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Hanwa Line
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Local train (225-5100 series EMU)
Overview
Type	heavy rail, commuter rail
System	Urban Network
Locale	Osaka Prefecture Wakayama Prefecture
Termini	Tennōji, Ōtori Wakayama, Higashi-Hagoromo
Stations	36
Operation
Opened	September 18, 1929
Owner	JR West
Depot(s)	Hineno, Suita
Technical
Line length	63.0 km (39.1 mi) 61.3 km (38.1 mi) (Tennoji - Wakayama) 1.7 km (1.1 mi) (Otori - Higashi-Hagoromo)
Number of tracks	Double (Tennoji - Wakayama) Single (Otori - Higashi-Hagoromo)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)

Hagoromo Branch Line 225-5100 series

B-Rapid Service Train (225-5000 series EMU)

The Hanwa Line (阪和線, Hanwa-sen) is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The 61.3-kilometre (38.1 mi) line runs between Osaka and Wakayama, Japan and has a 1.7-kilometre branchline in a southern Osaka suburb.

Services

The terminus of the line in Osaka is Tennōji Station in Tennōji-ku where most of the commuter trains on the line originate and terminate. However, many intercity limited express and rapid trains extend to the Osaka Loop Line beyond Tennōji.

The terminus in Wakayama is Wakayama Station. Some trains from Osaka terminate before Wakayama and some spur off to Kansai Airport Station on the Kansai Airport Line from Hineno Station. Tracks are connected to the Kisei Main Line and some trains continue on from there.

The Hagoromo 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), between Ōtori Station and Higashi-Hagoromo Station, is officially a part of the Hanwa Line. On the 1.7 km branch, only local shuttle trains operate.

Limited express services

Hanwa Line segment in bold

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  Haruka: Maibara/Kyoto/Shin-Osaka - Tennoji - Hineno - Kansai Airport
  


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  Kuroshio: Kyoto/Shin-Osaka - Tennoji - Wakayama - Shirahama/Shingu
  

Commuter services

• 
  Local: Tennoji - Wakayama
  

Trains stop at every station on the line, and they are operated between Tennoji and Otori in the non-rush hour.

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  Kishuji Rapid Service: Osaka Loop Line/Tennoji - Wakayama

Trains run on the Osaka 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.

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  Kansai Airport Rapid Service: Osaka Loop Line/Tennoji - Hineno - Kansai Airport

Trains usually run in tandem with Kishuji Rapid between the Osaka Loop Line and Hineno before splitting off and making every stop on the Kansai 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 the Kisei 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.

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  B-Rapid Service: Tennoji - Wakayama

Trains run in early mornings and between the mornings and non-rush hours, with rapid service stops from Tennoji to Kumatori, then local stops to Wakayama.

The first train of the service from Wakayama runs to Shin-Osaka via the Osaka Loop Line and the Umeda Freight Line.

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  Regional Rapid Service: Tennoji - Hineno/Wakayama

Trains make rapid service stops from Tennoji to Otori, 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.

Stations

Hanwa Line

No.	Station		Transfers	Location
Through trains from Shin-Osaka and Kyobashi via Osaka Loop Line
JR-R20	Tennoji	天王寺	O   Osaka Loop Line,  Q  Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) Osaka Metro: Midosuji Line (M23), Tanimachi Line (T27) Kintetsu:  F  Minami Osaka Line (F01: Osaka Abenobashi Station) Hankai Tramway: Uemachi Line (HN01: Tennoji-ekimae Station)	Tennoji-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
JR-R21	Bishōen	美章園		Abeno-ku, Osaka
JR-R22	Minami-Tanabe	南田辺
JR-R23	Tsurugaoka	鶴ヶ丘
JR-R24	Nagai	長居	Osaka Metro: Midosuji Line (M26)	Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
JR-R25	Abikochō	我孫子町
JR-R26	Sugimotochō	杉本町
JR-R27	Asaka	浅香		Sakai-ku, Sakai
JR-R28	Sakaishi	堺市
JR-R29	Mikunigaoka	三国ヶ丘	Nankai: Kōya Line (NK57)
JR-R30	Mozu	百舌鳥
JR-R31	Uenoshiba	上野芝		Nishi-ku, Sakai
JR-R32	Tsukuno	津久野
JR-R33	Ōtori	鳳	Hagoromo Branch Line (see below)
JR-R34	Tonoki	富木		Takaishi
JR-R35	Kita-Shinoda	北信太		Izumi
JR-R36	Shinodayama	信太山
JR-R37	Izumi-Fuchū	和泉府中
JR-R38	Kumeda	久米田		Kishiwada
JR-R39	Shimomatsu	下松
JR-R40	Higashi-Kishiwada	東岸和田
JR-R41	Higashi-Kaizuka	東貝塚		Kaizuka
JR-R42	Izumi-Hashimoto	和泉橋本
JR-R43	Higashi-Sano	東佐野		Izumisano
JR-R44	Kumatori	熊取		Kumatori
JR-R45	Hineno	日根野	S   Kansai Airport Line	Izumisano
Through trains to Kansai Airport via Kansai Airport Line
JR-R46	Nagataki	長滝		Izumisano	Osaka Prefecture
JR-R47	Shinge	新家		Sennan
JR-R48	Izumi-Sunagawa	和泉砂川
JR-R49	Izumi-Tottori	和泉鳥取		Hannan
JR-R50	Yamanakadani	山中渓
JR-R51	Kii	紀伊		Wakayama	Wakayama Prefecture
JR-R52	Musota	六十谷
JR-R53	Kii-Nakanoshima	紀伊中ノ島
JR-R54	Wakayama	和歌山	W   Kisei Main Line,   T   Wakayama Line Kishigawa Line
Line continues as Kisei Main Line

Higashi-Hagoromo Branch Line

Station		Transfers	Location
Ōtori	鳳	R   Hanwa Line (see above)	Sakai	Osaka Prefecture
Higashi-Hagoromo	東羽衣	Nankai: Main Line, Takashinohama Line (NK16: Hagoromo Station)	Takaishi

Rolling stock

All trains are based at Hineno and Suita Depots.

Commuter

• 223-0/2500 series


• 225-5000/5100 series

Limited Express

• 
  281 series (Haruka service)


• 
  283 series (Kuroshio service)


• 
  287 series (Kuroshio service)


• 
  289 series (Kuroshio service)

Former

Passenger

JNR, JR West

• 51 series


• 52 series


• 70 series


• 72 series


• 
  103 series (until 16 March 2018)


• 
  113 series (until March 2012)


• 117 series


• 123 series


• 165 series


• 
  205-0 series (until 16 March 2018)


• 
  205-1000 series (until 16 March 2018)


• 
  221 series (until March 2012)


• 
  381 series (until 30 October 2015)


• 485 series


• KiHa 55 series


• KiHa 58 series


• KiHa 65


• KiHa 81 series


• KiHa 82 series

Hanwa Electric Railway, Nankai Railway

• MoYo 100


• MoTa 300


• KuYo 500


• KuTa 600


• KuTe 700


• KuTa 750


• KuTa 3000


• KuTa 7000

Freight

JNR

• ED16


• EF15

Hanwa Electric Railway, Nankai Railway

• RoKo 1000 (now ED38)


• RoKo 1100


• MoKa 2000


• ED1151 (now Nankai ED5151)

History

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 of Nankai Electric Railway) and became the Yamanote Line of Nankai. The Yamanote Line was then nationalized in 1944 and renamed the Hanwa Line.

When Kansai International Airport opened in 1994, the Hanwa Line became one of the main railway links between the city and the airport (along with the Nankai Main Line).

References

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