weekday offpeak, and on weekends and holidays, but pass Ashiya on weekends and holidays.
    • The first 3 trains are operated from Shinkaichi Station on the Kobe Kosoku Line for Nara at weekends and holidays.[3]
    • 6, 8 or 10 cars (Weekdays: 6 cars between Kobe Sannomiya and Amagasaki / weekends and holidays: many trains have 8 cars between Kobe Sannomiya and Kintetsu Nara)
  • Local, semi-express, suburban semi-express
    • 6 trains per hour every day[4]
    • Local trains stop at every station on the Hanshin Namba Line, the Kintetsu Namba Line, and the Kitntetsu Nara Line.
    • Semi-express trains stop at every station between Amagasaki and Tsuruhashi, Fuse, Kawachi-Kosaka, Higashi-Hanazono, and every station between Ishikiri and Kintetsu Nara. Suburban semi-express trains also stop at Hyotan-yama, Hiraoka and Nukata.
    • 6 cars

Stations

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  • Local / Suburban semi-express / Semi-express trains stop at every station on this line
No. Station Japanese Distance (km) Train type Connecting lines Location
between
stations
from
Amagasaki
Rapid express
Rapid express trains operate to Kobe Sannomiya Station on the Main Line.
HS 09 Template:STN 尼崎 - 0.0 File:Number prefix Hanshin line.svg Hanshin Main Line Amagasaki, Hyōgo
HS 08 Template:STN 大物 0.9 0.9 | File:Number prefix Hanshin line.svg Hanshin Main Line
HS 49 Template:STN 出来島 1.4 2.3 | Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka Osaka Prefecture
HS 48 Template:STN 1.0 3.3 |
HS 47 Template:STN 伝法 1.5 4.8 | Konohana-ku, Osaka
HS 46 Template:STN 千鳥橋 0.7 5.5 |
HS 45 Template:STN 西九条 0.8 6.3 File:JRW kinki-O.svg Osaka Loop Line (JR-O14), File:JRW kinki-P.svg Sakurajima Line (JR Yumesaki Line) (JR-P14)
HS 44 Template:STN 九条 1.3 7.6 Template:Rint Template:Rint Chūō Line (C14) Nishi-ku, Osaka
HS 43 Template:STN ドーム前 0.6 8.2 Template:Rint Template:Rint Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line (N12:Dome-mae Chiyozaki Station)
HS 42 Template:STN 桜川 0.8 9.0 Template:Rint Template:Rint Sennichimae Line (S15)
File:Nankai koya line simbole.svg Nankai Kōya Line (Shiomibashi Line) (NK06-5: Shiomibashi Station)
Naniwa-ku, Osaka
HS 41 Template:STN 大阪難波 1.1 10.1 A Namba Line (A01, with through trains)
File:Nankai mainline symbol.svg Nankai Main Line, File:Nankai koya line simbole.svg Kōya Line (NK01: Namba Station)
Template:Rint Osaka Metro (Namba Station):
Template:Rint Midōsuji Line (M20), Template:Rint Yotsubashi Line (Y15), Template:Rint Sennichimae Line (S16)
File:JRW kinki-Q.svg Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) (JR-Q17: JR Namba Station)
Chūō-ku, Osaka
Trains operate to Kintetsu Nara Station on the Nara Line.

Rolling stock

References

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