Hankyū Takarazuka Main Line

Takarazuka Main Line (Takarazuka Line)
Local heading to Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki EMU Series 6000
Overview
Locale	Kansai
Stations	19
Operation
Operator(s)	Hankyu Corporation
Depot(s)	Hirai Depot
Rolling stock	3000 Series EMU 5100 Series EMU 6000 Series EMU 7000 Series EMU 8000 Series EMU 9000 Series EMU
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1500 volts DC, overhead lines
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map

Route map

Legend Lines are of Hankyu unless noted 0.3 Umeda (1) JR West lines (Tokaido Line (JR Kyoto Line), etc.) 0.0 Umeda (2)For connections, see below Osaka Subway: Midōsuji Line Hanshin: Kita-Osaka Line Chayamachi-1926 0.5 Kitano-1926 JR-W: Umeda Freight Line of the Tokaido Line 0.9 Nakatsu 1.3 Shin-Yodogawa-1926 Yodo River returning track for the Kyoto Line 2.4 Jūsō Kyoto, Kobe main lines JR-W: Hoppō freight line of Tōkaidō Main Line JR-W: Sanyō Shinkansen Old route-2000 4.4 Mikuni Kanzaki River 6.0 Shōnai 7.5 Hattori 8.7 Sone 9.5 Okamachi 10.5 Toyonaka Osaka Monorail: Main Line 11.9 Hotarugaike Itami Airport 13.5 Ishibashi Minoo Line Minoo 15.9 Ikeda Ina River Osaka/Hyogo JR-W: Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line) Noseden: Myōken Line 17.2 Kawanishi-noseguchi Kawanishi Kokutetsu-mae -1981 Kawanishi-Ikeda 17.8 Hanayashiki-1962 18.2 Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki 18.3 Hibarigaoka-1961 Hirai depot 19.4 Hirai-1944 19.7 Yamamoto (2)1944- 20.2 Yamamoto (1)-1944 21.5 Nakayama 22.4 Mefu-Jinja 23.3 Kiyoshikōjin Imazu Line 24.5 Takarazuka Connections at Umeda JR West (JR-W): Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line) Osaka Subway: Tanimachi Line JR-W: Osaka Loop Line Hankyu: Umeda/Osaka Subway: Higashi-Umeda Osaka Subway: Midōsuji Line (Umeda) JR-W: Osaka, Kita-Shinchi/Hanshin: Umeda Osaka Subway: Yotsubashi Line (Nishi-Umeda) (extention planned) JR-W: Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line, JR Takarazuka Line) JR-W: JR Tōzai Line Hanshin: Main Line JR-W: Osaka Loop Line

The Takarazuka Main Line (宝塚本線, Takarazuka Honsen) of Hankyu Railway is a railway line linking Umeda Station of downtown Osaka and Takarazuka Station in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture through suburbs of northern Osaka.

It has a branch line, the Minoo Line, and Nose Electric Railway is, in fact, another larger branch line. The Imazu Line connects at Takarazuka, but it is treated as a branch of the Kobe Line.

The Takarazuka Main Line is commonly called the 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.

The line has numerous sharp curves from the line's origins as a tramway, built and opened by its predecessor 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 Hankyū's other main lines, Kobe and Kyoto.

Rapid service

Local (普通, Futsū) (L)

All day every day.

Semi-Express (準急, Junkyū) (SE)

From Takarazuka to Umeda in the morning on weekdays.

Commutation Semi-Express (通勤準急, Tsūkin Junkyū) (CSE)

Simply "Semi-Express" in English information, operated through to and from the Minoo Line in the morning on weekdays.

Express (急行, Kyūkō) (Ex)

All day every day.

Commutation Express (通勤急行, Tsūkin Kyūkō) (CE)

Simply "Express" in English, operated in the morning on weekdays.

Limited Express (特急日生エクスプレス, Tokkyū Nissei Express) (LE)

From Nissei-Chūō on Nose Electric Railway to Umeda in the morning and vice versa in the evening on weekdays.

Stations

• S: Trains stop.
• |: Trains pass.
• ^: one direction

For distances and connections, see route diagram.

Station	SE	CSE	Ex	CE	LE	Location
Umeda 梅田	S	S	S	S	S	Kita-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
Nakatsu 中津	S	|	|	|	|
Jūsō 十三	S	S	S	S	S	Yodogawa- ku, Osaka
Mikuni 三国	^ |	|	|	|	|
Shōnai 庄内	^ |	|	|	|	|	Toyonaka
Hattori 服部	^ |	|	|	|	|
Sone 曽根	S	|	|	|	|
Okamachi 岡町	S	|	|	|	|
Toyonaka 豊中	S	S	S	S	|
Hotarugaike 蛍池	S	S	S	|	|
Ishibashi 石橋	S	S	S	S	S	Ikeda
Ikeda 池田	S		S	S	S
Kawanishi-noseguchi 川西能勢口	S		S	S	S	Kawanishi	Hyōgo Prefecture
Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki 雲雀丘花屋敷	S		S	S		Takarazuka
Yamamoto 山本	S		S	S
Nakayama 中山	S		S	S
Mefu-Jinja 売布神社	S		S	S
Kiyoshikōjin 清荒神	S		S	S
Takarazuka 宝塚	S		S	S