Hanwa Line
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Hanwa Line | |
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Overview | |
Owner | JR West |
Locale | Osaka Prefecture Wakayama Prefecture |
Termini |
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Stations | 36 |
Service | |
Type | Heavy rail, Commuter rail |
System | Urban Network |
Depot(s) | Hineno, Suita |
History | |
Opened | 18 September 1929 |
Technical | |
Line length | 61.3 km (38.1 mi) (Tennoji - Wakayama) 1.7 km (1.1 mi) (Otori - Higashi-Hagoromo) |
Number of tracks | Double (Tennoji - Wakayama) Single (Otori - Higashi-Hagoromo) |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Electrification | 1,500 V DC (overhead lines) |
Operating speed | 120 km/h (75 mph) |
The Hanwa Line (阪和線, Hanwa-sen) is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The 61.3 km (38.1 mi) line runs between Osaka and Wakayama, Japan and has a 1.7 km branchline in a southern Osaka suburb. The name is taken from the second syllable of Osaka and the first syllable of Wakayama.
Services
[edit]The terminus of the line in Osaka is Tennōji Station in Tennōji-ku where most of the 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 on from there.
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.
Limited express services
[edit]- Hanwa Line segment in bold. Stations in brackets are only served by some services.
- Haruka: ‹See TfM›Maibara/‹See TfM›Kyoto/‹See TfM›Shin-Osaka - ‹See TfM›Tennoji - (Izumi-Fuchu) - (‹See TfM›Hineno) - ‹See TfM›Kansai Airport
- Kuroshio: Kyoto/Shin-Osaka - Tennoji - (Izumi-Fuchu) - Hineno - (Izumi-Sunagawa) - ‹See TfM›Wakayama ~ ‹See TfM›Shirahama/‹See TfM›Shingu
Commuter services
[edit]- Trains stop at every station on the line, and they are operated between Tennoji and Otori in the non-rush hour.
- Kishuji Rapid Service: Osaka Loop Line/Tennoji - Wakayama
- Trains run on the Osaka Loop Line before entering Hanwa Line at Tennoji with stopping at every station between Tennoji and Fukushima via Tsuruhashi, Kyobashi, and Osaka, then Nishikujo, Bentencho, Taisho and Shin-Imamiya stations (part of trains originate and terminate at Kyobashi). They make rapid service stops throughout the Hanwa Line and stop at every station between Hineno and Wakayama except in the morning and night.
- Kansai Airport Rapid Service: Osaka Loop Line/Tennoji - Hineno - Kansai Airport
- Trains usually run in tandem with Kishuji Rapid between the Osaka Loop Line and Hineno before splitting off and making every stop on the Kansai Airport Line. They go loop with stops at every station between Tennoji and Fukushima via Tsuruhashi, Kyobashi, and Osaka, then Nishikujo, Bentencho, Taisho and Shin-Imamiya (part of trains originate and terminate at Kyobashi).
- Direct Rapid Service: Osaka Loop Line ← Tennoji ← Wakayama/Kansai Airport
- Trains run on weekday mornings, and make rapid service stops throughout its route and every stop on the Osaka Loop Line.
- Rapid Service: Tennoji - Wakayama
- Trains run entirely on the Hanwa Line with extended service to the Kisei Main Line except the non-rush hour.
- Stations on the Hanwa Line where trains stop: at Tennōji, Sakaishi, Mikunigaoka, Ōtori, Izumi-Fuchū, Higashi-Kishiwada, Kumatori, Hineno, Izumi-Sunagawa, Kii, Musota and Wakayama
- Regional Rapid Service: Tennoji - Hineno/Wakayama
- Trains make rapid service stops from Tennoji to ‹See TfM›Otori, then local stops to Wakayama. They mainly run between Tennoji and Hineno in the non-rush hour, and also in the morning and as the last train for Hineno.
- B-Rapid Service (Discontinued): Tennoji - Wakayama
- Trains ran in early mornings and between the mornings and non-rush hours, with rapid service stops from Tennoji to ‹See TfM›Kumatori, then local stops to Wakayama.
- The first train of the service from Wakayama ran to Shin-Osaka via the Osaka Loop Line and the Umeda Freight Line.
Stations
[edit]Hanwa Line
[edit]Legend:
- ● : All trains stop
- |: All trains pass
- ○ : Some trains stop
- ↑ : Pass, northbound services only
- ▲: Stop, northbound services only
- ▼: Stop, southbound services only
Local trains stop at all stations.
For limited expresses Haruka and Kuroshio, please see their respective articles.
Higashi-Hagoromo Branch Line
[edit]Station | Transfers | Location | ||
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‹See TfM›Ōtori | 鳳 | Hanwa Line (see above) | Sakai | Osaka Prefecture |
‹See TfM›Higashi-Hagoromo | 東羽衣 | Nankai: Main Line, Takashinohama Line (NK16: Hagoromo Station) | Takaishi |
Rolling stock
[edit]All trains are based at Hineno and Suita Depots.
Commuter
[edit]Limited Express
[edit]- 271 series (Haruka service, from Spring 2020)[1]
- 281 series (Haruka service)
- 283 series (Kuroshio service)
- 287 series (Kuroshio service)
- 289 series (Kuroshio service)
Former
[edit]Passenger
[edit]JNR, JR West
[edit]- 51 series
- 52 series
- 70 series
- 72 series
- 103 series (until 16 March 2018)
- 113 series (until March 2012)
- 117 series
- 123 series
- 165 series
- 205-0 series (until 16 March 2018)
- 205-1000 series (until 16 March 2018)
- 221 series (until March 2012)
- 381 series (until 30 October 2015)
- 485 series
- KiHa 55 series
- KiHa 58 series
- KiHa 65
- KiHa 81 series
- KiHa 82 series
Hanwa Electric Railway, Nankai Railway
[edit]- MoYo 100
- MoTa 300
- KuYo 500
- KuTa 600
- KuTe 700
- KuTa 750
- KuTa 3000
- KuTa 7000
Freight
[edit]JNR
[edit]Hanwa Electric Railway, Nankai Railway
[edit]- RoKo 1000 (now ED38)
- RoKo 1100
- MoKa 2000
- ED1151 (now Nankai ED5151)
History
[edit]The line was opened as a double-track electrified line by the Hanwa Electric Railway in 1929. In 1940, the company was merged with Nankai Railway (predecessor of Nankai Electric Railway) and became the Yamanote Line of Nankai. The Yamanote Line was then nationalized in 1944 and renamed the 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).
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with the Hanwa line being assigned station numbers between JR-R20 and JR-R54.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "JR西日本,特急"はるか"に271系を" [JR West to introduce 271 series to "Haruka" limited express services]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します!" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.