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| Above: YouTubeCA video - 大阪市電３００１形車内音（３００７号） (Osaka 3001 series tram) Slides - Length: 3:46 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - 阪堺電車阪堺線PV (Hankai Tramway Hankai Line PV) - Length: 1:15 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Metro Osaka 2 / Osaka Subway 8-Lines,JAPAN [2018] (Subway/U-Bahn) - Length: 12:39 mins. |
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MAP
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ROUTES
Operator: 大阪市交通局 (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
| 5 | 玉船橋 (Tamafunebashi) – 境川町 (Sakaigawa-machi) – 大正橋 (Taishō-bashi) - 桜川二丁目 (Sakuragawa Nichōme) - 日本橋筋三 (Nipponbashi-suji Sanchōme) - 上本町六 (Uehonmachi Rokuchōme) - 今里車庫 (Imazato-Shako) |
| 7 | 福島西通り (Fukushima-Nishidōri) - 桜川二丁目 (Sakuragawa Nichōme) - 大国町 (Daikokuchō) - 百済 (Kudara) |
| 10 | 阪急駅 (Hankyū Station) - 天神橋筋六 (Tenjinbashi-suji Rokuchōme) - 都島 (Miyakojima) - 大宮町 (Ōmiyachō) - 守口 (Moriguchi) |
| 12 | 川口町 (Kawaguchimachi) - 北浜二丁目 (Kitahama Nichōme) - 天満橋 (Tenmabashi) - 京阪東口 (Keihan-higashiguchi) - 都島 (Miyakojima) - 大宮町 (Ōmiyachō) |
| 14 | 阿部野 (Abenobashi) – 上本町六 丁目 (Uehonmachi Rokuchōme) - 京阪東口 (Keihan-higashiguchi) - 都島 (Miyakojima) - 大宮町 (Ōmiyachō) - 守口 (Moriguchi) |
| 16 | 島屋橋 (Shimayabashi) - 千鳥橋 (Chidoribashi) - 福島西通り (Fukushima-Nishidōri) - 南森町 (Minamimori-machi) - 今福 (Imafuku) |
| 20 | 川口町 (Kawaguchimachi) - 本田町一丁目 (Hondamachi-Itchōme) - 大正橋 (Taishō-bashi) - 鶴町 (Tsurumachi) |
| 23 | 都島 (Miyakojima) - 京阪東口 (Keihan-higashiguchi) - 天満橋 (Tenmabashi) - 川口町 (Kawaguchimachi) - 本田町一丁目 (Hondamachi-Itchōme) - 境川町 (Sakaigawa-machi) - 港車庫 (Minato-Shako) |
| 24 | 今里車庫 (Imazato-Shako) - 上本町六 (Uehonmachi Rokuchōme) - 日本橋筋三 (Nipponbashi-suji Sanchōme) - 桜川二丁目 (Sakuragawa Nichōme) - 大正橋 (Taishō-bashi) - 境川町 (Sakaigawa-machi) - 港車庫 (Minato-Shako) |
| 27 | 上本町六 (Uehonmachi Rokuchōme) - 日本橋筋三 (Nipponbashi-suji Sanchōme) - 桜川二丁目 (Sakuragawa Nichōme) - 大正橋 (Taishō-bashi) - 鶴町 (Tsurumachi) |
| 28 | 川口町 (Kawaguchimachi) - 本田町一丁目 (Hondamachi-Itchōme) - 大正橋 (Taishō-bashi) - 新千歳町 (Shin-Chitose-machi) |
| 29 | 桜川二丁目 (Sakuragawa Nichōme) - 北加賀屋 (Kitakagaya) - 住の江公園 (Suminoe-Kōen) - 松屋 (Matsuya) - 三宝車庫前 (Sambō-Shakomae) - 出島 (Dejima) |
| 30 | 福島西通り (Fukushima-Nishidōri) - 桜川二丁目 (Sakuragawa Nichōme) - 北加賀屋 (Kitakagaya) - 住の江公園 (Suminoe-Kōen) - 松屋 (Matsuya) - 三宝車庫前 (Sambō-Shakomae) |
