Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line

{{Short description|Railway line in Japan}}

{{Refimprove|date=December 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}}

{{Infobox rail line

|name=Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line

|native_name = 阪急宝塚本線

|native_name_lang = ja

|color = {{rcr|Hankyu|Takarazuka}}

|logo = Number prefix Hankyu Takarazuka line.svg

|logo_width = 25px

|stations=19

|locale=Kansai

|operator=Hankyu Railway

|start=Osaka-umeda

|end=Takarazuka

|depot=Hirai Depot

|stock=

|linelength_km= 24.5

|tracks = Quad (Osaka-umeda - Jūsō)
Double (Jūsō - Takarazuka)

|gauge={{track gauge|Standard}}

|electrification=1,500 V DC, overhead lines

|speed_km/h=100

|map=250px

|image=HK-6000series-1.jpg

|caption=A 6000 series EMU on a "Local" service for Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki

|image_width=300px

}}

{{routemap|collapse=yes|title=Route diagram|map=

exKBHFa\exKBHFa\exKBHFa~~0.3~~Umeda (first)

xKRZh\xKRZh\xKRZh~~ ~~ ~~JR West lines (Tokaido Line (JR Kyoto Line), etc.)

hKBHFa!~KBHFxa\hKBHFa!~KBHFxa\hKBHFa!~KBHFxa~~0.0~~{{STN|Umeda|x||Osaka-umeda}} (second)~~For connections, see below

tHSTq\hKRZt\hKRZt\hKRZt\tSTRq~~ ~~ ~~{{rmri|L}}Osaka Subway Midōsuji Line {{rmri|R}}

\emhKRZ\emhKRZ\emhKRZ\uexSTR+r~~ ~~ ~~Hanshin Kita-Osaka Line

\hSTR\ehBHF\hSTR\uexSTR~~ ~~Chayamachi~~-1926

\hSTR\ehBHF\hSTR\uexSTR~~0.5~~Kitano~~-1926

\hKRZ\hKRZ\hKRZ\uxmKRZo~~ ~~ ~~Umeda Freight Line

\hSTR\hBHF\hBHF\uexBHF~~0.9~~{{STN|Nakatsu|x|Hankyu}}

\hSTR\ehBHF\ehBHF\uexSTRl~~1.3~~Shin-Yodogawa~~-1926

hKRZWe\hKRZWe\hKRZWe~~ ~~ ~~Yodo River

vSTR-\vSTR-ENDEa\dSTR

vSTR-\vSTR\dSTR~~ ~~ ~~returning track for the Kyoto Line

STR\SHI2g+l\SHI2g+r

KRWg+l\KRWgr\STR

XBHF-L\XBHF-M\XBHF-R~~2.4~~{{STN|Jūsō|x}}

STRr\STR\STRl~~ ~~ ~~{{rmri|L}}Hankyu Kyoto Main Line, {{rmri|R}}Hankyū Kōbe Main Line

