Scenic route
GRAN Tenku
Osaka (Namba) → Gokurakubashi · Japan
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Nankai’s deep-red 2026 flagship runs through from Namba’s neon to Gokurakubashi, grinding up 50‰ cedar slopes to the cable car for sacred Koyasan — lounge and bar aboard.
Stations
- 0 kmNamba
- 1 kmImaimiyaebisu
- 2 kmShin-Imaimiya
- 2 kmHaginochaya
- 3 kmTengachaya
- 4 kmKishinosato-tamade
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- 5 kmTezukayama
- 6 kmSumiyoshihigashi
- 7 kmSawanochō
- 7 kmAbikomae
- 9 kmAsakayama
- 10 kmSakaihigashi
- 12 kmMikunigaoka
- 12 kmMozuhachiman
- 13 kmNakamozu
- 14 kmShirasagi
- 16 kmHatsushiba
- 17 kmHagiharatenjin
- 18 kmKitanoda
- 19 kmSayama
- 21 kmŌsakasayamashi
- 22 kmKongō
- 24 kmTakidani
- 25 kmChiyoda
- 27 kmKawachinagano
- 29 kmMikkaichichō
- 30 kmMikanodai
- 32 kmChihayaguchi
- 34 kmAmami
- 38 kmKimitōge
- 39 kmRinkanden-Entoshi
- 41 kmMiyukitsuji
- 44 kmHashimoto
- 47 kmKii-Shimizu
- 50 kmKamuro
- 51 kmKudoyama
- 53 kmKōyashita
- 55 kmShimo-Kosawa
- 57 kmKami-Kosawa
- 60 kmKii-Hosokawa
- 62 kmKii-Kamiya
- 63 kmGokurakubashi
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 11940316 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Nankai Electric Railway — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the GRAN Tenku?
The GRAN Tenku runs 64 km from Osaka (Namba) to Gokurakubashi.
How long does the GRAN Tenku take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 30 min for the 64 km. That is an average of 43 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the GRAN Tenku?
Nankai Electric Railway, with Nankai 2000 series.
How old is the GRAN Tenku?
The line has been in service since 2026. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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