| 31 | 上本町六 (Uehonmachi Rokuchōme) - 日本橋筋三 (Nipponbashi-suji Sanchōme) - 桜川二丁目 (Sakuragawa Nichōme) - 北加賀屋 (Kitakagaya) - 住の江公園 (Suminoe-Kōen) - 松屋 (Matsuya) - 三宝車庫前 (Sambō-Shakomae) |
SUBWAY ROUTES
| 1 | 御堂筋線 | Midōsuji Line | 新大阪駅 (New Ōsaka Station) - 梅田 (Umeda) - 本町 (Honmachi) - なんば (Namba) - 大国町 (Daikokuchō) - 天王寺 (Tennōji) - 西田辺 (Nishitanabe) - あびこ (Abiko) |
| 3 | 四つ橋線 | Yotsubashi Line | 西梅田 (West Umeda) - 大国町 (Daikokuchō) - 玉出 (Tamade) |
| 4 | 中央線 | Chūō Line | 大阪港 (Ōsaka Harbour) - 本町 (Honmachi) |
Operator: 南海電気鉄道 (Nankai Railway)
SUBURBAN TRAM ROUTES
| Ue | 上町線 | Uemachi Line | 天王寺駅 (Tennōji Station) - 住吉公園 (Sumiyoshi-Kōen) |
| Ha | 阪堺線 | Hankai Line | 恵美須町 (Ebisu-chō) - 浜寺 (Hamadera) |
| Hi | 平野線 | Hirano Line | 恵美須町 (Ebisu-chō) - 平野 (Hirano) |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban tramway: ? km.
- Suburban tramway: 25 km.
- Subway : 32 km.
HISTORY
- Municipal tramway: 1903 - 31 Mar. 1969.
- Suburban tramway (horse-drawn): 30 Sept. 1900 - 1 Oct. 1910; (electric): 1 Oct. 1910 - today.
- Municipal subway: 20 May 1933 - today.
- Elevated guideway LRT (New Tram): 16 March 1981 - today.
- Monorail: 1 June 1990 - today.
GAUGE
- Municipal tramway: 1435 mm.
- Suburban tramway: 1435 mm.
- Municipal subway: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Demery, L.W., Forty, R., DeGroote, R. and Higgins, J.W. Electric railways of Japan - Vol.2: Central Japan. London: Light Rail Transit Association, 1985.
- Forty, R. and Higgins, J.W. "Japan today (Part 5: Osaka and Kyoto)", Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transit, Nov. 1977 (40:479), p.376-387.
- 原口隆行 (Haraguchi, T.) 日本の路面電車 I (Japan's Street Railways, Pt.I) Tokyo: JTB, 2000.
- 辰巳博、福田静二 (Tatsumi, H. & Fukuda, S.) 大阪市電が走った街今昔 (Ōsaka City tramways - Yesterday and today). Tokyo: JTB, 2000.
WIKIS
- 阪堺電車阪堺線 (Hankai Line)
- 阪堺電気軌道 (Hankai Tramway)
- 阪堺電気軌道上町線 (Hankai Uemachi Line)
- 南海電気鉄道株式会社 (Nankai Electric Railway)
- 南港ポートタウン線 (Nankō Port Town Line)
- 大阪市電 (Ōsaka City trams)
- 大阪市営地下鉄 (Osaka Metro)
- 大阪モノレール (Osaka Monorail)
- 大阪市交通局 (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)
WEB SITES
- 阪堺電車 (Hankai Densha)
- 南海電気鉄道 (Nankai Railway)
- Osaka (on UrbanRail.Net)
- 大阪市営地下鉄 (Osaka Metro)
- 市内電車いろいろ (Various things about the city tramways)
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