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JR-W, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...
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Osaka Loop LineThe is a railway line in Japan operated by West Japan Railway Company . It encircles central Osaka.The second loop line, the Osaka Higashi Line, from Hanaten to Kyuhoji was opened on March 15, 2008, and the line from Shigino to Shin-Ōsaka is planned to open in 2020.-Outline:This loop line consists...
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Deiribashi|abandoned in 1949|}}
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{{BS4|hSTR|exSTR|tSTR|tSTR|||(near right)
JR Tōzai Lineis one of several Metro / commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, operated by West Japan Railway Company. The line, whose name literally means "east-west", runs underground through central Osaka and connects the Gakkentoshi Line at Kyobashi Station in Osaka and the...
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{{BS4|hBHF|exBHF|tACC|tSTR|1.1|{{ja-stalink|Fukushima||Osaka}}||}}
{{BS4|hSTR|exSTR|TUNNELe|tBHF|||JR-W: {{ja-stalink|Shin-Fukushima}}|}}
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JR-W: Osaka Loop Line
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Kita-Osaka, Kokudō lines|}}
{{BS5||uexKBHFa|hACC|tSTR|tKBHFl|2.3|{{ja-stalink|Noda||Hanshin}}|
{{ja-stalink|Ebie}}
S11: {{ja-stalink|Nodahanshin}}|}}
{{BS5|tBHFq|tSTRq|hKRZt|tSTRrf||||Osaka Subway:
Sennichimae Line|}}
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JR-W: JR Tōzai Line
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{{BS|hACC|3.3|{{ja-stalink|Yodogawa}}||}}
{{BS|hWSTR||Yodo River||}}
{{BS|hACC|4.4|{{ja-stalink|Himejima}}||}}
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Ōwada|merged to Chibune|}}
{{BS|hWSTR||Kanzaki River||}}
{{BS|hACC|5.9|{{ja-stalink|Chibune}}||}}
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Tsukuda|merged to Chibune|}}
{{BS|ehWGRENZE|||Prefectural border (Osaka/Hyogo)|}}
{{BS3|uexLUECKE|hACC||6.8|{{ja-stalink|Kuise}}||}}
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Kokudo Line/
Kuise Connection Line|}}
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{{BS5|||hSTR||tKHSTa|||{{ja-stalink|Kintetsu Nara}}|}}
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Kintetsu Nara Line|}}
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Kintetsu Osaka Line|}}
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Kintetsu Namba Lineis an underground railway line of Kintetsu Corporation in Osaka, Japan opened in 1970. It is an extension of the Osaka Line and the Nara Line. The line is parallel to the Osaka Municipal Subway Sennichimae Line...
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Hanshin Namba Line
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{{BS|vACC|O1=leer+hr|O12=leer+hl|8.0|{{ja-stalink|Daimotsu}}||}}
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{{BS3||vÜSTu+l|O2=leer+hr|hDST||Amagasaki depot and workshop||}}
{{BS3||vACC|O2=leer+hr|O22=leer+hl|hSTR|8.9|{{ja-stalink|Amagasaki||Hanshin}}||}}
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{{BS3||hACC|uexKBHFa|10.1|{{ja-stalink|Deyashiki}}||}}
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Amagasaki Kaigan LineThe was a 1.7 km long commuter rail in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan owned and operated by Hanshin Electric Railway. The line was closed in 1962.-History:The line connecting Deyashiki and Higashihama opened on April 14, 1929....
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{{BS|hACC|10.8|{{ja-stalink|Amagasaki Center Pool-mae}}||}}
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{{BS3|WASSERq|BRÜCKE+BHF|WASSERq|12.0|{{ja-stalink|Mukogawa}}|
Mukogawa Riverthumb|250px|A Source of Mukogawa RiverThe is a river in the south-eastern part of Hyōgo Prefecture. This river was selected as the second most important river in the region by the prefecture governor. Its total length is 66 kilometers, and the drainage area is 496 square...
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Mukogawa Lineis a branch line of the Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.-Stations:...
