Sakaisuji Line

The Osaka Metro Sakaisuji Line (堺筋線, Sakaisuji-sen) is an underground rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, operated by Osaka Metro. Its official name is Rapid Electric Tramway Line No. 6 (高速電気軌道第6号線), while the Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau refers to it as Osaka City Rapid Railway Line No. 6 (大阪市高速鉄道第6号線), and in MLIT publications, it is written as Line No. 6 (Sakaisuji Line) (6号線(堺筋線)).

Osaka Metro Sakaisuji Line
A refurbished Sakaisuji Line 66 series EMU in January 2016
Overview
Native name堺筋線
OwnerOsaka Metro (2018–present)
Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (1969–2018)
Line number6
LocaleOsaka
TerminiTenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme
Tengachaya
Stations10
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemOsaka Metro
Depot(s)Higashi-Suita (located on Hankyu Senri Line)
Rolling stock66 series EMUs, etc.
History
OpenedDecember 6, 1969
Technical
Line length8.1 km (5.0 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC, overhead line
Operating speed70 km/h (45 mph)
Route map

The Sakaisuji Line is unique in the Osaka Metro system in that despite being regulated as a tramway under the Railway Business Act like the other lines, the line was constructed as an extension of a line governed as a railway, specifically the Hankyu Senri Line, to which the Sakaisuji Line connects to at its northern end at Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme Station. Through services using both Osaka Municipal Subway and Hankyu rolling stock operates to and from the Senri Line and Arashiyama Line via the Kyoto Main Line.[1][2]

Stations

Station numbers on the Sakaisuji Line (excluding Hankyu-operated stations) are indicated by the letter "K".

The seasonal Limited Express service known as "Hozu" (operated by Hankyu between Tengachaya and Arashiyama) stops at the stations with a "●", while other trains (local trains, Sakaisuji Semi-Express trains, and trains to Kawaramachi) stop at every station.

No. Station name[3] Japanese Distance (km) Seasonal Limited Express Hozu Transfers Location
Hankyu through services: From Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme:

to Kita-Senri on the Senri Line
to Kawaramachi on the Hankyu Kyoto Main Line via Awaji

to Arashiyama on the Arashiyama Line via Awaji and Katsura (seasonal; Hozu services only)

 K11  Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme 天神橋筋六丁目 0.0 Tanimachi Line (T18)

Hankyu Senri Line (Through service)

Kita-ku, Osaka
 K12  Ōgimachi 扇町 0.7 | Osaka Loop Line (Temma, JR-O10)
 K13  Minami-morimachi 南森町 1.3 | Tanimachi Line (T21)

JR Tōzai Line (Osakatemmangu, JR-H43)

 K14  Kitahama 北浜 2.1 | Keihan Main Line (KH02)

Keihan Nakanoshima Line (Naniwabashi, KH51)

Chūō-ku, Osaka
 K15  Sakaisuji-Hommachi
(Semba-higashi)
堺筋本町
(船場東)
3.0 | Chūō Line (C17)
 K16  Nagahoribashi 長堀橋 4.0 | Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line (N16)
 K17  Nippombashi 日本橋 4.9 Sennichimae Line (S17)

 A  Kintetsu Namba Line (A02)

 K18  Ebisuchō
(Nippombashi-suji)
恵美須町
(日本橋筋)
5.9 | Hankai Line (HN51) Naniwa-ku, Osaka
 K19  Dobutsuen-mae
(Shinsekai)
動物園前
(新世界)
6.6 | Midōsuji Line (M22)

JR West (Shin-Imamiya)

Nankai Railway (Shin-Imamiya)

Hankai Line (Shin-Imamiya-eki-mae, HN52)

Nishinari-ku, Osaka
 K20  Tengachaya 天下茶屋 8.1 Nankai Main Line (NK05)

Nankai Koya Line (NK05)

Rolling stock

The Sakaisuji Line is the first Osaka subway line to use overhead lines instead of third rail for power collection. All trains are based at Higashi-Suita Depot located on the Hankyu Senri Line.

Current

Former

  • Osaka Municipal Subway 60 series (1969–2003)

History

The Sakaisuji Line was first envisioned in the Urban Transportation Council Report No. 3 (1958) as an underground line running from Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme to Tenma via Sakaisuji and Dobutsuen-mae, and it was to be operated by Hankyu Railway instead of the Osaka prefectural government. In 1963, the Urban Transportation Council Report No. 7 (1963) recommended that the southern terminus of the Sakaisuji Line be at Tengachaya instead of Tenma.

Later unrealised plans for the Sakaisuji Line included two separate extensions to Nakamozu and Sugimotochō, and at one point it was envisioned that through-services between the standard-gauge Hankyu Railway and the narrow-gauge Nankai Railway would be realised by connecting them together with the Sakaisuji Line through the use of dual gauge tracks, however that plan was abandoned due to the different electrification systems used by Hankyu and Nankai.[4]

The Sakaisuji Line opened on December 6, 1969 between Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme and Dōbutsuen-mae, at which point the previous ground-level southern terminal of the Hankyu Senri Line at Tenjinbashi was closed. The line was extended from Dōbutsuen-mae to Tengachaya on March 4, 1993, as a metro-based replacement of the former Nankai Tennoji Branch Line which closed at the same time.

See also

References

  1. 【阪急+大阪市】阪急電鉄嵐山線と大阪市営地下鉄堺筋線との初の直通運転. Tetsudo Hobidas (in Japanese). 18 May 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  2. "天下茶屋-河原町間に直通電車 5月から土日祝日に". Asahi Shimbun. 22 February 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  3. 路線別で探す 堺筋線. Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  4. 鉄道ピクトリアル増刊2008年8月号南海電気鉄道
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