is a company which owns two tramway lines in the cities of

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...

and Sakai, Osaka, Japan. The parent company is

Nankai Electric Railway is a private railway in Japan, founded in 1884. The name ''Nankai'' (which means "South Sea") comes from the company's routes along the Nankaidō, the old highway that ran south from the old capital, Kyoto, along the sea coast. Nankai predates a ...

Co., Ltd.

Lines

Current

Hankai Line The is a tramway in the cities of Osaka and Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd. owns and operates the line. The line's name comes from (the kanji character for ''saka'' is also pronounced ''han'') and (whose kanji contribu ...

(Ebisucho - Hamadera eki-mae) 14.1 km * Uemachi Line (Tennoji eki-mae - Sumiyoshikoen) 4.6 km The lines use standard gauge tracks and are electrified at 600 Volts via

catenary In physics and geometry, a catenary (, ) is the curve that an idealized hanging chain or cable assumes under its own weight when supported only at its ends in a uniform gravitational field. The catenary curve has a U-like shape, superfici ...

Former lines when owned by Nankai Railway

*Hirano Line (Imaike - Hirano) 5.9 km *Ohama Branch Line (Shukuin - Ohama-kaigan) 1.4 km

Rolling stock

Current

*161 series *351 series *501 series *601 series *701 series *1001 series *1101 series File:Hankai_161_(49301503486).jpg, 161 series File:阪堺電気軌道モ３５１形３５１号.jpg, 351 series File:Hankai500Series02.jpg, 501 series File:Hankai_605_IMG_3155-2_20130518.JPG, 601 series File:Hankai_704_IMG_2876-2_20130506.JPG, 701 series File:１００１形１００３号.jpg, 1001 series File:阪堺電気軌道_1101形電車.jpg, 1101 series

References

External links

* Companies based in Osaka Prefecture Railway companies of Japan Rail transport in Osaka Prefecture Tram transport in Japan Nankai Group {{Japan-rail-company-stub