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{{BS|DST||Mukogawa S.B.||}}
{{BS|BHF|13.2|{{ja-stalink|Naruo}}||}}
{{BS3|uexSTRq|uexSTRq|O2=BRÜCKE+BHF|uexSTRq|14.1|{{ja-stalink|Kōshien}}|
Kōshien Line|}}
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Hankyu:
Imazu LineThe is a 9.3 km long commuter rail in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan owned and operated by Hankyu Railway. It is the longest of three branchlines of the Hankyu Kobe Line. The line connects the cities of Nishinomiya and Takarazuka.-Operation:...
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Nishinomiya Higashiguchi| (merged to Nishinomiya in 2001)|}}
{{BS|hACC|16.7|{{ja-stalink|Nishinomiya||Hanshin}}|2001-|}}
{{BS|ehBHF|16.9|
Nishinomiya|-2001|}}
{{BS|ehBHF|27.1|
Ebisu||}}
{{BS|hACC|17.8|{{ja-stalink|Kōroen}}||}}
{{BS|WBRÜCKEe||Shukugawa River||}}
{{BS3||ABZrg|KDSTr||Horikiri Maintenance Base||}}
{{BS|DST||Horikiri S.B.||}}
{{BS|ACC|19.0|{{ja-stalink|Uchide}}||}}
{{BS|ACC|20.2|{{ja-stalink|Ashiya||Hanshin}}||}}
{{BS|WBRÜCKE||Ashiya River||}}
{{BS|BHF|21.5|{{ja-stalink|Fukae||Hyōgo}}||}}
{{BS|BHF|22.6|{{ja-stalink|Ōgi||Hyōgo}}||}}
{{BS|ACC|23.8|{{ja-stalink|Uozaki}}||}}
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Kobe New Transitis the third-sector semipublic company that runs Port Island Line and Rokkō Island Line automated guideway transit systems in Kobe, Japan...
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Rokkō Island LineThe , commonly known as is an automated guideway transit system in Kobe, Japan. Operated by Kobe New Transit, it connects the man-made Rokkō Island to Sumiyoshi Station on the JR Kobe Line.-Stations:*Sumiyoshi...
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{{BS5|||hBHF||exBHF|24.6|{{ja-stalink|Sumiyoshi||Hanshin}}||}}
{{BS5|||hBHF||exBHF|25.1|{{ja-stalink|Mikage||Hanshin}}||}}
{{BS5|||hACC||exBHF|25.7|{{ja-stalink|Ishiyagawa}}||}}
{{BS5|WASSERq|WASSERq|hWSTR|WASSERq|exWBRÜCKE||Ishiya River||}}
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Toin Depot||}}
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{{BS5|||hSTR|hKBHFe|O3=KDSTe|exSTR||Ishiyagawa Depot||}}
{{BS5|||hACC||exBHF|26.6|{{ja-stalink|Shinzaike}} (second)||}}
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Shinzaike (first)|abandoned in 1929|}}
{{BS5|WASSERq|WASSERq|hWSTR|WASSERq|exWBRÜCKE||Toga River||}}
{{BS5|||hACC||exBHF|27.6|{{ja-stalink|Ōishi}}||}}
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Kokudō Line|}}
{{BS|ACC|28.2|{{ja-stalink|Nishi-Nada}}||}}
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{{BS3||ACC|exBHF|28.8|{{ja-stalink|Iwaya||Hyōgo}}||}}
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Wakihama|abandoned in 1933|}}
{{BS3||tACC|exSTR|29.9|{{ja-stalink|Kasuganomichi||Hanshin}} (second)|1934-|}}
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Kasuganomichi (first)|-1933|}}
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Shin-Ikutagawa|abandoned in 1933|}}
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Asahi-dōri||}}
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JR-W:
Tōkaidō MainThe is the busiest trunk line of the Japan Railways Group , connecting Tōkyō and Kōbe stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities...
(
JR KobeThe is the nickname of portions of the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Sanyō Main Line, between Osaka Station in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture and Himeji Station in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture...
) line
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Hankyū: Kobe Main Line
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{{BS5|BHF|BHF|tBHF|exBHF||31.2|{{ja-stalink|Sannomiya}}|connections shown below|}}
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Kobe ("Takimichi")||}}
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Main Line||}}
{{BS5|TUNNELa|BHF|exGRENZE legende|O3=tBHF|exGRENZE legende||32.1|{{ja-stalink|Motomachi||Hyōgo}}||}}
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Kobe Kosoku Line||}}
{{BS5|tHST|STR|tBHF||||{{ja-stalink|Nishi-Motomachi}}|
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Kobe Subwayis the subway of Kobe. It has two lines.-Lines:- External links :****...
