Hankai Line
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The Hankai Line (阪堺電車阪堺線 Hankai Densha Hankai sen) is a tramway in the cities of Osaka and Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd. owns and operates the line.
In Japan, trams are called "chin-chin trains" because when they run on city roads with many cars and people, they ring their bells to make them beware of it. The bell's sound, "chin, chin" gave its name to the trams.
The line's name comes from Osaka (大阪) (the kanji character for -saka is also pronounced han) and Sakai (堺) (whose kanji contributed the kai).
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History
The Hankai Line has its origin in the Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd., founded in 1910. In 1915 the company merged with the Nankai Railway which runs north and south in Osaka. As motorization developed as an alternative form of transportation, trams lost their passengers. It split from Nankai in 1980, since which the line has struggled for existence.
Stations
Ebisucho - Minamikasumicho - Imaike - Imafune - Matsudacho - Kita-Tengachaya - Shotenzaka - Tenjinnomori - Higashi-Tamade - Tsukanishi - Higashi-Kohama - Sumiyoshi - Sumiyoshi-Toriimae - Hosoigawa - Anryumachi - Abikomichi - Yamatogawa - Takasujinsha - Ayanocho - Shimmeicho - Myokokujimae - Hanadaguchi - Oshoji - Shukuin - Terajicho - Goryomae - Higashi-Minato - Ishizu - Funao - Hamadera
Related links
- Hankai Uemachi Line - the sister line of Hankai Line
External links
- Hankai Line official site in Japanese
