Hanwa Line - Hanwa

Japanese: 阪和線 - はんわせん
Hanwa Line - Hanwa

The name of the track of the West Japan Railway Company. It consists of 61.3 km between Tennoji (Osaka Prefecture) and Wakayama, and 1.7 km between Otori (Osaka Prefecture) and Higashi Hagoromo (Osaka Prefecture). The entire line is DC electrified and double tracked (the branch line is electrified but single tracked). It forms an intercity link between Osaka and Wakayama in the Keihanshin area, and also serves as a link to the Kii Peninsula, where express trains that run directly to the Kisei Main Line pass through. While the parallel Nankai Electric Railway (between Namba and Wakayama City) runs closer to the coast, this line runs slightly inland. It was opened by the Hanwa Electric Railway in 1929-1930 (Showa 4-5), and competed fiercely with the existing Nankai Railway over travel time between Hanwa and the Hanwa line. In 1940, it was merged with Nankai Railway and became its Yamate Line, but in 1944 it was nationalized and called the Hanwa Line. In 1987, following the privatization of the Japanese National Railways, it became part of West Japan Railway Company. As urbanization progresses along the line, it also functions as a commuter train line for Osaka suburbs. The Kansai Airport Line branches off from Hineno, and many express and rapid trains run directly to Kansai Airport Station.

[Eiichi Aoki]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

西日本旅客鉄道の線路名称。天王寺(てんのうじ)(大阪府)―和歌山間61.3キロメートルおよび支線の鳳(おおとり)(大阪府)―東羽衣(ひがしはごろも)(大阪府)間1.7キロメートルよりなる。全線直流電化、複線(支線は電化されているが単線)。大阪―和歌山間を結ぶ京阪神圏都市間連絡線を形成するとともに、紀伊半島方面への連絡線として紀勢本線に直通する特急列車なども通過する。並走する南海電気鉄道(難波(なんば)―和歌山市間)が海岸寄りを走るのに対し、やや内陸部を走っている。1929~1930年(昭和4~5)阪和電気鉄道によって開業し、既設の南海鉄道と阪和間の所要時間をめぐって激しい競争を演じた。1940年南海鉄道に合併されて、その山手(やまて)線となったが、1944年国有化されて阪和線と称された。1987年、日本国有鉄道の分割民営化に伴い、西日本旅客鉄道に所属。沿線の都市化が進み、大阪の通勤郊外電車線としての機能も強い。日根野から関西空港線を分岐し、多くの特急・快速列車が関西空港駅へ直通する。

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