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Kaigan LineThe is one of two lines of Kobe Municipal Subway . Trains of the line are propelled by linear motors.-Stations on the Kaigan Line:- Rolling stock :* 5000 series All trains are based at Misaki-Kōen Depot....
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{{ja-stalink|Kobe}},
K04: {{ja-stalink|Harbor Land}}|}}
{{BS5|||tBHF|BHF|tBHF||{{ja-stalink|Kōsoku Kobe}}|}}
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Kobe Subway: Kaigan Line
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{{BS3||tSTR|ÜWol|||JR-W: Sanyō Main (JR Kobe) Line
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{{BS3|tKBHFr|tBHF|||{{ja-stalink|Shinkaichi}}||}}
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Shintetsu: Kobe Kosoku Line|}}
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Kobe Subway: Seishin-Yamate Line
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{{BS3|tBHF|tBHF|||{{ja-stalink|Kōsoku Nagata}}|
S08: {{ja-stalink|Nagata||Kobe Subway}}|}}
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Kobe Kosoku Line||}}
{{BS|tBHF||{{ja-stalink|Nishidai||Hyōgo}}|}}
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SanyōSanyo Electric Railway Co., Ltd. is a Japanese private railway in western Hyōgo Prefecture...
: Main Line|}}
{{BS|KHSTe|||{{ja-stalink|Sanyo Himeji}}|}}
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Connections at Umeda||}}
{{BS||||Subway:
Osaka Subwayis the metro network in the city of Osaka, Japan, forming an integral part of the extensive mass transit system of Greater Osaka , having 125 out of the 1,108 rail stations in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto region. In 2010 the greater Osaka region had 13 million rail passengers daily of which the Osaka...
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JR-W, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...
:
Tōkaidō MainThe is the busiest trunk line of the Japan Railways Group , connecting Tōkyō and Kōbe stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities...
(
JR KyotoThe is the common name of a portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line, between Kyoto Station and Osaka Station. The line is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company ....
) Line|}}
{{BS3|ABZrg|tKRZ||||JR-W:
Osaka Loop LineThe is a railway line in Japan operated by West Japan Railway Company . It encircles central Osaka.The second loop line, the Osaka Higashi Line, from Hanaten to Kyuhoji was opened on March 15, 2008, and the line from Shigino to Shin-Ōsaka is planned to open in 2020.-Outline:This loop line consists...
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{{BS3|STR|tSTR||||
Subway:
Tanimachi Line (T20: {{ja-stalink|Higashi-Umeda}})|}}
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Hankyūis a Japanese private railway that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of major businesses operated by Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. The railway's main terminal is at Umeda Station in Osaka...
: Kobe, Kyoto, Takarazuka main lines|}}
{{BS5|tSTRq|KRZt|tBHFq|tSTRq|tKRZt|||
Subway:
Midōsuji Line (M16)
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{{ja-stalink|Umeda}}|
{{ja-stalink|Osaka}}|}}
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Y11: {{ja-stalink|Nishi-Umeda}},
{{ja-stalink|Kitashinchi}}|}}
{{BS5||STR|tSTR|tKBHFl|tKRZt|||Subway:
Yotsubashi Line|}}
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JR-W: Tōkaidō Main Line|}}
{{BS5||STR|tSTR||tSTR||| (
JR KobeThe is the nickname of portions of the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Sanyō Main Line, between Osaka Station in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture and Himeji Station in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture...
, JR Takarazuka lines)|}}
{{BS5||STR|tSTR||tSTR|||JR-W:
Osaka Loop,
JR Tōzaiis one of several Metro / commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, operated by West Japan Railway Company. The line, whose name literally means "east-west", runs underground through central Osaka and connects the Gakkentoshi Line at Kyobashi Station in Osaka and the...
lines|}}
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Main Line of Hanshin||}}
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Connections at Sannomiya||}}
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Kobe City Tramway: Sakaemachi Line|}}
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Kobe Municipal Subwayis the subway of Kobe. It has two lines.-Lines:- External links :****...
