Hankai Line

Hankai Line
Hankai Line
	Hankai Line near Shukuin Station in Sakai, October 2007
Overview
Native name	阪堺はんかい電車でんしゃ阪堺はんかい線せん
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 (阪堺はんかい電車でんしゃ阪堺はんかい線せん, 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 (大阪おおさか) (the kanji character for saka is also pronounced han) and Sakai (堺さかい) (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
No.	Station	Japanese	Between stations	Total	Transfers	Location
HN51	Ebisuchō	恵美須えびす町まち	-	0.0	Osaka Municipal Subway: Sakaisuji Line (Ebisuchō: K18)	Osaka	Naniwa
HN52	Shin-Imamiya-Ekimae	新今宮しんいまみや駅前えきまえ	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	今池いまいけ	0.4	1.0	Nankai Electric Railway: Kōya Line (Haginochaya)
HN54	Imafune	今船いまふね	0.3	1.3	Osaka Municipal Subway: Yotsubashi Line (Hanazonochō: K17)
HN55	Matsudachō	松田まつだ町まち	0.4	1.7
HN56	Kita-Tengachaya	北きた天下茶屋てんがちゃや	0.3	2.0	Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line・Kōya Line (Tengachaya) Osaka Municipal Subway: Sakaisuji Line (Tengachaya)
HN57	Shōtensaka	聖天しょうてん坂ざか	0.4	2.4
HN58	Tenjinnomori	天神ノ森てんじんのもり	0.4	2.8	Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line ・Kōya Line (Kishinosato-Tamade)
HN59	Higashi-Tamade	東玉出ひがしたまで	0.4	3.2	Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line ・Kōya Line (Kishinosato-Tamade)
HN60	Tsukanishi	塚づか西にし	0.4	3.6
HN61	Higashi-Kohama	東粉浜ひがしこはま	0.6	4.2	Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line (Kohama)		Sumiyoshi
HN10	Sumiyoshi	住吉すみよし	0.4	4.6	Hankai Tramway: Uemachi Line
HN12	Sumiyoshi-toriimae	住吉鳥居前すみよしとりいまえ	0.2	4.8	Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line (Sumiyoshitaisha)
HN13	Hosoigawa	細井ほそい川かわ	0.3	5.1
HN14	Anryumachi	安立あんりゅう町まち	0.5	5.6	Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line (Suminoe)
HN15	Abikomichi	我孫子あびこ道みち	0.6	6.2
HN16	Yamatogawa	大和やまと川がわ	0.6	6.8		Sakai	Sakai
HN17	Takasu-jinsha	高須たかす神社じんじゃ	0.5	7.3
HN18	Ayanocho	綾あやノ町まち	0.4	7.7
HN19	Shimmeicho	神明しんめい町まち	0.4	8.1
HN20	Myokokuji-mae	妙国寺前みょうこくじまえ	0.3	8.4
HN21	Hanataguchi	花田はなた口くち	0.3	8.7
HN22	Oshoji	大だい小路こうじ	0.3	9.0
HN23	Shukuin	宿院しゅくいん	0.4	9.4
HN24	Terajicho	寺地てらじ町まち	0.4	9.8
HN25	Goryomae	御陵前ごりょうまえ	0.4	10.2
HN26	Higashi-Minato	東湊ひがしみなと	0.7	10.9
HN27	Ishizu-Kita	石津北いしづきた	0.7	11.6			Nishi
HN28	Ishizu	石津いしづ	0.6	12.2
HN29	Funao	船尾せんび	0.7	12.9	Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line (Suwanomori)
HN31	Hamadera eki-mae	浜寺駅前はまでらえきまえ	1.2	14.1	Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Main Line (Hamaderakōen)