The Nankai Main Line (南海本線, Nankai Honsen) is one of the two main railway lines of Japanese private railway company Nankai Electric Railway, together with Kōya Line. The route is from Namba Station in south downtown of Osaka to Wakayamashi Station in Wakayama via Sakai, Izumiōtsu, Kishiwada, Kaizuka, Izumisano, Sennan, Hannan and Misaki municipalities. The proper name is with the company's name, "the Nankai Main Line", not simply "the Main Line" often seen in other Japanese private railways. Lines of the Nankai Main Lane and the connecting lines excluded the Kōya Line and the Airport Line are named generically "the Nankai Line (南海線, Nankai Sen)". The line is shown with a pictogram of waves, or distinguished with blue from conifer or green Kōya Line.
Track: quadruple from Namba to Suminoe (to Kishinosato-Tamade, eastern two tracks are for Kōya Line exclusively), double from Suminoe to Wakayamashi
Service typesedit
Nankai and Kintetsu are the only two private railway operators in Kansai that offer charged Limited Express trains.
Limited Express Southern (特急サザン, Tokkyū "Sazan")
Limited express trains named "Southern" are operated between Namba and Wakayamashi or Wakayamakō. They are operated with 8-car formations and 4 cars of 8 are charged for seat reservation. Trains to and from Wakayamakō connect to Nankai Ferry services to and from the Shikoku region.
Airport limited express trains named "Rapi:t" are operated between Namba and Kansai Airport and exclusively with 50000 series 6-car formations. All cars are charged for seat reservation. Rapi:t α trains stop at only stations marked with S, and Rapi:t β trains at stations marked with S and S*. They have been operated since Kansai International Airport opened in 1994.
Express (急行, Kyūkō)
Express trains are operated between Namba and Wakayamashi or Wakayamakō before 10 a.m. and after 4 p.m. on weekdays and in morning on Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, and pass Haruki Station. They are operated with 6 or 8-car formations. The fourth car of 8-car trains for Namba is only for women in the morning until arriving at Tengachaya by 8:30 a.m. on weekdays.
Before November 26, 2005, operated all day, two per hour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Airport Express (空港急行, Kūkō Kyūkō)
Airport express trains are operated between Namba and Kansai Airport all day and stop at Haruki. 4 trains are operated per direction per hour from 10 a.m. until 4 pm. They are operated with 6 or 8-car formations. The fourth car of 8-car trains for Namba is only for women in the morning until arriving at Tengachaya by 8:30 a.m. on weekdays.
Sub Express (区間急行, Kukan Kyūkō)
Sub express trains are operated between Namba and Hagurazaki, Misakikoen or Wakayamashi in the morning, evening, and night. They stop at airport express stations between Namba and Izumisano, and every station between Izumisano and Wakayamashi. Namba-bound trains are operated every morning and weekday rush hours in the evening.
Semi-Express (準急行, Jun Kyūkō)
Semi-express trains are operated from Hagurazaki or Haruki to Namba only on weekday mornings.
Local (普通, Futsū)
Local trains are operated between Namba and Wakayamashi all day. They also return to Namba at Hagurazaki, Tarui, Misakikōen or Kansai Airport in the rush hours and midnight. Only 1 northbound train is operated from Wakayamashi to Hagurazaki in the midnight. Trains pass Imamiyaebisu and Haginochaya stations due to absence of platforms on the tracks of the Nankai Line. Those stations are served by local trains of the Kōya Line.
In Japanese railway operation, "Futsū" (literally "ordinary, normal") and "Kakueki Teisha" (literally "train that stops at every station", "Kakutei" for short) are used interchangeably for trains that stop at every station. On the Nankai Railway alone, however, the two words are used for different classes of train. The former is for Locals of Nankai Main Line that do not stop at the above two stations, while the latter is for Kōya Line trains that do stop there, true to the meaning of the Japanese name of the service class.
Stationsedit
Main Lineedit
● : Trains stop.
▲: Rapi:t α trains pass, β trains stop.
▼: At Haruki, Express trains marked with a white line makes a stop
◆: Trains stop in the off-peak hours from January 1 until 3 every year.
｜ ↑: All trains pass (Arrows indicate directions)
Wakayamadaigakumae became one of the Southern stations on October 18, 2014.[1]
One of the oldest private railway lines still existing, the 2 ft 9 in (838 mm) gauge Namba - Yamatogawa (since closed) section was opened in 1885 by Hankai Railway (阪堺鉄道, Hankai Tetsudō) (separate from the present-day Hankai Tramway).[2] The line was extended to Sakai in 1888, and the Namba - Sumiyoshitaisha section was duplicated in 1892.
