Sumiyoshitaisha Station

Sumiyoshitaisha Station 住吉大社駅
File:SumiyoshiTaisha-st1.jpg
Location	Nagaochō, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市住吉区長峡町） Japan
Coordinates
Operated by	Nankai Railway
Line(s)	Nankai Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	NK08
History
Opened	1912
Previous names	Sumiyoshikoen (until 1979)

Sumiyoshitaisha Station (住吉大社駅, Sumiyoshitaisha-eki) is a train station on the Nankai Electric Railway Nankai Main Line in Nagaochō, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka Osaka Prefecture, Japan. There is a connection to Sumiyoshikōen Station (住吉公園駅, Sumiyoshikōen-eki) on the Hankai Tramway Uemachi Line.

Lines

Sumiyoshitaisha Station

• Nankai Electric Railway (NK08)
  • Nankai Main Line

Sumiyoshikōen Station

• Hankai Tramway (HN11)
  • Uemachi Line

Sumiyoshikōen Station, opened in 1913, is the terminal of the Uemachi Line. There were approximately 200 trams departing the station in its peak in circa 1960, but the number of departures was finally reduced to five (four in weekends) at the March 2014 timetable revision to serve 70 to 100 passengers per day. The station, as well as the 200-meter section between Sumiyoshi and Sumiyoshikōen, will be closed from January 31, 2016.

Layout

Sumiyoshitaisha Station

• Sumiyoshitaisha Station has 2 island platforms serving 2 tracks each on the 3rd level. Tracks 2 and 4 are used mainly for sub express trains and airport express trains from January 1 till 3 every year.

1	■ Nankai Line	for Wakayamashi and Kansai Airport
2	■ Nankai Line	extra (on off-peak hours from January 1 till 3 every year)
3	■ Nankai Line	for Namba
4	■ Nankai Line	extra (on off-peak hours from January 1 till 3 every year)

Sumiyoshikoen Station

Sumiyoshikoen Station 住吉公園駅
File:Sumiyoshitaisha Station and Sumiyoshikoen Station.jpg Sumiyoshikōen Station (right) and entrance of Sumiyoshitaisha Station
Location	Nagaochō, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市住吉区長峡町） Japan
Coordinates
Operated by	Hankai Tramway
Line(s)	Uemachi Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	HN11
History
Opened	1913

• Sumiyoshikoen Station has 2 dead-end platforms serving 2 tracks on the ground.

1, 2

■ Uemachi Line

for Abeno and Tennoji-ekimae

Surroundings

• Sumiyoshi Taisha
• Osaka Prefectural Sumiyoshi Park
• Sumiyoshi-toriimae Station (HN12, Hankai Tramway Hankai Line)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nankai Railway Nankai Main Line (NK08: Sumiyoshitaisha)
Kohama (NK07)		Local (普通車)		Suminoe (NK09)
Semi-Express (only running for Namba on weekday mornings): no stop
Sub. Express: no stop
Airport Express: no stop
Express: no stop
Limited Express ("rapi:t", "Southern"): no stop
Hankai Tramway Uemachi Line (HN11: Sumiyoshikōen)
Sumiyoshi (HN10)		-	Terminus