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Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line

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Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line
A 6000 series EMU on a "Local" service for Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki
Overview
Native name阪急はんきゅう宝塚本線たからづかほんせん
LocaleKansai
Termini
  • Osaka-umeda
  • Takarazuka
Stations19
Service
Operator(s)Hankyu Railway
Depot(s)Hirai Depot
Technical
Line length24.5 km (15.2 mi)
Number of tracksQuad (Osaka-umeda - Jūsō)
Double (Jūsō - Takarazuka)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Operating speed100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map

The Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line (阪急はんきゅう宝塚本線たからづかほんせん, Hankyū Takarazuka Honsen) is a Japanese railway line operated by the private railway operator Hankyu Railway. It connects Umeda Station in downtown Osaka with Takarazuka Station in Takarazuka, Hyogo.

It has a branch line, the Minoo Line, and the Nose Electric Railway is another longer branch line. The Imazu Line connects at Takarazuka, but it is treated as a branch of the Kobe Line.[citation needed]

The Takarazuka Main Line is commonly called the Takarazuka Line (宝塚たからづか線せん, Takarazuka sen) for short, but the name Takarazuka Line is sometimes used as the name for the network composed of the main line and the branches.[citation needed]

The line has numerous sharp curves from the line's origins as a tramway, built and opened by its predecessor Minoo Arima Electric Tramway (箕面みのお有馬ありま電気でんき軌道きどう, Minoo Arima Denki Kido). The sharp curves have long hindered high speed operation, contrasting to the Hankyu's other main lines, Kobe and Kyoto.[citation needed]

History[edit]

The Minoo Arima Electric Tramway opened the entire line on 10 March 1910 as 1435mm gauge dual track, electrified at 600 VDC. Although the line was not a prospect interurban as Takarazuka was not a big city, it saw initial success thanks to the company's aggressive measures. It strategically developed housing areas along the line for the increasing white-collar population who would commute to central Osaka by train. It also opened a zoo in Minoo (on the Minoo Line) in November 1910, a hot spring in Takarazuka in May 1911, and a ballpark in Toyonaka in 1913.[1]

The track between Umeda and Jūsō was shared with the Kobe Line from 1920 to 1926 when the original double track was replaced by an elevated four-track line.[1]

In comparison with the Kobe Line, cars used on the Takarazuka Line were small and old. Larger (Kobe Line standard) cars could not operate on the line until 1952 due to its small structure gauge.[1] Small cars were eliminated in December 1963.[2] On 24 August 1969 the voltage was raised to 1500 VDC. As the commuters increased, Hankyu's first 10-car operation began on the Takarazuka Line in March 1982, but 10 car trains were discontinued again in December 2022.[2][3]

Following the elevation work of Kawanishi-Noseguchi Station, through services to Nose Electric Railway began on 17 November 1997.[4]

Since the 1970s there have been plans to build a spur line to Itami Airport from Sone Station. Although Hankyu shelved the plans in the 1980s due to capacity constraints, the plans were reportedly revived in 2017 and remain under consideration as of 2018.[5][6]

Service patterns[edit]

As of 17 December 2022[3]

Local (普通ふつう, Futsū)
All-stations service
Semi-Express (準急じゅんきゅう, Junkyū)
Operated on weekday mornings from Takarazuka to Osaka-Umeda
Express (急行きゅうこう, Kyūkō)
Commuter Limited Express (通勤つうきん特急とっきゅう, Tsūkin Tokkyū)
Operated on weekday mornings from Kawanishi-Noseguchi to Osaka-Umeda. The last car (Kawanishi side) is only for women.
Limited Express (特急とっきゅう日生にっせいエクスプレス, Tokkyū Nissei Express)
From Nissei-Chūō on Nose Electric Railway to Umeda in the morning and vice versa on weekday evenings.

