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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Cab Ride on Japanese Tram Osaka City Hankai Tramway Uemachi Line - Length: 17:37 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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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Japan Transportation • New Tram • Monorail• Osaka • Suminoekoen—Cosmosquare - Length: 13:41 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - The Longest OSAKA MONORAIL 大阪モノレール 門真市→大阪空港・全区間 - Length: 37:55 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Osaka Hankyu Railway Express Trains - Length: 5:17 mins. |
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MAP
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Please note that the OSM map used as a template for this map corresponds to the situation at the time the map was downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, it may show bridges and highways that were built later.
ROUTES
SUBURBAN TRAM ROUTES
Operator: 南海電気鉄道 (Nankai Railway)
| Ue | 上町線 | Uemachi Line | 天王寺駅 (Tennōji Station) – 住吉 (Sumiyoshi) - 我孫子道 (Abikomichi) - 浜寺 (Hamadera) |
| Ha | 阪堺線 | Hankai Line | 恵美須町 (Ebisu-chō) – 住吉 (Sumiyoshi) - 我孫子道 (Abikomichi) |
SUBWAY ROUTES
Operator: 大阪市交通局 (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)
| 1 | 御堂筋線 | Midōsuji Line | 千里中央 (Senri-Chūō) – 新大阪駅 (New Ōsaka Station) – 梅田 (Umeda) – 本町 (Honmachi) – なんば (難波) (Namba) – 大国町 (Daikokuchō) – 天王寺 (Tennōji) – あびこ (Abiko) – 中百舌鳥 (Nakamozu) |
| 2 | 谷町線 | Tanimachi Line | 大日 (Dainichi) – 太子橋今市 (Taishibashi-Imaichi) – 都島 (Miyakojima) – 天神橋筋六 (Tenjinbashi-suji-6) – 梅田 (Umeda) – 天満橋 (Tenma-bashi) – 谷町 (Tanimachi) – 天王寺 (Tennōji) – 平野 (Hirano) – 八尾南 (Yaominami) |
| 3 | 四つ橋線 | Yotsubashi Line | 西梅田 (West Umeda) – 大国町 (Daikokuchō) – 玉出 (Tamade) – 住之江公園 (Suminoe-Kōen) |
| 4 | 中央線 | Chūō Line | コスモスクエア (Cosmosquare) – 大阪港 (Ōsaka Harbour) – 阿波座 (Awaza) – 本町 (Honmachi) – 谷町 (Tanimachi) – 深江橋 (Fukaebashi) – 長田 (Nagata) |
| 5 | 千日前線 | Sennichi-mae Line | 野田阪神 (Noda Hanshin) – 阿波座 (Awaza) – 桜川 (Sakura-gawa) – 今里 (Imazato) – 南巽 (Minami-Tatsumi) |
| 6 | 堺筋線 | Sakaisuji Line | 天神橋筋六 (Tenjinbashi-suji-6) – 北浜 (Kitahama) – 恵美須町 (Ebisu-chō) – 天下茶屋 (Tengachaya) |
| 7 | 長堀鶴見緑地線 | Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line | 大正 (Taishō) – 谷町 (Tanimachi) – 蒲生四 (Gamō-4) – 門真南 (Kadoma-Minami) |
| 8 | 今里筋線 | Imazatosuji Line | 今里 (Imazato) – 蒲生四 (Gamō-4) – 太子橋今市 (Taishibashi-Imaichi) – 井高野 (Itakano) |
ELEVATED GUIDEWAY LRT (NEW TRAM) ROUTE
Operator: 大阪市交通局 (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)
| 南港ポートタウン線 | Nankō Port Town Line | コスモスクエア (Cosmosquare) – 住之江公園 (Suminoe-Kōen) |
MONORAIL ROUTES
Operator: 大阪高速鉄道株式会社 (Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd.)
| 本線 | Main Line | 大阪国際空港 (Ōsaka Airport) – 万博記念公園 (Banpaku-Kinen-Kōen) – 大日 (Dainichi) – 門真市 (Kadoma-shi) | |
| 彩都線 | Saito Line | 万博記念公園 (Banpaku-Kinen-Kōen) – 彩都西 (Saito West) |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Suburban tramway:18.6 km.
- Subway : 130 km.
- Elevated LRT (New Tram): 7.9 km.
- Monorail: 28 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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