Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line
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| Takarazuka Main Line (Takarazuka Line) | |||
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 Local heading to Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki EMU Series 6000 | |||
| Overview | |||
| Locale | Kansai | ||
| Stations | 19 | ||
| Service | |||
| 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) | ||
| Operating speed | 100 km/h (62 mph) | ||
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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 | |
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| Umeda 梅田 | S | S | S | S | S | Kita-ku, Osaka | Osaka Prefecture |
| Hankyu 中津 | S | | | | | | | | | ||
| Jūsō 十三 | S | S | S | S | S | Yodogawa- ku, Osaka | |
| Osaka 三国 | ^ | |
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| Osaka 庄内 | ^ | |
| | | | | | | | Toyonaka | |
| Osaka 服部 | ^ | |
| | | | | | | | ||
| Osaka 曽根 | S | | | | | | | | | ||
| Okamachi 岡町 | S | | | | | | | | | ||
| Toyonaka 豊中 | S | S | S | S | | | ||
| Hotarugaike 蛍池 | S | S | S | | | | | ||
| Osaka 石橋 | S | S | S | S | S | Ikeda | |
| Osaka 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 | |||
| Hyogo 山本 | S | S | S | ||||
| Hyōgo 中山 | S | S | S | ||||
| Mefu-Jinja 売布神社 | S | S | S | ||||
| Kiyoshikōjin 清荒神 | S | S | S | ||||
| Hankyu 宝塚 | S | S | S | ||||