hSTRa

hKRZ~~ ~~ ~~Hoppō Freight Line of Tōkaidō Main Line

hKRZhu~~ ~~ ~~Sanyō Shinkansen

exKRW+l\exKRWr!~hSTR\~~ ~~Old route~~-2000

exBHF\hBHF\~~4.4~~{{STN|Mikuni|x|Osaka}}

exhKRZWae\hKRZW\~~ ~~ ~~Kanzaki River

exKRWl\exKRW+r!~hSTRe\

BHF~~6.0~~{{STN|Shōnai|x|Osaka}}

BHF~~7.5~~{{STN|Hattori-tenjin|x}}

hSTRa

hBHF~~8.7~~{{STN|Sone|x|Osaka}}

hBHF~~9.5~~{{STN|Okamachi|x}}

hBHF~~10.5~~{{STN|Toyonaka|x}}

hSTRe

\\STR\hSTR+l\hSTR+r~~ ~~ ~~{{rmri|L}}Osaka Monorail Main Line{{rmri|R}}

\\BHF!~HUBaq\hBHF!~HUBeq\KHSTe~~11.9~~{{STN|Hotarugaike|x}}

\\KRZh\hSTRr\FLUG~~ ~~ ~~Itami Airport

KRW+l\KRWgr\

BHF-L\BHF-R\~~13.5~~{{STN|Ishibashi Handai-Mae|x|Osaka}}

KRW+l\KRWr\hSTRa\\~~ ~~ ~~{{rmri|D}}Hankyū Minoo Line

KHSTe\\hSTR\\~~ ~~ ~~{{STN|Minoo|x}}

hBHF~~15.9~~{{STN|Ikeda|x|Osaka}}

hKRZW!~GRZq~~ ~~ ~~Ina River {{rmri|U}}Osaka/Hyogo{{rmri|D}}

\\hSTR\\STR+l~~ ~~ ~~{{rmri|D}}{{rmri|R}}Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line)

hSTRaq\hABZq+r\hABZg+r\\STR~~ ~~ ~~Noseden: {{rmri|L}}Myōken Line

\KBHFxe!~hKBHFe\hBHF\\STR~~17.2~~{{STN|Kawanishi-Noseguchi|x}}

\exSTRl\ehKRZ\exKBHFeq\STR~~ ~~ ~~Kawanishi Kokutetsu-mae -1981

\\hSTR\\BHF~~ ~~ ~~{{STN|Kawanishi-Ikeda|x}}

\\hSTRe\STRc2\STR3

\\eBHF\STR+1\STRc4~~17.8~~Hanayashiki~~-1962

\BHF\STR~~18.2~~{{STN|Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki|x}}

\eBHF\STR~~18.3~~Hibarigaoka~~-1961

\\ABZgl\KRZu\KDSTeq~~Hirai depot

\eBHF\LSTR~~19.4~~Hirai~~-1944

\BHF\LSTR~~19.7~~{{STN|Yamamoto|x|Hyōgo}} (2)~~1944-

\eBHF\LSTR~~20.2~~Yamamoto (1)~~-1944

\BHF\LSTR~~21.5~~{{STN|Nakayama-kannon|x}}

\BHF\LSTR~~22.4~~{{STN|Mefu-Jinja|x}}

\BHF\LSTR~~23.3~~{{STN|Kiyoshikōjin|x}}

\hSTRa\LSTR

STR+l\hKRZ\STRr

STR\hABZg+l\hSTRq~~ ~~ ~~Hankyū Imazu Line{{rmri|R}}

BHF\hKBHFe\~~24.5~~{{STN|Takarazuka|x}}

|map2-collapsible=yes|map2-collapse=yes|map2-title=Connections at Umeda|map2=

hSTR+r\\~~ ~~ ~~{{rmri|L}}Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line)

hSTR\tSTR\~~ ~~ ~~Osaka Subway {{rmri|U}}{{rmri|D}}Tanimachi Line

hABZg+l\tKRZh\~~ ~~ ~~Osaka Loop Line{{rmri|R}}

hKBHFeq\hSTR\tSTRl\tBHFq\tSTRr~~ ~~{{rmri|L}}Hankyu: Umeda~~/{{rmri|R}}Osaka Subway: {{STN|Higashi-Umeda|x}}

\hKRZt\tBHFq\tSTRq\tKRZtu~~ ~~ ~~Osaka Subway {{rmri|L}}Midōsuji Line{{rmri|R}} (Umeda)

\hBHF\tKBHFa\\tBHF~~ ~~ ~~{{rmri|L}}{{rmri|L}}{{STN|Ōsaka|x}}, {{rmri|R}}{{STN|Kitashinchi|x}}/Hanshin: {{rmri|L}}Umeda

\ehKRZt\etKRZt\tKBHFxaq\tKRZtu~~ ~~ ~~Osaka Subway Yotsubashi Line{{rmri|R}} ({{STN|Nishi-Umeda|x}})

\hSTR\tSTR\\tSTR~~ ~~ ~~(extension planned)

