Nankai

Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (南海電気鉄道株式会社) is a private railway company. Japan Rail Pass cannot be used. It operated 6 lines within Osaka Prefecture :

1. 1. Nankai Main Line
   2. Takashinohama Line
   3. Airport Line
   4. Tanagawa Line
   5. Koya Line
   6. Shiomibashi Line

Nankai Main Line (南海本線)– Nankai Main Line connects Nankai Namba Station in Osaka Prefecture with Wakayamashi Station in Wakayama Prefecture. It also has a special Airport Line that connects Nankai Namba Station with Kansai International Airport. The following link shows a complete map of the route.

https://www.howto-osaka.com/global/pdf/traffic/routemap/routemap_nankailine.pdf

Local(普通)– Stops at all stations, SE(準急行)– Operate between Namba (NK01) and Haruki (NK22) / Hagurazaki (NK33), SbE(区間急行)– Operate between Namba (NK01) and Hagurazaki (NK33), Misakikoen (NK41) or Wakayamashi (NK45), AE(空港急行)– Operate between Namba (NK01) and Airport (details please see Airport Line), Ex(急行)– Limited stops between Namba (NK01) and Wakayamashi (NK45), LES(特急サザン)– Very limited stops between Namba (NK01) and Wakayamashi (NK45), LER(空港特急ラピート)– Limited stop express train between Namba (NK01) and Airport

● : Trains stop   ▲: Rapi:t α trains pass, β trains stop   ▼: At Haruki, Express trains marked with a white line makes a stop     ◆: Trains stop in the off-peak hours from January 1 until 3 every year     ｜ ↑: All trains pass (Arrows indicate directions)

Takashinohama Line (高師浜線)– Takashinohama Line operates between Hagoromo Station and Takashinohama Station. You can reach Hagoromo Station from Namba Station with Nankai Main Line.

Airport Express Line (空港線)– Airport Express Line connects Nankai Namba Station (NK01) and Kansai International Airport. There is also a Airport Limited Express Line (空港急行). It is advised travellers who want to reach airport from Namba to take the Limited Express trains (Rapi:t α Line or β Line) as it will save you over an hour comparing to the Express train.

● – Stop ,  Rapi:t α stop,   Rapi:t β stop

Tanagawa Line (多奈川線)– This line connects Misaki-koen Station (NK41) on Nankai Main Line and Tanagawa Station.

Koya Line (高野線)– Koya Line starts at Namba Station (NK01) and diverge from Kankai Main Line at Kishinosato-Tamade Station (NK06) on Nankai Main Line to terminate at Gokurakubashi Station in Koya city of Wakayama Prefecture. From Gokurakubashi Station (NK86), one can change to Koya Cable Line to go to Koyasan Station (NK87) to visit the UNESCO world heritage Kongobu-ji (金剛峯寺) on top of the Koya Mountain.

SE(準急)– Semi Express, SbE(区間急行)– Sub Express, Ex(急行)– Express, RE(快速急行)– Rapid Express, Tenku- Sightseeing train that operates between Hashimoto and Gokurakubashi daily except on Wednesdays and Thursdays from March until November, and on Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays from December until February. LE(特急)– Limited Express

●All trains stop   ◆Extra Limited Express trains originating at Hashimoto stop here   ▲Semboku Liner No Stop

Shiomibashi Line (汐見橋線)– Shiomibashi Line starts at Shiomibashi Station in Sakuragawa and terminates at Kishinosato-Tamade Station in Tamade-higashi.