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Seishin-Yamate LineThe is one of two lines of Kobe Municipal Subway that links the central district and suburbs of Kobe. It is sometimes called U-Line after its shape on maps.-Stations on the Seishin-Yamate Line:- Rolling stock :* 1000 series...
(S03)|}}
{{BS5|STRq|BHFq|uxmKRZu|STRq|STRq|||
Hankyū: Kobe Main Line
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{{BS5|STRq|STRq|uxmKRZu|BHFq|STRq|||
JR-W:
Tōkaidō MainThe is the busiest trunk line of the Japan Railways Group , connecting Tōkyō and Kōbe stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities...
(
JR KobeThe is the nickname of portions of the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Sanyō Main Line, between Osaka Station in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture and Himeji Station in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture...
) Line
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(R)
Kobe New Transitis the third-sector semipublic company that runs Port Island Line and Rokkō Island Line automated guideway transit systems in Kobe, Japan...
: Port Island Line (P01)|}}
{{BS5|tSTRq|tSTRq|uxmKRZt|tBHFq|tSTRq|O5=uSTR||
Main Line of Hanshin
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{{BS5|||uexBHF||uSTR|||(L) Sannomiya-Hanshin-mae|}}
{{BS5|tSTRrg|tKBHFr|uexSTR||uSTR|||K01: {{ja-stalink|Sannomiya-Hanadokeimae}}|}}
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Kobe Municipal Subway:
Kaigan LineThe is one of two lines of Kobe Municipal Subway . Trains of the line are propelled by linear motors.-Stations on the Kaigan Line:- Rolling stock :* 5000 series All trains are based at Misaki-Kōen Depot....
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The {{nihongo|
Main Line|阪神電気鉄道本線|Hanshin Denki Tetsudō Honsen}} is a railway line of a
JapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese
private railwayA private railroad is a railroad run by a private corporation, as opposed to a railroad run by a public sector.-Japan:In Japan, refers to a railway line owned and operated by private sector. Although Japan Railways Group companies are private entities, they are not considered private railways...
company
Hanshin Electric Railwayis a Japanese private railway company of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group that links Osaka and Kobe. It also owns the Hanshin Tigers baseball team.The second character for Osaka and the first character for Kobe combine to form the company name, 阪神, which can be read Han-shin.IC cards are accepted when...
, connecting two
JapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese
cities||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...
of
Osakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
and
Kobe, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...
, between {{ja-stalink|Umeda}} and {{ja-stalink|Sannomiya}} stations respectively.
Outline
The Main Line of Hanshin is the southernmost railway of the three to connect Osaka and Kobe, with more stations through the earliest inhabited area. The others are
Hankyu Corporationis a Japanese private railway that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of major businesses operated by Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. The railway's main terminal is at Umeda Station in Osaka...
's Kobe Main Line in northernmost, and in the midst the
Tōkaidō Main LineThe is the busiest trunk line of the Japan Railways Group , connecting Tōkyō and Kōbe stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities...
of present
West Japan Railway Company, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...
(JR West).
Although the
Tōkaidō Main LineThe is the busiest trunk line of the Japan Railways Group , connecting Tōkyō and Kōbe stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities...
has connected the cities earlier as a part of the national railway network, but had been less significant in the interurban connection of
Osaka-Kobe-Kyotois a Japanese metropolitan region encompassing the metropolitan areas of the cities of Osaka in Osaka prefecture, Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture, and Kyoto in Kyoto prefecture. The entire region has a population of 18,644,000 over an area of 11,170 km²...
area. Privatized
West Japan Railway Company, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...
(JR West) has focused the area as its "Urban Network", and has become competitive with private railways.
For nearly a century, the line or the company had competed with the Hankyū Kobe Main Line with numerous stories, tales and talks, however, in 2006 Hanshin and Hankyū were subsidiarized under a single share holding company,
Hankyu Hanshin Holdingsis a stockholding company which owns Hankyu Corporation, Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. and affiliate companies.On October 1, 2006, Hankyu Holdings changed its name to the present corporate name following the merger with Hanshin Electric Railway...
.
