Sakaisuji Line
{{short description|Metro line in Osaka prefecture, Japan}}
{{Refimprove|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox rail line
| box_width =
| name = Osaka Metro Sakaisuji Line
| native_name = 堺筋線
| native_name_lang = ja
| linenumber = 6
| color = {{rcr|Osaka Metro|6}}
| mapcolor = {{rcb|Osaka Metro|K|box}} (#{{rcr|Osaka Metro|K}})
| logo = Osaka Metro Sakaisuji line symbol.svg
| logo_width = 50
| image = Osaka Subway 66603 at Ibaraki-shi Station.JPG
| image_width = 300px
| caption = A refurbished Sakaisuji Line 66 series EMU in January 2016
| type = Rapid transit
| system = {{ric|Osaka Metro|name=y}}
| status =
| locale = Osaka
| start = {{STN|Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme|x}}
| end = {{STN|Tengachaya|x}}
| stations = 10
| routes =
| daily_ridership =
| open = {{start date and age|1969|12|06|df=y}}
| lastextension = {{start date and age|1993|03|04|df=y}}
| close =
| owner = Osaka Metro (2018–present)
Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (1969–2018)
| operator =
| character =
| depot = Higashi-Suita (located on Hankyu Senri Line)
| stock = {{plainlist|
- Osaka Municipal Subway 66 series
- Hankyu 1300 series
- Hankyu 3300 series
- Hankyu 5300 series
- Hankyu 7300 series
- Hankyu 8300 series
|}}
| linelength_km = 8.1
| tracklength_km = 8.5
| tracks = Double-track
| gauge = {{RailGauge|sg|allk=on}}
| electrification = {{1,500 V DC}} (overhead line)
| speed = {{cvt|70|km/h|mph|round=5|abbr=on}}
| signalling = Automatic closing block
| trainprotection = WS-ATC
| elevation =
| map = frameless
| map_state =
}}
{{Sakaisuji Line}}
The {{Nihongo|Osaka Metro Sakaisuji Line|堺筋線|Sakaisuji-sen}} is an underground rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, operated by Osaka Metro. Its official name is {{nihongo|Rapid Electric Tramway Line No. 6|高速電気軌道第6号線}}, and in MLIT publications, it is written as {{nihongo|Line No. 6 (Sakaisuji Line)|6号線（堺筋線）}}.
The Sakaisuji Line is unique in the Osaka Metro system in that despite being regulated as a tramway under the Railway Business Act like the other lines, the line was constructed as an extension of a line governed as a railway, specifically the Hankyu Senri Line, to which the Sakaisuji Line connects to at its northern end at Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme Station. Through services using both Osaka Municipal Subway and Hankyu rolling stock operates to and from the Senri Line and Arashiyama Line via the Kyoto Main Line.{{cite news|script-title=ja:【阪急＋大阪市】阪急電鉄嵐山線と大阪市営地下鉄堺筋線との初の直通運転|url=http://rail.hobidas.com/rmn/archives/2009/05/post_173.html|access-date=7 August 2014|work=Tetsudo Hobidas|date=18 May 2009|language=ja|ref=阪急＋大阪市}}{{cite news|title=天下茶屋－河原町間に直通電車 ５月から土日祝日に|url=http://www.asahi.com/kansai/travel/news/OSK201102220012.html|access-date=7 August 2014|work=Asahi Shimbun|date=22 February 2011|ref=天下茶屋－河原町}}
History
The Sakaisuji Line was first envisioned in the Urban Transportation Council Report No. 3 (1958) as an underground line running from Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme to Tenma via Sakaisuji and Dobutsuen-mae, and it was to be operated by Hankyu Railway instead of the Osaka prefectural government. In 1963, the Urban Transportation Council Report No. 7 (1963) recommended that the southern terminus of the Sakaisuji Line be at Tengachaya instead of Tenma.
Later unrealised plans for the Sakaisuji Line included two separate extensions to Nakamozu and Sugimotochō, and at one point it was envisioned that through-services between the standard-gauge Hankyu Railway and the narrow-gauge Nankai Railway would be realised by connecting them together with the Sakaisuji Line through the use of dual gauge tracks, however that plan was abandoned due to the different electrification systems used by Hankyu and Nankai.鉄道ピクトリアル増刊2008年8月号南海電気鉄道{{page needed|date=December 2014}}
The Sakaisuji Line opened on December 6, 1969 between Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme and Dōbutsuen-mae,{{Cite web |date=7 December 2019 |title=堺筋線・阪急京都線の相互直通開始50周年記念列車運転 |url=https://railf.jp/news/2019/12/07/203000.html |url-status= |access-date=1 February 2024 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |language=ja}} at which point the previous ground-level southern terminal of the Hankyu Senri Line at Tenjinbashi was closed.{{cn|date=November 2017}} The line was extended from Dōbutsuen-mae to Tengachaya on 4 March 1993, as a metro-based replacement of the former Nankai Tennoji Branch Line which closed at the same time.{{cn|date=May 2017}}
Stations
Station numbers on the Sakaisuji Line (excluding Hankyu-operated stations) are indicated by the letter "K".
