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JRS Photos of the Month May 2016

This month we continue our look at the tramways in the Kansai from the collection of Oliver Mayer. This
collection comes from a visit to the Hankai Tramway in Southern Ōsaka.

All taken on 8th October 2007.

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Tram 605 at Sumiyoshi, a tram junction and tram stop, on its way from Sumiyoshi-Kōen to
Tennōji-ekimae. On the left is the short line to Sumiyoshi-Kōen stop, just beside Nankai’s
Sumiyoshi-Taisha station. This short line was closed at the end of January 2016.




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Tram 601 at Sumiyoshi, on a service from Tennōji-ekimae to Abikomichi.


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Tram 354 at Sumiyoshi-Torii-mae, bound for Hamadera-ekimae.

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