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The Uemachi Line (上町線, Uemachi-sen?) is a tramway line of the Hankai Tramway in Osaka, Japan.
[edit] History
- September 20, 1900 - Osaka Horse Rail Co. (大阪馬車鉄道, Osaka Basha Tetsudo) from Tennoji-nishimon-mae to Higashi-Tengachaya is opened.
- November 29, 1900 - The line is extended from Higashi-Tengachaya to Kamisumiyoshi (Present: Kaminoki).
- December 27, 1902 - The line is extended from Kamisumiyoshi to Shimosumiyoshi (Later: Sumiyoshijinja-mae, Present: Sumiyoshi).
- 1907 - Renamed "Osaka Densha Rail Co." (大阪電車鉄道), then "Naniwa Densha Tram Co." (浪速電車軌道).
- December 24, 1909 - Nankai Railway merges Naniwa Densha Tram, then becomes the Uemachi Line.
- 1911 - Through operation to Osaka Shiden starts.
- January 12, 1912 - Through operation to Osaka Shiden ends.
- July 12, 1913 - The Uemachi Line is extended from Sumiyoshijinja-mae to Sumiyoshi (Present: Sumiyoshikoen).
- December 24, 1921 - The Uemachi Line from Tennoji-nishimon to Tennoji-eki-mae becomes the line of Osaka Shiden.
- June 1, 1944 - Kansai Kyuko Railway and Nankai Railway are united and becomes Kintetsu Corporation.
- June 1, 1947 - Kintetsu devides rails of the former Nankai Lines to Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd., and the Uemachi Line becomes one of the lines of the Osaka Tram Line
- December 1, 1980 - The Uemachi Line becomes a tramway line of Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd.
[edit] Operations
- Trams are operated between Tennoji-eki-mae and Sumiyoshikoen or between Tennoji-eki-mae and Abikomichi on the Hankai Line.
[edit] Stations
| current section |
Tennoji-eki-mae - Tokiwadōri - Abeno - Nakamichi - Matsumushi - Higashi-Tengachaya - Kitabatake - Himematsu - Tezukayama Sanchōme - Tezukayama Yonchōme - Kaminoki - Sumiyoshi - Sumiyoshikōen |
| dealt section to Osaka City (later abandoned) |
| Tennōji (near Shitennō-ji) - Chausuyama - Kōen-higashimon |
| abandoned section |
| Kōen-higashimon - Tennoji-eki-mae |
[edit] Connections
