Tanagawa Line

The Tanagawa Line (多奈川線, Tanagawa-sen) is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, owned by Nankai Electric Railway. This line connects to the Nankai Main Line.

Nankai Tanagawa Line
Nankai 2200 series EMU at Tanagawa Station
Overview
Native name多奈川線
LocaleOsaka Prefecture
Termini
Stations4
Service
Operator(s)Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
History
Opened1 June 1944 (1944-06-01)
Closed1966 (1966) (Ferry Line To Sumoto)
Technical
Line length2.6 km (1.6 mi)
Number of tracksSingle
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Operating speed45 km/h (28 mph)

History

The line opened in 1944, electrified at 1500 VDC, to serve the Kawasaki Heavy Industries shipbuilding yard. In 1948 a ferry service connecting to Tokushima on Shikoku via Awaji Island commenced service, and an express service operated from Namba to Tanagawa as part of this service until 1993, the ferry service ceasing in 1998 upon the opening of the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge.

Former connecting lines
  • Tanagawa station - A ferry to Sumoto on Awaji Island enabled connection to the Awaji Railway Co. 23km 1067mm gauge line to Fukura, where a ferry service to Naruto operated. The line opened between 1922 and 1925, was electrified at 600 VDC in 1947 and closed in 1966.

Stations
No. Station name Distance
(km)		 Connecting Lines Location
NK41 Misaki-kōen
みさき公園		 0.0 Nankai Main Line Misaki, Osaka
NK41-1 Fukechō
深日町		 1.4  
NK41-2 Fukekō
深日港		 2.1  
NK41-3 Tanagawa
多奈川		 2.6  

See also

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

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