| Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line | |
| Native Name: | 阪急宝塚本線 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Color: | f39800 |
| Stations: | 19 |
| Locale: | Kansai |
| Operator: | Hankyu Railway |
| Start: | Osaka-umeda |
| End: | Takarazuka |
| Depot: | Hirai Depot |
| Linelength Km: | 24.5 |
| Tracks: | Quad (Osaka-umeda - Jūsō) Double (Jūsō - Takarazuka) |
| Electrification: | 1,500 V DC, overhead lines |
| Speed Km/H: | 100 |
The is a Japanese railway line operated by the private railway operator Hankyu Railway. It connects Umeda Station in downtown Osaka with Takarazuka Station in Takarazuka, Hyogo.
It has a branch line, the Minoo Line, and the Nose Electric Railway is another longer 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 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 . The sharp curves have long hindered high speed operation, contrasting to the Hankyu's other main lines, Kobe and Kyoto.
The Minoo Arima Electric Tramway opened the entire line on 10 March 1910 as 1435mm gauge dual track, electrified at 600 VDC. Although the line was not a prospect interurban as Takarazuka was not a big city, it saw initial success thanks to the company's aggressive measures. It strategically developed housing areas along the line for the increasing white-collar population who would commute to central Osaka by train. It also opened a zoo in Minoo (on the Minoo Line) in November 1910, a hot spring in Takarazuka in May 1911, and a ballpark in Toyonaka in 1913.[1]
The track between Umeda and Jūsō was shared with the Kobe Line from 1920 to 1926 when the original double track was replaced by an elevated four-track line.[1]
In comparison with the Kobe Line, cars used on the Takarazuka Line were small and old. Larger (Kobe Line standard) cars could not operate on the line until 1952 due to its small structure gauge.[1] Small cars were eliminated in December 1963.[2] On 24 August 1969 the voltage was raised to 1500 VDC.As the commuters increased, Hankyu's first 10-car operation began on the Takarazuka Line in March 1982, but 10 car trains were discontinued again in December 2022.[2] [3]
Following the elevation work of Kawanishi-Noseguchi Station, through services to Nose Electric Railway began on 17 November 1997.[4]
Since the 1970s there have been plans to build a spur line to Itami Airport from Sone Station. Although Hankyu shelved the plans in the 1980s due to capacity constraints, the plans were reportedly revived in 2017 and remain under consideration as of 2018.[5] [6]
As of 17 December 2022
| No. | Station | Japanese | Semi-Express | Express | Commuter Limited Express | Limited Express(Nissei Express) | Connections | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HK-01 | 大阪梅田 | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Kita-ku, Osaka | Osaka Prefecture | ||
| HK-02 | 中津 | ● | ||style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|↑|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"|| | |||||||
| HK-03 | 十三 | ● | ● | ● | ● | Yodogawa-ku, Osaka | ||||
| HK-41 | 三国 | ↑ | ||style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|↑|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"|| | |||||||
| HK-42 | 庄内 | ↑ | ||style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|↑|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"|| | Toyonaka | ||||||
| HK-43 | 服部天神 | ↑ | ||style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|↑|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"|| | |||||||
| HK-44 | 曽根 | ● | ||style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|↑|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"|| | |||||||
| HK-45 | 岡町 | ● | ||style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|↑|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"|| | |||||||
| HK-46 | 豊中 | ● | ● | ● | ||-|HK-47||蛍池|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"|●|style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|↑|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"|||style="text-align: left; "|
|-|HK-48||石橋阪大前|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"|●|style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|●|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"|●|style="text-align: left; "|
|rowspan="2"|Ikeda|-|HK-49||池田|style="text-align:center; background:#cf9;"|●|style="text-align:center; background:#fc9;"|●|style="text-align:center; background:#fb7;"|●|style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"|| | |||||
| HK-50 | 川西能勢口 | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Kawanishi | Hyōgo Prefecture | ||
| HK-51 | 雲雀丘花屋敷 | ● | ● | Takarazuka | ||||||
| HK-52 | 山本 (平井) | ● | ● | |||||||
| HK-53 | 中山観音 | ● | ● | |||||||
| HK-54 | 売布神社 | ● | ● | |||||||
| HK-55 | 清荒神 | ● | ● | |||||||
| HK-56 | 宝塚 (宝塚大劇場前) | ● | ● |
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| Through service: | From Kawanishi-Noseguchi: Limited Express trains to/from 20px Nose Railway Myoken & Nissei Lines for Nissei-Chuo | |||||||||
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia