Hanwa Line

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rolling stock

All trains are based at Hineno and Suita Depots.

103 series (Rapid and Local services)

205-0 series (Rapid and Local services)

205-1000 series (Rapid and Local services)

223-0/2500 series (Kansai Airport/Kishuji Rapid, Regional Rapid, B-Rapid and Rapid services)

225-5000/5100 series (Kansai Airport/Kishuji Rapid, Regional Rapid, B-Rapid, Rapid and Local services)

281 series (Haruka service)

283 series (Kuroshio service)

287 series (Kuroshio service)

289 series (Kuroshio service)

Passenger

JNR, JR West

51 series

52 series

70 series

72 series

113 series (until March 2012)

117 series

123 series

165 series

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).