Nankai Main Line

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The Nankai Main Line (南海本線, Nankai Honsen^?) is the railroad route of Nankai Electric Railway connecting Osaka, Sakai, Kishiwada, Izumisano, Misaki, and Wakayama. The name of the line is not "the Main Line" but "the Nankai Main Line". Lines connected to the Nankai Main Lane (the Kōya Line and the Airport Line are excluded) are named generically "the Nankai Line (南海線, Nankai Sen^?)". The line is informed with the mark of the wave and the line color is blue.

[edit] Operations

In addition to the "Southern" operated between Namba and Wakayamashi or Wakayamakō as the trains connecting to the Shikoku area, the "rapi:t" and airport Express have been operated between Namba and Kansai Airport since Kansai International Airport opened in 1994.

■Limited Express (特急)

In the day time, Limited Express trains are operated between Namba and Wakayamashi. The trains stop at the same stations as the Southern Limited Express trains. There are no seat reservations.

■Express (急行)

Express trains are not operated from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on weekdays, but in the early morning on Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, and Obon days, and up Express trains in the early morning and midnight. Half of the trains are the through trains to the Wakayamako Line. Some of the trains consist of six or eight cars. The fourth car of trains consisting of eight cars is only for women in the morning rush hours.

Before November 26, 2005, they were operated all day, and two trains were operated per hour from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

■Airport Express (空港急行)

All day, Airport Express trains are operated between Namba on the Nankai Line and Kansai Airport on the Airoport Line. Two trains are operated per hour from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

■Sub. Express (区間急行)

All day, Sub Express trains are operated between Namba and Hagurasaki, Misakikoen, or Wakayamashi. They are operated between Namba and Misakikoen from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and between Namba and Hagurasaki or Wakayamashi in the rush hours.

■Semi-Express (準急)

They are operated from Hagurasaki or Haruki to Namba in the morning rush hours.

■Local (普通)

All day, Local trains are operated between Namba and Wakayamashi or Kansai Airport. In the rush hours and at night, trains also return at Hagurasaki, Tarui, or Misakikoen.

[edit] Rolling stock

• 7000 series
• 9000 series
• 1000 series
• 10000 series Used on "Southern" services.
• 50000 series Used on "rapi:t" services.

[edit] List of stations

●: stop, ▲: some trains stop, ｜: pass, ∥: Trains do not run between the section

Limited express (left column): Southern (サザン) and limited express without reserved seats (自由席特急).

Limited express (Right column): rapi:t α trains stop at only stations marked with ●, and rapi:t β trains at stations marked with ● and ▲.

Station name	Distance	Local (普通)	Semi-Express (準急)	Sub. Express (区間急行)	Airport Express (空港急行)	Express (急行)	Limited Express (特急)	Limited Express (特急)	Connections	Location
Nankai Main Line
Namba Station	0.0	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	Osaka Municipal Subway: Midosuji Line, Sennichimae Line, Yotsubashi Line Kintetsu: Namba Line(Kintetsu Namba Station) Hanshin Electric Railway: Nishi Osaka Line(Kintetsu Namba Station, opening in spring 2009) JR West: Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) (JR Namba Station)	Chuo-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
Imamiyaebisu Station	0.9	|	|	|	|	|	|	|		Naniwa-ku, Osaka
Shin-Imamiya Station	1.4	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	JR West: Osaka Loop Line, Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) Osaka Municipal Subway: Midosuji Line, Sakaisuji Line(Dobutsuen-mae Station) Hankai Electric Tramway: Hankai Line (Minamikasumicho Station)	Nishinari-ku, Osaka
Haginochaya Station	2.0	|	|	|	|	|	|	|
Tengachaya Station	3.0	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	Osaka Municipal Subway: Sakaisuji Line
Kishinosato-Tamade Station	3.9	●	|	|	|	|	|	|	Nankai Electric Railway: Koya Line
Kohama Station	5.1	●	|	|	|	|	|	|		Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
Sumiyoshitaisha Station	5.7	●	|	|	|	|	|	|	Hankai Tramway: Uemachi Line(Sumiyoshikoen Station), Hankai Line (Sumiyoshi-Toriimae Station)
Suminoe Station	6.7	●	|	|	|	|	|	|		Suminoe-ku, Osaka
Shichido Station	8.2	●	|	|	|	|	|	|		Sakai-ku, Sakai
Sakai Station	9.8	●	●	●	●	●	●	▲
Minato Station	11.2	●	●	|	|	|	|	|
Ishizugawa Station	12.7	●	●	|	|	|	|	|		Nishi-ku, Sakai
Suwanomori Station	13.8	●	●	|	|	|	|	|
Hamaderakoen Station	14.8	●	●	|	|	|	|	|	Hankai Electric Tramway: Hankai Line(Hamadera-eki-mae Station)
Hagoromo Station	15.5	●	●	●	●	●	|	|	Nankai Electric Railway: Nankai Takashinohama Line JR West: Hanwa Line(Higashi-Hagoromo Station)	Takaishi
Takaishi Station	17.4	●	●	|	|	|	|	|
Kita-Sukematsu Station	18.5	●	●	|	|	|	|	|		Izumiotsu
Matsunohama Station	19.4	●	●	|	|	|	|	|
Izumiotsu Station	20.4	●	●	●	●	●	|	|
Tadaoka Station	22.3	●	●	|	|	|	|	|		Tadaoka
Haruki Station	23.7	●	●	●	●	|	|	|		Kishiwada
Izumi-Omiya Stadtion	25.0	●	●	|	|	|	|	|
Kishiwada Station	26.0	●	●	●	●	●	●	▲
Takojizo Station	26.9	●	●	|	|	|	|	|
Kaizuka Station	28.6	●	●	●	●	●	|	|	Mizuma Railway: Mizuma Line	Kaizuka
Nishikinohama Station	30.4	●	●	|	|	|	|	|
Tsuruhara Station	31.3	●	●	|	|	|	|	|		Izumisano
Iharanosato Station	32.4	●	●	|	|	|	|	|
Izumisano Station	34.0	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	Nankai Electric Railway: Airport Line
Airport Line
Rinku Town Station	35.9	●	∥	∥	●	∥	∥	●	JR West:Kansai Airport Line	Izumisano	Osaka Prefecture
Kansai Airport Station	42.8	●	∥	∥	●	∥	∥	●		Tajiri
Nankai Main Line
Hagurazaki Station	36.1	●	●	●		|	|			Izumisano	Osaka Prefecture
Yoshiminosato Station	37.4	●		●		|	|			Tajiri
Okadaura Station	38.8	●		●		|	|			Sennan
Tarui Station	40.6	●		●		|	|
Ozaki Station	43.1	●		●		●	●			Hannan
Tottorinosho Stadtion	44.6	●		●		|	|
Hakotsukuri Station	46.6	●		●		|	|
Tannowa Station	50.2	●		●		|	|			Misaki
Misakikoen Station	51.9	●		●		●	●		Nankai Electric Railway: Tanagawa Line
Kyoshi Station	56.3	●		●		|	|
Wakayamadaigakumae Station (tentative name)	-									Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture
Kinokawa Station	61.6	●		●		|	|		Nankai Electric Railway: Kada Line
Wakayamashi Station	64.2	●		●		●	●		Nankai Electric Railway: Wakayamako Line JR West: Kisei Main Line
Wakayamako Line
Wakayamako Station	67.0					●	●			Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture