Hanshin Namba Line
The Nishi-Osaka Line (阪神西大阪線, Hanshin Nishi-Ōsaka sen) is a branch line of the Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line and ends at Nishikujo Station. The line will be extended to Osaka Namba Station (to be renamed from Kintetsu Namba Station) to join the Kintetsu Nara Line.
On August 9, 2007, Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. announced that the name of the extending line is "the Hanshin Namba Line (阪神なんば線, Hanshin Nanba sen)" and the Nishi-Osaka Line will be renamed the Hanshin Namba Line in 2009. Although details of the train schedule as the Hanshin Namba Line from 2009 has not been announced yet, Hanshin says it will operate through trains between Sannomiya Station in Kobe and Kintetsu Nara Station in Nara via the Namba Line.
Stations
Under the incumbent timetable, all trains are Local (普通, futsū) operating between Amagasaki and Nishikujō with stops at all stations.
| Station Name | Distance between stations (km) | Distance from start (km) | Connecting lines | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanshin 尼崎 |
- | 0.0 | Hanshin Railway Main Line | Hyōgo | Amagasaki |
| Daimotsu 大物 |
0.9 | 0.9 | Hanshin Railway Main Line | ||
| Dekijima 出来島 |
1.4 | 2.3 | Osaka | Nishiyodogawa-ku | |
| Fuku 福 |
1.0 | 3.3 | |||
| Denpō 伝法 |
1.5 | 4.8 | Konohana-ku | ||
| Chidoribashi 千鳥橋駅 |
0.7 | 5.5 | |||
| Nishikujō 西九条駅 |
0.8 | 6.3 | JR Osaka Loop Line and Sakurajima Line (JR Yumesaki Line) | ||
| The following stations are on the section between Nishikujō Station and Kintetsu Namba Station, under construction for the planned opening in 2009 | |||||
| Osaka 九条 |
- | - | Planning to be connecting to the Osaka Municipal Subway Chuo Line | Osaka | Nishi-ku |
| Dome-mae ドーム前 |
- | - | Planning to be connecting to the Osaka Municipal Subway Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line (Dome-mae Chiyozaki Station) | ||
| Osaka 桜川 |
- | - | Planning to be connecting the Osaka Municipal Subway Sennichimae Line and the Nankai Kōya Line (Shiomibashi Line) (Shiomibashi Station) | Naniwa-ku | |
| Osaka Namba 大阪難波 |
- | 10.1 | The existing Kintetsu Namba Station will be renamed. Planning to be connecting to the Kintetsu Namba Line (with through trains), the Nankai Electric Railway Nankai Main Line and Kōya Line (Namba Station), the Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line, Yotsubashi Line, and the Sennichimae Line (Namba Station), the JR West Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) (JR Namba Station) | Chūō-ku | |