Sakaisuji Line

Sakaisuji Line

Sakaisuji Line 66 series EMU
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System Osaka Municipal Subway
Locale Osaka
Termini Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme
Tengachaya
Stations 10
Line number 6
Operation
Opened December 6, 1969
Owner Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau
Depot(s) Higashi-Suita (located on Hankyu Senri Line)
Rolling stock 66 series EMUs, etc.
Technical
Line length 8.1 km (5.0 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC, overhead line
Operating speed 70 km/h (45 mph)
Route map

The Sakaisuji Line (堺筋線 Sakaisuji-sen) is an underground rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, operated by the Osaka Municipal Subway. 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）). The Sakaisuji Line also has through services to the Hankyu Railway Senri Line and Arashiyama Line from Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme Station.[1][2] Station numbers are indicated by the letter "K".

Stations

Extra Limited Express "Hozu" trains (operated by Hankyu between Tengachaya and Arashiyama) stop at the stations marked under "H", while other trains (local trains, semi-express trains) stop at every station.

No. Station name[3] Japanese Distance (km) H Transfers Location
K11 Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme 天神橋筋六丁目 0.0 ● Kita-ku, Osaka
K12 Ōgimachi 扇町 0.7 | Osaka Loop Line - Temma
K13 Minami-morimachi 南森町 1.3 |
K14 Kitahama 北浜 2.1 | Keihan Main Line, Nakanoshima LIne (Naniwabashi) 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 ●
K18 Ebisuchō
(Nippombashi-suji)		 恵美須町
（日本橋筋）		 5.9 | Hankai Line Naniwa-ku, Osaka
K19 Dobutsuen-mae
(Shinsekai)		 動物園前
（新世界）		 6.6 | Nishinari-ku, Osaka
K20 Tengachaya 天下茶屋 8.1 ● Nankai Main Line, Nankai Koya Line

Rolling stock

All trains are based at Higashi-Suita Depot.

Former

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. 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 Hankyu Railway and 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 line opened on December 6, 1969, between Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme and Dōbutsuen-mae. 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.

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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