TheHanwa Line (阪和線,Hanwa-sen) is acommuter rail line in theOsaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated byWest Japan Railway Company (JR West). The 61.3 km (38.1 mi) line runs betweenOsaka andWakayama, Japan and has a 1.7 km branchline in a southern Osaka suburb. The name is taken from the second syllable ofOsaka and the first syllable ofWakayama.
The terminus of the line in Osaka isTennōji Station inTennōji-ku where most of the commuter trains on the line originate and terminate. However, many intercity limited express and rapid trains extend to theOsaka Loop Line beyond Tennōji.
TheHagoromo Branch Line (羽衣支線,Hagoromo-shisen), also called the Hagoromo Line (羽衣線,Hagoromo-sen) or the Higashi-Hagoromo Branch Line (東羽衣支線,Higashi-Hagoromo-shisen), betweenŌtori Station andHigashi-Hagoromo Station, is officially a part of the Hanwa Line. On the 1.7 km branch, only local shuttle trains operate.
Trains run on theOsaka Loop Line before entering Hanwa Line at Tennoji with stopping at every station between Tennoji and Fukushima via Tsuruhashi, Kyobashi, and Osaka, then Nishikujo, Bentencho, Taisho and Shin-Imamiya stations (part of trains originate and terminate at Kyobashi). They make rapid service stops throughout the Hanwa Line and stop at every station between Hineno and Wakayama except in the morning and night.
Trains usually run in tandem with Kishuji Rapid between the Osaka Loop Line and Hineno before splitting off and making every stop on theKansai Airport Line. They go loop with stops at every station between Tennoji and Fukushima via Tsuruhashi, Kyobashi, and Osaka, then Nishikujo, Bentencho, Taisho and Shin-Imamiya (part of trains originate and terminate at Kyobashi).
Direct Rapid Service: Osaka Loop Line ← Tennoji ← Wakayama/Kansai Airport
Trains run on weekday mornings, and make rapid service stops throughout its route and every stop on the Osaka Loop Line.
Rapid Service: Tennoji - Wakayama
Trains run entirely on the Hanwa Line with extended service to theKisei Main Line except the non-rush hour.
Stations on the Hanwa Line where trains stop: at Tennōji, Sakaishi, Mikunigaoka, Ōtori, Izumi-Fuchū, Higashi-Kishiwada, Kumatori, Hineno, Izumi-Sunagawa, Kii, Musota and Wakayama
Regional Rapid Service: Tennoji - Hineno/Wakayama
Trains make rapid service stops from Tennoji toOtori, then local stops to Wakayama. They mainly run between Tennoji and Hineno in the non-rush hour, and also in the morning and as the last train for Hineno.
B-Rapid Service (Discontinued): Tennoji - Wakayama
Trains ran in early mornings and between the mornings and non-rush hours, with rapid service stops from Tennoji toKumatori, then local stops to Wakayama.
The first train of the service from Wakayama ran to Shin-Osaka via the Osaka Loop Line and the Umeda Freight Line.
The line was opened as a double-track electrified line by the Hanwa Electric Railway in 1929. In 1940, the company was merged with Nankai Railway (predecessor ofNankai Electric Railway) and became the Yamanote Line of Nankai. The Yamanote Line was then nationalized in 1944 and renamed the Hanwa Line.
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