Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line

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The Template:Nihongo 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.Template:Fact

The Takarazuka Main Line is commonly called the Template:Nihongo for short, but the name Takarazuka Line is sometimes used as the name for the network composed of the main line and the branches.Template:Fact

The line has numerous sharp curves from the line's origins as a tramway, built and opened by its predecessor Template:Nihongo. The sharp curves have long hindered high speed operation, contrasting to the Hankyu's other main lines, Kobe and Kyoto.Template:Fact

History

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.<ref name=miki>Template:Cite journal</ref>

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.<ref name=miki/>

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.<ref name=miki/> Small cars were eliminated in December 1963.<ref name=shinohara>Template:Cite journal</ref> 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.<ref name=shinohara/><ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Following the elevation work of Kawanishi-Noseguchi Station, through services to Nose Electric Railway began on 17 November 1997.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Service patterns

As of 11 June 2025<ref name=":1" />

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All-stations service
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Operated on weekday mornings from Takarazuka to Osaka-Umeda
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Operated on weekday evenings from Osaka-Umeda to Takarazuka
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Operated on weekday mornings from Kawanishi-Noseguchi to Osaka-Umeda. The last car (Kawanishi side) is only for women.
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From Nissei-Chūō on Nose Electric Railway to Umeda in the morning and vice versa on weekday evenings.

Stations

  • ● : 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 Template:STN 大阪梅田 ● ● ● ● Kita-ku, Osaka Osaka Prefecture
HK-02 Template:STN 中津 ● | ↑ |
HK-03 Template:STN 十三 ● ● ● ● Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
HK-41 Template:STN 三国 ↑ | ↑ |
HK-42 Template:STN 庄内 ↑ | ↑ | Toyonaka
HK-43 Template:STN 服部天神 ↑ | ↑ |
HK-44 Template:STN 曽根 ● | ↑ |
HK-45 Template:STN 岡町 ● | ↑ |
HK-46 Template:STN 豊中 ● ● ● |
HK-47 Template:STN 蛍池 ● ● ↑ |
HK-48 Template:STN 石橋阪大前 ● ● ● ● Ikeda
HK-49 Template:STN 池田 ● ● ● ●
HK-50 Template:STN 川西能勢口 ● ● ● ● Kawanishi Hyōgo Prefecture
HK-51 Template:STN 雲雀丘花屋敷 ● ● Takarazuka
HK-52 Template:STN 山本
(平井) 		● ●
HK-53 Template:STN 中山観音 ● ●
HK-54 Template:STN 売布神社 ● ●
HK-55 Template:STN 清荒神 ● ●
HK-56 Template:STN 宝塚
(宝塚大劇場前) 		● ●
Through service: From Kawanishi-Noseguchi: Limited Express trains to/from File:Number prefix Nose Railway line.svg Nose Railway Myoken & Nissei Lines for Nissei-Chuo

Rolling stock

  • 1000 series EMU (from 28 November 2013)<ref name="umeda201311286">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2000 series EMU (from 24 February 2025)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Former

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia Template:Reflist Template:Osaka transit Template:Hankyu Takarazuka Line

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