Hamadera-ekimae

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Hamadera-ekimae Station (HN31) is the southern terminus of the Hankai Tramway Hankai Line, in Hamaderakōen-chō 2-chōme, Nishi-ku, Sakai. It opened on 1 April 1912 under the original Hankai Electric Tramway. It is roughly two minutes' walk from Nankai's Hamaderakōen Station on the Nankai Main Line. After successive operator changes — Nankai Railway in June 1915, Kinki Nippon Railway in June 1944, Nankai Electric Railway in June 1947, and the present Hankai Tramway in December 1980 — the stop is now scheduled to be relocated to the east side of the Nankai station as part of the ongoing Nankai Main Line elevation project, to improve transfer convenience.

Hamadera-ekimae is scheduled to be relocated to the east side of Nankai's Hamadera-kōen Station as part of the ongoing Nankai Main Line elevation project. The original plan was to keep the existing stop by reversing which line crossed above the other, with a temporary stop and about five years of replacement bus service during construction; because that would also have meant longer journeys and a forced transfer, the plan was changed to move the Hankai Line permanently to the east side of the Nankai Main Line, improving transfers there.