History
The Main Line started operation on April 12, 1905 by the company. It is one of the oldest
interurbanAn interurban, also called a radial railway in parts of Canada, is a type of electric passenger railroad; in short a hybrid between tram and train. Interurbans enjoyed widespread popularity in the first three decades of the twentieth century in North America. Until the early 1920s, most roads were...
railways in Japan, which found a solution to construct a competing line with a governmental line using the Tram Act which first intended to provide supplementary ways of road traffic. Among the followers are
Keihan Electric Railwayis a Japanese railway operator in Osaka, Kyoto, and Shiga Prefectures. It is known as , or .-History:Keihan started its operation between Osaka and Kyoto in 1910. It was the first electric railway to connect these two cities, and the first line on the left bank of Yodo River...
, Minoo Arima Electric Tramway (presnt
Hankyu Hanshin Holdingsis a stockholding company which owns Hankyu Corporation, Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. and affiliate companies.On October 1, 2006, Hankyu Holdings changed its name to the present corporate name following the merger with Hanshin Electric Railway...
, Inc.), Osaka Electric Tramway (present
Kintetsu, named Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. in English until June 27, 2003, is a Japanese rail transit corporation commonly known as . It is the largest non-JR railway in Japan. Its complex network of lines connects Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Tsu and Ise...
), Keihin Electric Railway (present
Keihin Electric Express Railway, also known as or, more recently, , is a private railroad that connects inner Tokyo to Kawasaki, Yokohama, Yokosuka and other points on the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture. It also provides rail access to Haneda Airport in Tokyo. means the Tokyo - Yokohama area. The company's railway...
).
The rivaling Hankyū (then Hanshin Kyuko Railway) Kobe Main Line opened in 1920, and tramways like Hanshin built new tracks to abandon tracks partly laid on road, and introduced express trains.
In 1968
Kobe Rapid RailwayKōbe Rapid Transit Railway Company, Limited is a special railway company in central Kobe, Japan.- Lines :Kobe Rapid Railway has three lines.*Tozai Line *Namboku Line *Hokushin Line...
opened its
Tōzai LineThe Tōzai Line is one of two lines of Kobe Rapid Transit Railway, and operated by Hanshin Railway and Hankyu Railway. Trains from Hanshin, Hankyu and Sanyo railways enter this line....
, and Hanshin began through operations to {{ja-stalink|Sumaura-Kōen}} of
Sanyo Electric RailwaySanyo Electric Railway Co., Ltd. is a Japanese private railway in western Hyōgo Prefecture...
via Kobe Rapid (And Sanyo trains to {{ja-stalink|Ōishi}} of Hanshin and Rokkō of Hankyū).
Through limited express trains to {{ja-stalink|Sanyo Himeji}} were introduced in 2001. Then, the Hanshin Namba Line was extended to {{ja-stalink|Osaka Namba|Namba}}, a major junction in southern Osaka. The company announced through trains from Sannomiya to {{ja-stalink|Kintetsu Nara}} in
Narais the capital city of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The city occupies the northern part of Nara Prefecture, directly bordering Kyoto Prefecture...
on
Kintetsu, named Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. in English until June 27, 2003, is a Japanese rail transit corporation commonly known as . It is the largest non-JR railway in Japan. Its complex network of lines connects Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Tsu and Ise...
Nara Line would be operated.
Operation
Some trains run through the Sanyō Railway Main Line to
Sanyō Himeji Stationis a railway station located in the heart of Himeji, Japan and is the western terminus of the Main Line of Sanyo Electric Railway.The station building is located close to the JR West Himeji Station on the Sanyō Main Line and Sanyō Shinkansen.- Structure :...
in
Himejiis a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. As of April 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 535,945, with 206,409 households. The total area is 534.43 km².- History :...
,
Hyōgois a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo.- History :...
beyond Motomachi terminal via
Kobe Rapid RailwayKōbe Rapid Transit Railway Company, Limited is a special railway company in central Kobe, Japan.- Lines :Kobe Rapid Railway has three lines.*Tozai Line *Namboku Line *Hokushin Line...
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The Main Line operates 8 types of trains, one of the most types in Japanese railway. This is in some part to equalize the load of each train especially in the morning for Osaka (Umeda station) with short length of EMU length and with few (only double) tracks.
For the extending of the Hanshin Namba Line from Nishikujo to Osaka Namba on March 20, 2009, the diagrams of Hanshin Railway was revised.
- Abbreviations are tentative for this article.