Stations[edit]

  • ● : Trains stop.
  • | : Trains pass.
  • ↑: Trains pass only in one direction.
No. Station Japanese Semi-Express Express Commuter Limited Express Limited Express(Nissei Express) Connections Location
HK-01 Osaka-umeda 大阪おおさか梅田うめだ ● ● ● ● Kita-ku, Osaka Osaka Prefecture
HK-02 Nakatsu 中津なかつ ● | ↑ |
HK-03 Jūsō 十じゅう三さん ● ● ● ● Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
HK-41 Mikuni 三さん国こく ↑ | ↑ |
HK-42 Shōnai 庄内しょうない ↑ | ↑ | Toyonaka
HK-43 Hattori-tenjin 服部はっとり天神てんじん ↑ | ↑ |
HK-44 Sone 曽根そね ● | ↑ |
HK-45 Okamachi 岡町おかまち ● | ↑ |
HK-46 Toyonaka 豊中とよなか ● ● ● |
HK-47 Hotarugaike 蛍池ほたるがいけ ● ● ↑ |
  • ■ Osaka Monorail Main Line (12)
HK-48 Ishibashi handai-mae 石橋いしばし阪大はんだい前まえ ● ● ● ● Ikeda
HK-49 Ikeda 池田いけだ ● ● ● |
HK-50 Kawanishi-noseguchi 川西能勢口かわにしのせぐち ● ● ● ● Kawanishi Hyōgo Prefecture
HK-51 Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki 雲雀丘ひばりがおか花屋敷はなやしき ● ● Takarazuka
HK-52 Yamamoto 山本やまもと
(平井ひらい) 		● ●
HK-53 Nakayama-kannon 中山なかやま観音かんのん ● ●
HK-54 Mefu-Jinja 売布神社めふじんじゃ ● ●
HK-55 Kiyoshikōjin 清荒神きよしこうじん ● ●
HK-56 Takarazuka 宝塚たからづか
(宝塚たからづか大だい劇場げきじょう前まえ) 		● ●
Through service: From Kawanishi-Noseguchi: Limited Express trains to/from Nose Railway Myoken & Nissei Lines for Nissei-Chuo

Rolling stock[edit]

  • 1000 series, December 2013
    1000 series, December 2013
  • Nose Electric Railway 6000 series, August 2014
    Nose Electric Railway 6000 series, August 2014

Former[edit]

References[edit]

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

  1. ^ a b c Miki, Masafumi (March 2015). "阪急はんきゅう宝塚たからづか線せんの歴史れきし過程かてい". The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese) (901). Denkisha Kenkyūkai Tetsudōtosho Kankōkai: 10.
  2. ^ a b Shinohara, Susumu (March 2015). "宝塚たからづか線せん 車両しゃりょう・運転うんてんのエピソード". The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese) (901). Denkisha Kenkyūkai Tetsudōtosho Kankōkai: 56.
  3. ^ a b Hankyu Corporation (12 October 2022). "２０２２年ねん１２月じゅうにがつ１７日にち（土ど）初発しょはつより 阪急はんきゅう全線ぜんせん（神戸こうべ線せん・宝塚たからづか線せん・京都きょうと線せん）でダイヤ改正かいせいを実施じっし" (PDF). Hankyu Railway. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  4. ^ Nose Electric Railway Co., Ltd. "沿革えんかく・年譜ねんぷ". Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  5. ^ "阪急電鉄はんきゅうでんてつ、伊丹空港いたみくうこうへの乗のり入いれを検討けんとうか 大阪おおさか・梅田うめだと直通ちょくつう - ライブドアニュース". ライブドアニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  6. ^ "「40年ねんで黒字くろじ」が難むずかしい、阪急はんきゅう・大阪おおさか空港線くうこうせん どうすれば実現じつげんできるか (1/4)". ITmedia ビジネスオンライン (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  7. ^ 阪急電鉄はんきゅうでんてつ、新型しんがた車両しゃりょう1000系けい営業えいぎょう運転うんてん開始かいし－ファンに見守みまもられ梅田うめだ駅えき出発しゅっぱつ [New Hankyu 1000 series trains enter service - Departure from Umeda Station seen off by railfans]. Umeda Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). Japan: Riccrea, Inc. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
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