In 1897 the then separate Nankai Railway opened the Sakai - Sano (present-day Izumisano) section as 1067mm gauge, with the Namba - Sano section regauged to match, and the Sumiyoshitaisha - Sano section duplicated the same year. The following year the Hankai Co. merged with Nankai Railway, and the line was extended to Wakayama. The present line to Wakayamashi was completed in 1903, and in 1906 the first dining car on a private railway in Japan was introduced on the Wakayama express.
The duplication of the line extended to Hamaderakoen in 1907, Kaizuka in 1911, Takako in 1915 and to Wakayama in 1922.
Electrification at 600 VDC began in 1907 on the section from Namba to Hamaderakōen, and was completed in 1911. The voltage was increased to 1500 VDC in 1973.
Former connecting linesedit
Tengachaya station - A 2 km line to Tennoji opened in 1900. In 1933 the line was electrified at 1500 VDC, the line closing in 1984.
Sakai station - A 2 km 1435mm gauge line from Shukuin to Ohama, electrified at 600 VDC, opened by the BanSakai Electric Railway Co. in 1912 (and acquired by Nankai in 1914) connected at this station until closed in 1949.
Wakayama station - A 3 km line to Higashi-Matsue on the Nankai Kada Line opened in 1912. The line was electrified at 600 VDC in 1930, and closed in 1955.
Referencesedit
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
^平成26年10月18日、南海本線・空港線のダイヤを変更します。 [Diagram revision of the Nankai Main Line and the Airport Line on October 18, 2014] (PDF) (in Japanese). Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. September 2, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
^The Industrial Railway Record - February 1970 - A Japanese Private Railway
April 18, 2024
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The Nankai Main Line 南海本線 Nankai Honsen is one of the two main railway lines of Japanese private railway company Nankai Electric Railway together with Kōya Line The route is from Namba Station in south downtown of Osaka to Wakayamashi Station in Wakayama via Sakai Izumiōtsu Kishiwada Kaizuka Izumisano Sennan Hannan and Misaki municipalities The proper name is with the company s name the Nankai Main Line not simply the Main Line often seen in other Japanese private railways Lines of the Nankai Main Lane and the connecting lines excluded the Kōya Line and the Airport Line are named generically the Nankai Line 南海線 Nankai Sen The line is shown with a pictogram of waves or distinguished with blue from conifer or green Kōya Line Nankai Main LineNankai 1000 series EMU on local serviceOverviewNative name南海本線LocaleOsaka Prefecture Wakayama PrefectureTerminiNambaWakayamashiStations43ServiceOperator s Nankai Electric Railway Co Ltd HistoryOpened1885 139 years ago 1885 Closed1993 31 years ago 1993 Tennoji Branch Line TechnicalLine length64 2 km 39 9 mi Number of tracksQuad Namba Suminoe Double Suminoe Wakayamashi Track gauge1 067 mm 3 ft 6 in Old gaugeNamba Sakai Azumabashi 2 ft 9 in 838 mm 1885 1897 Electrification1 500 V DC overhead linesOperating speed110 km h 68 mph vteNankai Main LineLegend0 2 Namba 19800 0 Namba 1980 0 9 Imamiyaebisu1 4 Shin Imamiya2 0 HaginochayaTennōji Branch Line3 0 Tengachaya Shiomibashi Line part of Kōya Line 3 9 Kishinosato TamadeTamade abandoned in 1993consolidation to Kishinosato Tamade StationKōya Line5 1 KohamaHankai Tramway Hankai LineHankai Uemachi LineSumiyoshiSumiyoshikōen5 7 SumiyoshitaishaSumiyoshi Toriimae6 5 Suminoe 1916Suminoe Depot6 7 Suminoe 1928 Yamatogawa first 1888Yamato RiverYamatogawa second 1889 19178 2 ShichidōHankai Railway later Osaka Municipal Tram Hankai Line Sakai first 19559 8 Sakai third 1985 Tate RiverSakai second 1955 1985Ōhama kitamachiOhama