\hABZgr\tSTR\\tSTR~~ ~~ ~~{{rmri|L}}Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line, JR Takarazuka Line)

\hSTR\tSTR\\tSTR~~ ~~ ~~{{rmri|U}}{{rmri|D}}JR Tōzai Line

hSTR\tSTR\~~ ~~ ~~{{rmri|D}}Hanshin Main Line

hSTRl\\~~ ~~ ~~Osaka Loop Line{{rmri|R}}

}}

The {{Nihongo|Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line|阪急宝塚本線|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.{{fact|date=July 2020}}

The Takarazuka Main Line is commonly called the {{Nihongo|Takarazuka Line|宝塚線|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.{{fact|date=July 2020}}

The line has numerous sharp curves from the line's origins as a tramway, built and opened by its predecessor {{Nihongo|Minoo Arima Electric Tramway|箕面有馬電気軌道|Minoo Arima Denki Kido}}. The sharp curves have long hindered high speed operation, contrasting to the Hankyu's other main lines, Kobe and Kyoto.{{fact|date=July 2020}}

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.{{Cite journal|title=阪急宝塚線の歴史過程|author=Miki, Masafumi|journal=The Railway Pictorial|date=March 2015|issue=901|language=ja|publisher=Denkisha Kenkyūkai Tetsudōtosho Kankōkai|page=10}}

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.

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. Small cars were eliminated in December 1963.{{Cite journal|title=宝塚線 車両・運転のエピソード|author=Shinohara, Susumu|journal=The Railway Pictorial|date=March 2015|issue=901|language=ja|publisher=Denkisha Kenkyūkai Tetsudōtosho Kankōkai|page=56}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Hankyu Corporation |date=2022-10-12 |title=2022年12月17日(土)初発より 阪急全線(神戸線・宝塚線・京都線)でダイヤ改正を実施 |url=https://www.hankyu-hanshin.co.jp/release/docs/dd2e3f9dbc4759095b47e378f4d54e59336a79ac.pdf |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=Hankyu Railway}}

Following the elevation work of Kawanishi-Noseguchi Station, through services to Nose Electric Railway began on 17 November 1997.{{Cite web|url=http://noseden.hankyu.co.jp/company/chronicle03.html|title=沿革・年譜|author=Nose Electric Railway Co., Ltd.|access-date=1 March 2015}}

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.{{Cite news|url=http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/13557394/|title=阪急電鉄、伊丹空港への乗り入れを検討か 大阪・梅田と直通 - ライブドアニュース|work=ライブドアニュース|access-date=2018-09-28|language=ja-JP}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.itmedia.co.jp/business/articles/1804/20/news050.html|title=「40年で黒字」が難しい、阪急・大阪空港線 どうすれば実現できるか (1/4)|work=ITmedia ビジネスオンライン|access-date=2018-09-27|language=ja}}

Service patterns

As of 17 December 2022

;{{Nihongo|Local|普通|Futsū}}

:All-stations service

;{{Nihongo|Semi-Express|準急|Junkyū}}

:Operated on weekday mornings from Takarazuka to Osaka-Umeda

;{{Nihongo|Express|急行|Kyūkō}}

;{{Nihongo|Commuter Limited Express|通勤特急|Tsūkin Tokkyū}}

:Operated on weekday mornings from Kawanishi-Noseguchi to Osaka-Umeda. The last car (Kawanishi side) is only for women.

;{{Nihongo|Limited Express|特急日生エクスプレス|Tokkyū Nissei Express}}

:From Nissei-Chūō on Nose Electric Railway to Umeda in the morning and vice versa on weekday evenings.

Stations

  • ● : Trains stop.
  • | : Trains pass.
  • ↑: Trains pass only in one direction.

class="wikitable"
No.