The seasonal Limited Express service known as "Hozu" (operated by Hankyu between Tengachaya and Arashiyama) stops at the stations with a "●", while other trains (local trains, Sakaisuji Semi-Express trains, and trains to {{STN|Kawaramachi|x|Kyoto}}) stop at every station.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
All stations are in Osaka.
| class="wikitable"
!No. !Japanese !Distance (km) ! style="background: #FFA5C6; " |Seasonal !Transfers !Location |
| colspan="3" |Hankyu through services:
| colspan="4" |From Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme: to {{STN|Kita-Senri|x}} on the 20x20px Senri Line to {{STN|Arashiyama|x|Hankyu}} on the 20x20px Arashiyama Line via Awaji and Katsura (seasonal; Hozu services only) |
|---|
| {{OMSN|K|11}}
|{{STN|Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme|x}} | 天神橋筋六丁目 | 0.0 | style="text-align:center; background: #FFA5C6" |● |{{ric|Osaka Metro|t|name=y}} (T18) 20x20px Hankyu Senri Line (Through service) | rowspan="3" |Kita-ku |
| {{OMSN|K|12}}
|{{STN|Ōgimachi|x|Osaka|Ōgimachi}} | 扇町 | 0.7 | style="text-align:center; background: #FFA5C6" | |{{rcb|JR West|Osaka|route}} {{lnl|JR West|Osaka}} ({{STN|Temma|x}}, JR-O10) |
| {{OMSN|K|13}}
|{{STN|Minami-morimachi|x}} | 南森町 | 1.3 | style="text-align:center; background: #FFA5C6" | |{{plainlist|
}} |
| {{OMSN|K|14}}
|{{STN|Kitahama|x|Osaka|Kitahama}} | 北浜 | 2.1 | style="text-align:center; background: #FFA5C6" | |File:Number_prefix_Keihan_lines.svg Keihan Main Line (KH02) File:Number_prefix_Keihan_lines.svg Keihan Nakanoshima Line ({{STN|Naniwabashi|x}}, KH51) | rowspan="4" |Chūō-ku |
| {{OMSN|K|15}}
|{{STN|Sakaisuji-Hommachi|x}} | 堺筋本町 | 3.0 | style="text-align:center; background: #FFA5C6" | |{{ric|Osaka Metro|c|name=y}} (C17) |
| {{OMSN|K|16}}
|{{STN|Nagahoribashi|x}} | 長堀橋 | 4.0 | style="text-align:center; background: #FFA5C6" | |{{ric|Osaka Metro|n|name=y}} (N16) |
| {{OMSN|K|17}}
|{{STN|Nippombashi|x}} | 日本橋 | 4.9 | style="text-align:center; background: #FFA5C6" |● |{{ric|Osaka Metro|s|name=y}} (S17) |
| {{OMSN|K|18}}
|{{STN|Ebisuchō|x|Osaka|Ebisuchō}} | 恵美須町 | 5.9 | style="text-align:center; background: #FFA5C6" | |20x20px Hankai Line (HN51) |
| {{OMSN|K|19}}
|{{STN|Dobutsuen-mae|x}} | 動物園前 | 6.6 | style="text-align:center; background: #FFA5C6" | |{{plainlist|
}} | rowspan="2" |Nishinari-ku |
| {{OMSN|K|20}}
|{{STN|Tengachaya|x}} | 天下茶屋 | 8.1 | style="text-align:center; background: #FFA5C6" |● |{{plainlist|
}} |
Rolling stock
The Sakaisuji Line is the first Osaka subway line to use overhead lines instead of third rail for power collection. All trains are based at Higashi-Suita Depot located on the Hankyu Senri Line.
=Current=
- Osaka Municipal Subway 66 series (since 1993)
- Hankyu 1300 series (since 2014)
- Hankyu 3300 series (since 1969)
- Hankyu 5300 series (since 1979)
- Hankyu 7300 series (since 1989)
- Hankyu 8300 series (since 1989)
=Former=
- Osaka Municipal Subway 60 series (1969–2003)
See also
References
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{{Osaka transit}}
Category:Railway lines opened in 1969