Branch LineRyujin abandoned in 1955 consolidation to Sakai StationŌhama11 2 MinatoDejima Hankai Railway 12 7 IshizugawaShimo Ishizu Hankai Railway Ishizu River13 8 SuwanomoriSuwanohamaHankai Tramway Hankai LineLeft Hamadera Hankai Railway Right KaidōbataHamadera ekimae14 8 HamaderakōenHamaderakōen Hankai JR West Hanwa Line Hagoromo Branch Line 15 5 Hagoromo Higashi HagoromoNankai Takashinohama Line16 6 Takashinohama 191817 4 Takaishi18 5 Kita Sukematsu19 4 Matsunohama20 4 IzumiōtsuOtsu River22 3 Tadaoka23 7 HarukiHaruki River26 1 Izumi ōmiya25 0 Kishiwada26 9 TakojizōTsuda River28 6 KaizukaMizuma Line30 4 Nishikinohama31 3 Tsuruhara32 4 IharanosatoSano River34 0 IzumisanoAirport LineJR West Kansai Airport Line35 9 Rinku TownKansai Airport Bridge42 8 Kansai Airport Kansai Airport36 1 HagurazakiHagurazaki Depot37 4 Yoshiminosato38 8 Okadaura40 6 Tarui43 1 Ozaki44 6 Tottorinoshō46 6 Hakotsukuri50 2 Tannowa51 9 Misaki kōenTanagawa LineFuke abandoned in 195856 3 Kyōshi Osaka PrefectureKyoshi Tunnel Wakayama Prefecture58 0 WakayamadaigakumaeKadaKada Line61 6 Kinokawa62 5 Wakayama kitaguchi 1903Kinokawa RiverJR West Kisei Main LineWakayama Depot64 2 WakayamashiWakayama Tram Line Kainan Line Kitajima Branch LineWakayamakō Line67 0 WakayamakōDetails of Namba areaSubway Yotsubashi Line Y15 Subway Midōsuji Line M20 Subway Sennichimae Line S16 Kintetsu Namba Line Osaka Namba Hanshin Namba Line Osaka Namba NambaSubway Sakaisuji LineSubway DaikokuchōImamiyaenisuHankai Tramway EbisuchōHankai LineOsaka Loop Line Kansai Main Line Yamatoji Line Shin Imamiya Hankai Minami KasumichōSubway Midōsuji Line M22 Subway Dōbutsuen maeSubway Sakaisuji Line K19 Haginochaya Hankai ImaikeTengachayaNankai Line left Koya Line right Contents 1 Route data 2 Service types 3 Stations 3 1 Main Line 3 2 Tennoji Branch Line 4 Rolling stock 5 History 5 1 Former connecting lines 6 ReferencesRoute data editLine length 64 2 km 39 9 mi Track quadruple from Namba to Suminoe to Kishinosato Tamade eastern two tracks are for Kōya Line exclusively double from Suminoe to WakayamashiService types editNankai and Kintetsu are the only two private railway operators in Kansai that offer charged Limited Express trains Limited Express Southern 特急サザン Tokkyu Sazan Limited express trains named Southern are operated between Namba and Wakayamashi or Wakayamakō They are operated with 8 car formations and 4 cars of 8 are charged for seat reservation Trains to and from Wakayamakō connect to Nankai Ferry services to and from the Shikoku region Airport Limited Express Rapi t 空港特急ラピート Kukō Tokkyu Rapito Airport limited express trains named Rapi t are operated between Namba and Kansai Airport and exclusively with 50000 series 6 car formations All cars are charged for seat reservation Rapi t a trains stop at only stations marked with S and Rapi t b trains at stations marked with S and S They have been operated since Kansai International Airport opened in 1994 Express 急行 Kyukō Express trains are operated between Namba and Wakayamashi or Wakayamakō before 10 a m and after 4 p m on weekdays and in morning on Saturdays Sundays Holidays and pass Haruki Station They are operated with 6 or 8 car formations The fourth car of 8 car trains for Namba is only for women in the morning until arriving at Tengachaya by 8 30 a m on weekdays Before November 26 2005 operated all day two per hour from 10 a m to 4 p m Airport Express 空港急行 Kukō Kyukō Airport express trains are operated between Namba and Kansai Airport all day and stop at Haruki 4 trains are operated per direction per hour from 10 a m until 4 pm They are operated with 6 or 8 car formations The fourth car of 8 car trains for Namba is only for women in