Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line

Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line
Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line
	A 6000 series EMU on a "Local" service for Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki
Overview
Native name	阪急宝塚本線
Locale	Kansai
Termini	Osaka-umeda; Takarazuka;
Stations	19
Service
Operator(s)	Hankyu Railway
Depot(s)	Hirai Depot
Technical
Line length	24.5 km (15.2 mi)
Number of tracks	Quad (Osaka-umeda - Jūsō); Double (Jūsō - Takarazuka)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map
Route map

Route diagram

Legend

				0.3	Umeda (first)
					JR West lines (Tokaido Line (JR Kyoto Line), etc.)
				0.0	Osaka-umeda (second) For connections, see below
					Osaka Subway Midōsuji Line
					Hanshin Kita-Osaka Line
					Chayamachi -1926
				0.5	Kitano -1926
					Umeda Freight Line
				0.9	Nakatsu
				1.3	Shin-Yodogawa -1926
					Yodo River

					returning track for the Kyoto Line


				2.4	Jūsō
					Hankyu Kyoto Main Line, Hankyū Kōbe Main Line

					Hoppō Freight Line of Tōkaidō Main Line
					Sanyō Shinkansen
					Old route -2000
				4.4	Mikuni
					Kanzaki River

				6.0	Shōnai
				7.5	Hattori-tenjin

				8.7	Sone
				9.5	Okamachi
				10.5	Toyonaka

					Osaka Monorail Main Line
				11.9	Hotarugaike
					Itami Airport

				13.5	Ishibashi Handai-Mae
					Hankyū Minoo Line
					Minoo
				15.9	Ikeda
					Ina River Osaka/Hyogo
					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-kannon
				22.4	Mefu-Jinja
				23.3	Kiyoshikōjin


					Hankyū Imazu Line
				24.5	Takarazuka

Connections at Umeda

					Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line)
					Osaka Subway Tanimachi Line
					Osaka Loop Line
					Hankyu: Umeda /Osaka Subway: Higashi-Umeda
					Osaka Subway Midōsuji Line (Umeda)
					Ōsaka, Kitashinchi/Hanshin: Umeda
					Osaka Subway Yotsubashi Line (Nishi-Umeda)
					(extension planned)
					Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line, JR Takarazuka Line)
					JR Tōzai Line
					Hanshin Main Line
					Osaka Loop Line

The Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line (阪急宝塚本線, Hankyū Takarazuka Honsen) 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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 Hankyu's other main lines, Kobe and Kyoto.^{[citation needed]}