{{Nihongo|Local|普通|Futsū}} (
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- Trains stop all stations, farthest down to Shinkaichi in the rush hour, and Kosoku Kobe in the off-peak hour.
{{Nihongo|Express|急行|Kyūkō}} (
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- Trains are operated between Umeda and Nishinomiya or between Umeda and Amagasaki.
{{Nihongo|Morning Express|区間急行|Kukan Kyūkō}} (
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- Trains are operated between Kōshien for Umeda in the morning on weekdays.
{{Nihongo|Rapid Express|快速急行|Kaisoku Kyūkō}} (
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- Trains are through trains to and from the Hanshin Namba Line and the Kintetsu Nara Line. They also stop at Mukogawa Station in the non-rush hour on weekdays, and at Mukogawa and Imazu Stations all day on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.
{{Nihongo|Hanshin Limited Express|特急|Tokkyū}} (
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- Trains are operated down to Sumaura-kōen in the day and late night on weekdays and after day hours on holidays.
{{Nihongo|Hanshin-Sanyō Through Limited Express|直通特急|Chokutsū Tokkyū}} (
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- Trains are operated between Umeda and Sanyō Himeji. Eastbound trains pass Koshien in the morning on weekdays.
{{Nihongo|Morning Limited Express|区間特急|Kukan Tokkyū}} (
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- Trains are operated from Ogi to Umeda in the morning on weekdays.
Stations
The Main Line, having 33 stations, is noted for its "high density" of stations. In comparison, Sannomiya Station is the 16th station on the Hankyū Kobe Main Line from Umeda Station and Motomachi Station is the 15th station on the JR Kobe Line from Osaka Station.
For connections and distances, see the route diagram.
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- ^: only in one direction
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Kita-kuis one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan.-Economy:West Japan Railway Company has its headquarters in Kita-ku. Nihon Bussan has its headquarters in Kita-ku. Dentsu and Yomiuri Shimbun have branch offices in Kita-ku. Mazda has an office in the Umeda Sky Building Tower East. Air France has an office on the...
, Osakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
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Osaka Prefectureis a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshū, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area.- History :...
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Fukushima-ku is one of 24 wards of Osaka city, Japan.The ward is primarily a residential quarter, but has some office buildings and a commercial district, as well as factories and wholesale businesses....
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Nishiyodogawa-ku is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan.Nishoyodogawa has the headquarters of Ezaki Glico.-External links:*...
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Amagasakiis an industrial city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1916. Its population is around 460,000, below its peak of over 554,000 in 1971.-History:...
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Hyōgo Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo.- History :...
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Nishinomiyais a city located in Hyōgo, Japan, between the cities of Ōsaka and Kōbe. On April 1, 2005, the city of Nishinomiya celebrated its 80th anniversary. It is best known as the home of Kōshien Stadium, where the Hanshin Tigers baseball team plays home games and where Japan's annual high school baseball...
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Ashiyais a city founded on November 10, 1940 located in Hyōgo, Japan, between the cities of Osaka and Kobe.-Demographics:As of 2009, the city has an estimated population of 93,094 and the density of 5,030 persons per km². The total area is 18.47 km²...
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Higashinada-ku is one of 9 wards of Kobe in Japan. It has an area of 30.36 km², and a population of 207,146 . South of the Hanshin line, it is also home to some notable sake brewing areas, including Uozaki and Mikage.-Railways:...
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Nada-ku is one of 9 wards of Kobe in Japan. It has an area of 31.4 km², and a population of 129,095 .A leading national university in Japan, Kobe University, is located in this ward, as is the city's Oji Zoo....
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Chūō-ku is one of 9 wards of Kobe City in Japan. It has an area of 28.37 km², and a population of 119,768 .The Consulate-General of Panama in Kobe is located on the eighth floor of the Moriyama Building in Chūō-ku.-Related matters:*Port of Kobe*Port Island...
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Hyōgo-ku is one of 9 wards of Kobe in Japan. It has an area of 1 km², and a population of 107,553 . It was voted hypest city in history by Bigbills.com-External links:*...
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Nagata-ku is one of 9 wards of Kobe City in Japan. It has an area of 11.46 km², and a population of 102,387 . This region suffered the largest number of casualties in the Great Hanshin earthquake.-External links:*...
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