 Grade
separation project attempts to eliminate traffic congestion and railroad
crossing accidents and hazards by such eliminating crossings, ensure
community access and promote economic and industrial development for
Osaka City to be an international city for 21st century.
Traffic congestion occur frequently on the Hanwa Line, which cuts through
the southern part of Osaka City, intersects main arterial streets. In
order to remove these crossings, a project to elevate railroad along
a 4.9-kilometer span from Fuminosato 4-chome, Abeno-ku to Sugimoto 3-chome,
Sumiyoshi-ku was adopted as an urban planning initiative in 1981. Land
purchases began in 1984 and construction of elevated railroad began in
the second half of 1999. A full conversion
to grade separation was finished in May of 2006. |
| Name of project |
: |
Osaka urban plan > urban high-speed railway > JR Hanwa Line grade
separation project |
| Determination of urban plan |
: |
July 31, 1981 |
| Project permits issued |
: |
March 28, 1983 |
| Conclusion of agreement |
: |
March 21, 1984 |
| Project zone |
: |
Fuminosato 4-chome, Abeno-ku to Sugimoto 3-chome, Sumiyoshi-ku |
| Project length |
: |
4,860 meters |
| Number of eliminated crossings |
: |
12 (crossings from Kita 2 Minami-Tanabe to Kita 3 Sugimoto-cho) |
| Intersections with arterial streets |
: |
Urban planning streets (Kizugawa-Hirano Line, Shibatani-Hirano
Line, Tennoji-Abiko Line, Shikitsu-Nagayoshi Line, Yamatogawa-Hokugan
Line) |
| Station facilities |
: |
| Platforms |
/ |
Opposing dual platforms (Minami-Tanabe Station, Nagai Station,
Abiko-cho Station)
Island-type dual platforms (Tsurugaoka Station) |
| Elevator |
/ |
One per platform |
| Escalator |
/ |
Two per platform up/down |
|
| Elevated switch |
: |
May 21, 2006 |
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