the morning until arriving at Tengachaya by 8 30 a m on weekdays Sub Express 区間急行 Kukan Kyukō Sub express trains are operated between Namba and Hagurazaki Misakikoen or Wakayamashi in the morning evening and night They stop at airport express stations between Namba and Izumisano and every station between Izumisano and Wakayamashi Namba bound trains are operated every morning and weekday rush hours in the evening Semi Express 準急行 Jun Kyukō Semi express trains are operated from Hagurazaki or Haruki to Namba only on weekday mornings Local 普通 Futsu Local trains are operated between Namba and Wakayamashi all day They also return to Namba at Hagurazaki Tarui Misakikōen or Kansai Airport in the rush hours and midnight Only 1 northbound train is operated from Wakayamashi to Hagurazaki in the midnight Trains pass Imamiyaebisu and Haginochaya stations due to absence of platforms on the tracks of the Nankai Line Those stations are served by local trains of the Kōya Line In Japanese railway operation Futsu literally ordinary normal and Kakueki Teisha literally train that stops at every station Kakutei for short are used interchangeably for trains that stop at every station On the Nankai Railway alone however the two words are used for different classes of train The former is for Locals of Nankai Main Line that do not stop at the above two stations while the latter is for Kōya Line trains that do stop there true to the meaning of the Japanese name of the service class Stations editMain Line edit Trains stop Rapi t a trains pass b trains stop At Haruki Express trains marked with a white line makes a stop Trains stop in the off peak hours from January 1 until 3 every year All trains pass Arrows indicate directions Wakayamadaigakumae became one of the Southern stations on October 18 2014 1 Number Station Japanese Distance km Local Semi Express Sub Express Airport Express Express Ltd Exp Southern Ltd Exp Rapi t Transfers LocationNK01 Namba 難波 0 0 Osaka Metro nbsp Midosuji Line M20 nbsp Yotsubashi Line Y15 nbsp Sennichimae Line S16 A Kintetsu Namba Line A01 Osaka Namba nbsp Hanshin Namba Line HS41 Osaka Namba nbsp JR West Kansai Main Line Yamatoji Line JR Q17 JR Namba Chuō ku Osaka Osaka PrefectureNK02 Imamiyaebisu 今宮戎 0 9 Naniwa ku OsakaNK03 Shin Imamiya 新今宮 1 5 JR West nbsp Osaka Loop Line JR O19 nbsp Kansai Main Line Yamatoji Line JR Q19 Osaka Metro Dōbutsuen mae Station nbsp Midosuji Line M22 nbsp Sakaisuji Line K19 nbsp Hankai Tramway Hankai Line HN52 Shin Imamiya Ekimae Station Nishinari ku OsakaNK04 Haginochaya 萩ノ茶屋 2 0 NK05 Tengachaya 天下茶屋 3 0 nbsp Osaka Metro Sakaisuji Line K20 NK06 Kishinosato Tamade 岸里玉出 3 9 nbsp Koya Line nbsp Shiomibashi LineNK07 Kohama 粉浜 5 1 Sumiyoshi ku OsakaNK08 Sumiyoshitaisha 住吉大社 5 7 nbsp Hankai Tramway Uemachi Line HN10 Sumiyoshi Station Hankai Line HN12 Sumiyoshitriimae Station NK09 Suminoe 住ノ江 6 7 Suminoe ku OsakaNK10 Shichidō 七道 8 2 Sakai ku SakaiNK11 Sakai 堺 9 8 NK12 Minato 湊 11 2 NK13 Ishizugawa 石津川 12 7 Nishi ku SakaiNK14 Suwanomori 諏訪ノ森 13 8 NK15 Hamaderakōen 浜寺公園 14 8 nbsp Hankai Tramway Hankai Line HN31 Hamadera Ekimae Station NK16 Hagoromo 羽衣 15 5 nbsp Takashinohama Line JR West Higashi Hagoromo Branch Line Higashi Hagoromo Station TakaishiNK17 Takaishi 高石 17 4 NK18 Kita Sukematsu 北助松 18 5 IzumiōtsuNK19 Matsunohama 松ノ浜 19 5 NK20 Izumiōtsu 泉大津 20 4 NK21 Tadaoka 忠岡 22 3 TadaokaNK22 Haruki 春木 23 7 KishiwadaNK23 Izumi Ōmiya 和泉大宮 25 0 NK24 Kishiwada 岸和田 26 0 NK25 Takojizō 蛸地蔵 26 9 NK26 Kaizuka 貝塚 28 6 Mizuma Railway Mizuma Line KaizukaNK27 Nishikinohama 二色浜 30 4 NK28 Tsuruhara 鶴原 31 3 IzumisanoNK29 Iharanosato 井原里 32 4 NK30 Izumisano 泉佐野 34 0 nbsp Nankai Airport Line Through trains for Kansai Airport