Kitayama Rail Pages
Osaka loop line


JR West 西日本旅客鉄道  Nishi Nippon Ryokaku Tetsudō     West Japan Railway Company

Ōsaka kanjō (loop) 大阪環状線 1067 mm     1500V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Nagata Tsuruhashi
Ebie Umeda Kyōbashi Nishikujō Morinomiya Taishō Namba Tennōji
Opened1889JR Namba - (Imamiya) - TennōjiOpened1899Imamiya station openedTracksThree tracksFukushima - Nishikujō
(One track used by Umeda Freight Line trains)
1895Tennōji - Umeda1900Merge of Umeda and Ōsaka stationsDouble trackThe rest of the line
See note below regarding Imamiya - Tennōji
1898Ōsaka - Nishikujō1961Nishikujō - Imamiya
Partially using existing freight tracks
Between Imamiya and Tennōji, Ōsaka Loop line has two tracks and Kansai Main line has two tracks. Officially, they are separate lines between Imamiya and Shin-Imamiya, but one line (Kansai Main line) between Shin-Imamiya and Tennōji.
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Tennōji Kintetsu: Minami-Ōsaka [Ōsaka-Abenobashi], Hankai: Uemachi [Tennōji-ekimae], JR West: Kansai Hon,
JR West: Ōsaka kanjō (loop), JR West: Hanwa, Ōsaka-shi: Midōsuji,
Ōsaka-shi: Tanimachi
0.0 Ōsaka-shi Ōsaka
Tsuruhashi Kintetsu: Ōsaka, Ōsaka-shi: Sennichimae 3.0 Ōsaka-shi
Morinomiya Ōsaka-shi: Chūō, Ōsaka-shi: Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi 4.8 Ōsaka-shi
Kyōbashi Keihan: Keihan Hon, JR West: Katamachi, JR West: JR Tōzai,
Ōsaka-shi: Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi
6.5 Ōsaka-shi
Sakuranomiya
8.3 Ōsaka-shi
Ōsaka Hankyū: Kyōto (Kyōto Hon) [Umeda], Hankyū: Kōbe (Kōbe Hon) [Umeda], Hankyū: Takarazuka (Takarazuka Hon) [Umeda],
Hanshin: Hon [Umeda], JR West: Tōkaidō Hon (Maibara - Kōbe), JR West: JR Tōzai [Kitashinchi],
Ōsaka-shi: Midōsuji [Umeda], Ōsaka-shi: Tanimachi [Higashi-Umeda], Ōsaka-shi: Yotsubashi [Nishi-Umeda]
10.7 Ōsaka-shi
Fukushima Hanshin: Hon, JR West: JR Tōzai [Shin-Fukushima] 11.7 Ōsaka-shi
Nishikujō Hanshin: Hanshin Namba, JR West: Sakurajima, JR West: Tōkaidō Hon (Umeda Kamotsu Umeda Freight) 14.3 Ōsaka-shi
Bentenchō Ōsaka-shi: Chūō 15.9 Ōsaka-shi
Taishō Ōsaka-shi: Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi 17.7 Ōsaka-shi
Imamiya JR West: Kansai Hon 19.5 Ōsaka-shi
Shin-Imamiya Hankai: Hankai [Minami-Kasumichō], JR West: Kansai Hon, Nankai: Nankai Hon 20.7 Ōsaka-shi
Tennōji JR West: Ōsaka kanjō (loop), JR West: Hanwa 21.7 Ōsaka-shi Ōsaka

Traffic pattern
The Ōsaka Loop line is also used:
- (Fukushima-) Nishikujō - Tennōji by Limited Express and Rapid trains between Shin-Ōsaka station and Hanwa line using Umeda Freight line.
- Kyōbashi - Nishikujō - Tennōji by Hanwa line trains.
- Ōsaka - Nishikujō - Tennōji by Kansai main line trains.

The main traffic flows for local trains are:
* Outer loop Soto mawari: Tennōji - Nishikujō - Ōsaka - Kyōbashi - Tennōji
* Inner loop Uchi mawari: Tennōji - Kyōbashi - Ōsaka - Nishikujō - Tennōji
* Tennōji - Kyōbashi - Ōsaka
* Tennōji - Kyōbashi - Ōsaka - Nishikujō - Sakurajima
The traffic pattern was accurate at: Jan 10, 2012
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationDaytime
frequency
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Local
Futsū
普通
Tennōji - Kyōbashi - Ōsaka - Nishikujō - TennōjiEvery 15 min or better41 min32 km/h
Tennōji - Kyōbashi - Ōsaka - Nishikujō - Sakurajima (09.00-17.00 only)Every 15 min36 min31 km/h
Tennōji - Kyōbashi - ŌsakaEvery 15 min or better22 min29 km/h


This page is updated Jan 2, 2012