Imaike (Osaka)

History

Imaike opened on 1 December 1911 with the Hankai Electric Tramway. It became a junction stop on 26 April 1914 when the Hirano Line opened. The 21 June 1915 merger with Nankai Railway placed it under that company, the 1 June 1944 corporate consolidation moved it to Kintetsu, and the 1 June 1947 line transfer returned it to Nankai Electric Railway. On 20 June 1949 the adjacent Nankai Tennōji-branch station Imaikechō opened, creating a transfer point. The Hirano Line was abolished on 28 November 1980, and on 1 December 1980 the stop passed to the newly reconstituted Hankai Tramway. The Nankai Imaikechō Station was abolished when the rest of the Tennōji branch closed on 1 April 1993.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.

Notes

Imaike sits on an embankment with two opposed platforms reached by stairs from the Sumiyoshi end — effectively an elevated station. The stop once branched into the Nankai Hirano Line; the remnant of that branch is still visible south of the platforms, and the 'Tennōji Line Overpass', by which the Hankai tracks once crossed the Nankai Tennōji branch, remains in active use today.