are available Through service From Izumisano Local Airport Express Limited Express Rapi t to nbsp Nankai Airport Line for Kansai AirportNK33 Hagurazaki 羽倉崎 36 1 Izumisano Osaka PrefectureNK34 Yoshiminosato 吉見ノ里 37 4 TajiriNK35 Okadaura 岡田浦 38 8 SennanNK36 Tarui 樽井 40 6 NK37 Ozaki 尾崎 43 1 HannanNK38 Tottorinoshō 鳥取ノ荘 44 6 NK39 Hakotsukuri 箱作 46 6 NK40 Tannowa 淡輪 50 2 MisakiNK41 Misaki kōen みさき公園 51 9 nbsp Tanagawa LineNK42 Kyōshi 孝子 56 3 NK43 Wakayamadaigakumae Fujitodai 和歌山大学前 ふじと台 58 0 Wakayama Wakayama PrefectureNK44 Kinokawa 紀ノ川 61 6 nbsp Kada Line Kada Sakana Line NK45 Wakayamashi 和歌山市 64 2 nbsp Wakayamako Line JR West Kisei Main LineThrough service From Wakayamashi Express weekdays only Limited Express Southern to nbsp Wakayamako Line for WakayamakoTennoji Branch Line edit Listed counterclockwise All stations are in the city of Osaka Osaka Prefecture Station Japanese Closed LocationTengachaya 天下茶屋 18 November 1984 Nishinari ku OsakaHikifune 曳舟 1949Imaikecho 今池町 1 April 1993Omondori 大門通 1949Tobitahondori 飛田本通 1 April 1993Tennoji 天王寺 Tennōji ku OsakaRolling stock edit nbsp 50000 series EMU on a rapi t limited express service nbsp 12000 series EMU on a Southern limited express service bound for Wakayamakō9000 series exclusively for Southern non reserved car 8300 series from Autumn 2015 exclusively for Southern non reserved car from December 2020 8000 series exclusively for Southern non reserved car 7100 series exclusively for Southern non reserved car 7000 series until October 2015 2000 series 1000 series 10000 series exclusively for Southern reserved car 12000 series exclusively for Southern reserved car 50000 series exclusively for rapi t 3000 series Semboku 5000 series Semboku 7000 series Semboku 7020 seriesHistory editOne of the oldest private railway lines still existing the 2 ft 9 in 838 mm gauge Namba Yamatogawa since closed section was opened in 1885 by Hankai Railway 阪堺鉄道 Hankai Tetsudō separate from the present day Hankai Tramway 2 The line was extended to Sakai in 1888 and the Namba Sumiyoshitaisha section was duplicated in 1892 In 1897 the then separate Nankai Railway opened the Sakai Sano present day Izumisano section as 1067mm gauge with the Namba Sano section regauged to match and the Sumiyoshitaisha Sano section duplicated the same year The following year the Hankai Co merged with Nankai Railway and the line was extended to Wakayama The present line to Wakayamashi was completed in 1903 and in 1906 the first dining car on a private railway in Japan was introduced on the Wakayama express The duplication of the line extended to Hamaderakoen in 1907 Kaizuka in 1911 Takako in 1915 and to Wakayama in 1922 Electrification at 600 VDC began in 1907 on the section from Namba to Hamaderakōen and was completed in 1911 The voltage was increased to 1500 VDC in 1973 Former connecting lines edit Tengachaya station A 2 km line to Tennoji opened in 1900 In 1933 the line was electrified at 1500 VDC the line closing in 1984 Sakai station A 2 km 1435mm gauge line from Shukuin to Ohama electrified at 600 VDC opened by the BanSakai Electric Railway Co in 1912 and acquired by Nankai in 1914 connected at this station until closed in 1949 Wakayama station A 3 km line to Higashi Matsue on the Nankai Kada Line opened in 1912 The line was electrified at 600 VDC in 1930 and closed in 1955 References editThis article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia 平成26年10月18日 南海本線 空港線のダイヤを変更します Diagram revision of the Nankai Main Line and the Airport Line on October 18 2014 PDF in Japanese Nankai Electric Railway Co Ltd September 2 2014 Retrieved October 7 2014 The Industrial 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