!Station

!Japanese

!style="background:#cf9;"|Semi-Express

!style="background:#fc9;"|Express

!style="background:#fb7;"|Commuter Limited Express

!style="background:#fcc;"|Limited Express(Nissei Express)

!Connections

!colspan="2"|Location

HK-01

|{{STN|Osaka-umeda|x}}

|大阪梅田

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"|●

|style="text-align: left; "|

|rowspan="2"|Kita-ku, Osaka

|rowspan="12"|Osaka Prefecture

HK-02

|{{STN|Nakatsu|x|Hankyu}}

|中津

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|↑

|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"||

|

HK-03

|{{STN|Jūsō|x}}

|十三

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"|●

|style="text-align: left; "|

|rowspan="2"|Yodogawa-ku, Osaka

HK-41

|{{STN|Mikuni|x|Osaka}}

|三国

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|↑

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|↑

|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"||

|rowspan="6"|

HK-42

|{{STN|Shōnai|x|Osaka}}

|庄内

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|↑

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|↑

|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"||

|rowspan="6"|Toyonaka

HK-43

|{{STN|Hattori-tenjin|x}}

|服部天神

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|↑

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|↑

|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"||

HK-44

|{{STN|Sone|x|Osaka}}

|曽根

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|↑

|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"||

HK-45

|{{STN|Okamachi|x}}

|岡町

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"||

|style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|↑

|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"||

HK-46

|{{STN|Toyonaka|x}}

|豊中

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"||

HK-47

|{{STN|Hotarugaike|x}}

|蛍池

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|↑

|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"||

|style="text-align: left; "|

HK-48

|{{STN|Ishibashi handai-mae|x}}

|石橋阪大前

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"|●

|style="text-align: left; "|

|rowspan="2"|Ikeda

HK-49

|{{STN|Ikeda|x|Osaka}}

|池田

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"|●

|

HK-50

|{{STN|Kawanishi-noseguchi|x}}

|川西能勢口

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"|●

|style="text-align: left; "|

|Kawanishi

|rowspan="7"|Hyōgo Prefecture

HK-51

|{{STN|Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki|x}}

|雲雀丘花屋敷

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"|●

|rowspan="6"|

|rowspan="6"|

|rowspan="5"|

|rowspan="6"|Takarazuka

HK-52

|{{STN|Yamamoto|x|Hyogo}}

|山本
(平井)

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"|●

HK-53

|{{STN|Nakayama-kannon|x}}

|中山観音

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"|●

HK-54

|{{STN|Mefu-Jinja|x}}

|売布神社

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"|●

HK-55

|{{STN|Kiyoshikōjin|x}}

|清荒神

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"|●

HK-56

|{{STN|Takarazuka|x|Hankyu}}

|宝塚
(宝塚大劇場前)

|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●

|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"|●

|style="text-align: left; "|

colspan="3" |Through service:

| colspan="7" |From Kawanishi-Noseguchi: Limited Express trains to/from 20px Nose Railway Myoken & Nissei Lines for Nissei-Chuo

Rolling stock

  • 1000 series EMU (from 28 November 2013){{cite web |url= http://umeda.keizai.biz/headline/1724/|script-title=ja:阪急電鉄、新型車両1000系営業運転開始-ファンに見守られ梅田駅出発|trans-title= New Hankyu 1000 series trains enter service - Departure from Umeda Station seen off by railfans|date= 28 November 2013|work= Umeda Keizai Shimbun|publisher= Riccrea, Inc.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 5 December 2013}}
  • 2000 series EMU (from 24 February 2025){{Cite web |date=2025-02-24 |title= |script-title=ja:阪急2000系が宝塚線で営業運転を開始 |trans-title=Hankyu 2000 series enters revenue service on the Takarazuka Line |url=https://railf.jp/news/2025/02/24/183500.html |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |publisher=Koyusha Co., Ltd. |language=ja |publication-place=Japan}}
  • 5100 series EMU
  • 6000 series EMU
  • 7000 series EMU
  • 8000 series EMU
  • 9000 series EMU
  • Nose Electric Railway 6000 series EMU

File:Hankyu1000II.JPG|1000 series, December 2013

File:Noseden 6000 umeda.JPG|Nose Electric Railway 6000 series, August 2014

=Former=

References

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

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