Hanwa Line

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Hanwa Line
Local train (205 Series EMU)
Local train (205 Series EMU)
Locale Osaka Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture
Dates of operation 1929–present
Track gauge 1,067 mm / 3 ft 6 in
(narrow gauge)
Hanwa Line (JNR103)
Hanwa Line (JNR103)

The Hanwa Line (阪和線 Hanwa-sen?) is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company. It runs between Osaka and Wakayama, Japan on the 61.3 km.

It was built in 1929 and operated by the Hanwa Electric Railway Company until 1940, when it was merged into Nankai Railway (predecessor of Nankai Electric Railway) and became the Yamanote Line of Nankai. The Yamanote Line was then nationalized in 1944 and named Hanwa Line.

When Kansai International Airport opened in 1994, the Hanwa Line became one of the main railway links between the city and the airport (along with the Nankai Main Line).

JR West plans to offer through service to the Osaka Higashi Line upon the new line's completion in 2012.

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[edit] Trains

The terminus of the line in Osaka is Tennōji Station in Tennōji-ku where most of commuter trains on the line originate and terminate. However, many intercity limited express and rapid trains extend to the Osaka Loop Line beyond Tennōji.

The terminus in Wakayama is Wakayama Station. Some trains from Osaka terminate before Wakayama and some spur off to Kansai Airport Station on the Kansai Airport Line from Hineno Station. Tracks are connected to the Kisei Main Line and some trains continue thereto.

The Hagoromo Branch Line (羽衣支線 Hagoromo-shisen?), also called the Hagoromo Line (羽衣線 Hagoromo-sen?) or the Higashi-Hagoromo Branch Line (東羽衣支線 Higashi-Hagoromo-shisen?), between Ōtori Station and Higashi-Hagoromo Station, is officially a part of the Hanwa Line. On the 1.7 km branch, only local shuttle trains operate.

[edit] Limited express trains

Hanwa Line segment in bold

[edit] Commuter trains

Makes every stop on the line
  • Kishuji Rapid Service: Kyobashi - Wakayama
Runs on Osaka Loop Line from Kyobashi to Tennoji via Osaka, before entering Hanwa Line at Tennoji. Makes rapid service stops throughout its route.
  • Kansai Airport Rapid Service: Kyobashi/Tennoji - Hineno - Kansai Airport
Often runs in tandem with Kishuji Rapid between Kyobashi/Tennoji and Hineno before splitting off and making every stop on the Kansai Airport Line.
  • Through Rapid Service: Osaka Loop Line - Tennoji - Wakayama/Kansai Airport
Runs during morning rush hour on weekdays, Makes rapid service stops throughout its route and every stop on the Osaka Loop Line.
  • Rapid Service: Tennoji - Wakayama
Runs entirely in Hanwa Line, except in mornings and nights with extended service to Kisei Main Line.And extended service to Shin-Osaka is suspended in 2007
In Hanwa Line, Rapid Service stops at Tennōji, Sakaishi, Mikunigaoka, Ōtori, Izumi-Fuchū, Higashi-Kishiwada, Kumatori, Hineno, Izumi-Sunagawa, Kii, Musota, and Wakayama stations.
  • Hanwa Liner: Tennoji - Wakayama
This rapid service is seat reserved and runs at morning and night.
  • B-Rapid Service: Tennoji - Wakayama
Runs mainly in early mornings and late nights, with rapid service stops from Tennoji to Kumatori, then local stops to Wakayama.This service is suspended in 2007.
  • Regional Rapid Service: Tennoji - Wakayama
Runs mainly during morning rush hour, with rapid service stops from Tennoji to Otori, then local stops to Wakayama.

[edit] Stations

[edit] Hanwa Line

Station Transfers Location
Through trains from Shin-Osaka and Kyobashi via Osaka Loop Line
Tennōji 天王寺 JR West: Osaka Loop Line, Yamatoji Line
Osaka Municipal Subway: Midosuji Line, Tanimachi Line
Kintetsu: Minami-Osaka Line
Hankai Tramway: Hankai Line		 Tennoji-ku,
Osaka		 Osaka
Prefecture
Bishōen 美章園 Abeno-ku,
Osaka
Minami-Tanabe 南田辺
Tsurugaoka 鶴ヶ丘
Nagai 長居 Osaka Municipal Subway: Midosuji Line Sumiyoshi-ku,
Osaka
Abikochō 我孫子町
Sugimotochō 杉本町
Asaka 浅香 Sakai-ku,
Sakai
Sakaishi 堺市
Mikunigaoka 三国ヶ丘 Nankai: Koya Line
Mozu 百舌鳥
Uenoshiba 上野芝 Nishi-ku,
Sakai
Tsukuno 津久野
Ōtori 鳳 JR West: Hagoromo Branch Line (see below)
Tonoki 富木 Takaishi
Kita-Shinoda 北信太 Izumi
Shinodayama 信太山
Izumi-Fuchū 和泉府中
Kumeda 久米田 Kishiwada
Shimomatsu 下松
Higashi-Kishiwada 東岸和田
Higashi-Kaizuka 東貝塚 Kazuika
Izumi-Hashimoto 和泉橋本
Higashi-Sano 東佐野 Izumisano
Kumatori 熊取 Kumatori
Hineno 日根野 JR West: Kansai Airport Line Izumisano
Through trains to Kansai Airport via Kansai Airport Line
Nagataki 長滝 Izumisano Osaka
Prefecture
Shinge 新家 Sennan
Izumi-Sunagawa 和泉砂川
Izumi-Tottori 和泉鳥取 Hannan
Yamanakadani 山中渓
Kii 紀伊 Wakayama Wakayama
Prefecture
Musota 六十谷
Kii-Nakanoshima 紀伊中ノ島
Wakayama 和歌山 JR West: Kisei Main Line, Wakayama Line
Wakayama Electric Railway: Kishigawa Line
Line continues as Kisei Main Line

[edit] Hagoromo Branch Line

Station Transfers Location
Ōtori 鳳 JR West: Hanwa Line (see above) Sakai Osaka
Prefecture
Higashi-Hagoromo 東羽衣 Nankai: Main Line, Takashinohama Line Takaishi
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