Nankai Main Line


Route data

Nankai and Kintetsu are the only two private railway operators in Kansai that offer charged Limited Express trains.
;Limited Express Southern
;Airport Limited Express
;Express
;Airport Express
;Sub Express
;Semi-Express
;Local

Stations

Main Line

Listed counterclockwise: All stations are in the city of Osaka, Osaka Prefecture.
StationJapaneseClosedLocation
天下茶屋18 November 1984Nishinari-ku, Osaka
曳舟1949Nishinari-ku, Osaka
今池町1 April 1993Nishinari-ku, Osaka
大門通1949Nishinari-ku, Osaka
飛田本通1 April 1993Nishinari-ku, Osaka
天王寺1 April 1993Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Rolling stock

One of the oldest private railway lines still existing, the gauge Namba - Yamatogawa section was opened in 1885 by Hankai Railway. The line was extended to Sakai in 1888, and the Namba - Sumiyoshitaisha section was duplicated in 1892.
In 1897 the then separate Nankai Railway opened the Sakai - Sano section as 1067mm gauge, with the Namba - Sano section regauged to match, and the Sumiyoshitaisha - Sano section duplicated the same year. The following year the Hankai Co. merged with Nankai Railway, and the line was extended to Wakayama. The present line to Wakayamashi was completed in 1903, and in 1906 the first dining car on a private railway in Japan was introduced on the Wakayama express.
The duplication of the line extended to Hamaderakoen in 1907, Kaizuka in 1911, Takako in 1915 and to Wakayama in 1922.
Electrification at 600 VDC began in 1907 on the section from Namba to Hamaderakōen, and was completed in 1911. The voltage was increased to 1500 VDC in 1973.

Former connecting lines