Tanagawa Line

Nankai Tanagawa Line
Nankai Tanagawa Line
	Nankai 2200 series EMU at Tanagawa Station
Overview
Native name	多奈川線
Locale	Osaka Prefecture
Termini	Misaki-kōen; Tanagawa;
Stations	4
Service
Operator(s)	Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
History
Opened	1 June 1944; 80 years ago
Closed	1966; 58 years ago (Ferry Line To Sumoto)
Technical
Line length	2.6 km (1.6 mi)
Number of tracks	Single
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Operating speed	45 km/h (28 mph)

The Tanagawa Line (多奈川線, Tanagawa-sen) is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, owned by Nankai Electric Railway. This line connects to the Nankai Main Line.

History

The line opened in 1944, electrified at 1500 VDC, to serve the Kawasaki Heavy Industries shipbuilding yard. In 1948 a ferry service connecting to Tokushima on Shikoku via Awaji Island commenced service, and an express service operated from Namba to Tanagawa as part of this service until 1993, the ferry service ceasing in 1998 upon the opening of the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge.

Former connecting lines

Tanagawa station - A ferry to Sumoto on Awaji Island enabled connection to the Awaji Railway Co. 23km 1067mm gauge line to Fukura, where a ferry service to Naruto operated. The line opened between 1922 and 1925, was electrified at 600 VDC in 1947 and closed in 1966.