Hankyu Senri Line


The Hankyu Senri Line is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Hankyu Railway. It was completed on March 1, 1967. Through trains operate to and from the Hankyu Kyoto Line and the Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line.

History

The Kita-Osaka Electric Railway opened the Awaji - Senriyama section electrified at 600 VDC in 1921.
The Shin-Keihan Railway took the control of the railway in 1923. The Awaji - Tenjimbashi section opened in 1925, electrified at 600 VDC, and in 1928 the voltage was increased to 1500 VDC. With the terminal at Tenjimbashi, this section was a part of the main line of the Shin-Keihan Railway connecting Kyoto and Osaka.
The Senriyama - Shin-Senriyama section opened in 1963, and was extended to Kita-Senri in 1967. These extensions were to serve the newly developed Senri New Town.
After the Shinkeihan lines were merged to Hankyu in 1943, the role of Tenjimbashi Station as the terminal was gradually shifted to Umeda, the terminal built by Hankyu, and ended in 1969 when the through-running from Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme to the Osaka Subway Sakaisuji Line commenced. In 1970, the line was one of major access routes to Expo '70 with the temporary Expo West Gate Station.

Service types

In the timetable revised on December 21, 2013, regular trains are classified in three types:

Abandoned stations