Hankyū Takarazuka Main Line

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Hankū Takarazuka Main Line
Local heading to Hibarigaoka-HanayashikiEMU Series 6000
Local heading to Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki
EMU Series 6000
Strecke der Hankyū Takarazuka Main Line
Gauge: 1435 mm
Voltage: 1500 =
Maximum speed: 100 km/h
exKBFa exKBFa exKBFa
(old) Umeda
xKRZu xKRZu xKRZu
JR West lines
xKBFa + KBFa-ELEV
xKBFa + KBFa-ELEV
xKBFa + KBFa-ELEV
0.0 Umeda For connections, see below
ELEV ABZlf-ELEV ABZlg-ELEV
bypass for forwarding only
tHHST
tHSTR + ELEV
tHSTR + ELEV
tHSTR + ELEV
tHSTR
Osaka Subway: Midōsuji Line
KRZo-ELEV KRZo-ELEV KRZo-ELEV
JR-F: Umeda freight line
ELEV BHF-ELEV BHF-ELEV
0.9 Nakatsu
ELEV eBHF-ELEV eBHF-ELEV
Shin-Yodogawa abandoned in 1926
WASSER WBRÜCKE-ELEVe WBRÜCKE-ELEVe WBRÜCKE-ELEVe WASSER
Yodo River
ABZrg ABZrf STR
bypass for forwarding only
CPICl CPICm CPICr
2.4 Jūsō
STRrf STR STRlf
Hankyū: Kyoto, Kobe main lines
ELEVa
KRZo-ELEV
JR-W: Hoppō freight line of Tōkaidō Main Line
ELEV + HELEV
JR-W: Sanyō Shinkansen
exSTRrg
eABZrf + ELEV
exBHF BHF-ELEV
4.4 Mikuni
exWBRÜCKE WBRÜCKE-ELEV
Kanzaki River
exSTRlf
eABZlg + ELEVe
BHF
6.0 Shōnai
BHF
7.5 Hattori
ELEVa
BHF-ELEV
8.7 Sone
BHF-ELEV
9.5 Okamachi
BHF-ELEV
10.5 Toyonaka
ELEVe
STR STRrg-ELEV STRlg-ELEV
Osaka Monorail: Main Line
BHF BHF-ELEV HSTe
11.9 Hotarugaike
HKRZo-ELEV STRrf-ELEV FLUG
Itami Airport
STRrg ABZrf
BHF BHF
13.5 Ishibashi
STRrg STRrf ELEVa
Hankyū: Minoo Line
HSTe ELEV
Minoo
BHF-ELEV
15.9 Ikeda
WBRÜCKE-ELEV
Ina River
ELEV
JR-W: Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line)
HELEV ABZlr ABZrf-ELEV STRrg
Noseden: Myōken Line
KBFe-ELEV + xKBFe
BHF-ELEV STR
17.2 Kawanishi-noseguchi
exSTRlf eKRZo-ELEV exBHFl BHF
Kawanishi Kokutetsu-mae abandoned in 1981/Kawanishi-Ikeda
ELEVe tÜWcru ÜWor
eBHF ÜWo+l tÜWclo
Hanayashiki marged to Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki in 1962
BHF STR
18.2 Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki
eBHF STR
Hibarigaoka abandoned in 1961
ABZlf KRZu KDSl
Hirai depot
eBHF LUECKE
Hirai marged to Yamamoto in 1944
BHF LUECKE
19.7 Yamamoto
BHF LUECKE
21.5 Nakayama
BHF LUECKE
22.4 Mefu-Jinja
BHF LUECKE
23.3 Kiyoshikōjin
ELEVa LUECKE
STRrg KRZo-ELEV STRrf
STR ABZrg-ELEV HELEV
Hankyū: Imazu Line
BHF KBFe-ELEV
24.5 Takarazuka

The Takarazuka Main Line (宝塚本線 Takarazuka Honsen?) of Hankyu Railway is a railway line linking Umeda Station of downtown Osaka and Takarazuka Station in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture through suburbs of northern Osaka.

It has a branch line, the Minoo Line, and Nose Electric Railway is, in fact, another larger branch line. The Imazu Line connects at Takarazuka, but it is treated as a branch of the Kobe Line.

The Takarazuka Main Line is commonly called the Takarazuka Line (宝塚線 Takarazuka sen?) for short, but the name Takarazuka Line is sometimes used as the name for the network comprised of the main line and the brances.

Track setting with numerous sharp curves of the tramway origin, built and opened by its predecessor Minoo Arima Electric Tramway (箕面有馬電気軌道 Minoo Arima Denki Kido?), of the line has long hindered high speed operation, contrasting to the other Kobe and Kyoto main lines.

[edit] Rapid service

Local (普通 Futsū?) (L)
All day every day.
Semi-Express (準急 Junkyū?) (SE)
From Takarazuka to Umeda in the morning on weekdays.
Commutation Semi-Express (通勤準急 Tsūkin Junkyū?) (CSE)
Simply "Semi-Express" in English information, operated through to and from the Minoo Line in the morning on weekdays.
Express (急行 Kyūkō?) (Ex)
All day every day.
Commutation Express (通勤急行 Tsūkin Kyūkō?) (CE)
Simply "Express" in English, operated in the morning on weekdays.
Limited Express (特急日生エクスプレス Tokkyū Nissei Express?) (LE)
From Nissei-Chūō on Nose Electric Railway to Umeda in the morning and vice versa in the evening on weekdays.

[edit] Stations

  • S: stop; |: pass
  • ^: one direction

For distances and connections, see route diagram.

Station SE CSE Ex CE LE Location
Umeda 梅田 S S S S S Kita-ku, Osaka Osaka Prefecture
Nakatsu 中津 S | | | |
Jūsō 十三 S S S S S Yodogawa-
ku
, Osaka
Mikuni 三国 ^
|
| | | |
Shōnai 庄内 ^
|
| | | | Toyonaka
Hattori 服部 ^
|
| | | |
Sone 曽根 S | | | |
Okamachi 岡町 S | | | |
Toyonaka 豊中 S S S S |
Hotarugaike 蛍池 S S S | |
Ishibashi 石橋 S S S S S Ikeda
Ikeda 池田 S   S S S
Kawanishi-noseguchi 川西能勢口 S S S S Kawanishi Hyōgo Prefecture
Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki 雲雀丘花屋敷 S S S   Takarazuka
Yamamoto 山本 S S S
Nakayama 中山 S S S
Mefu-Jinja 売布神社 S S S
Kiyoshikōjin 清荒神 S S S
Takarazuka 宝塚 S S S
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