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Hankyū Kōbe Main Line

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The Kōbe Main Line (神戸本線こうべほんせん, Kōbe Honsen) of Hankyu Railway is one of the three major commuter heavy rail lines in the Keihanshin conurbation of Japan. It links the urban centres of Osaka and Kobe by connecting the major stations of Umeda in Osaka and Sannomiya in Kobe.

Hankyu Kobe Main Line
An 8000 series EMU on a local service
Overview
Native name阪急はんきゅう神戸こうべ本線ほんせん
LocaleKansai
Termini
  • Ōsaka-Umeda
  • Kōbe-Sannomiya
Stations19
Service
Operator(s)Hankyu Railway
Depot(s)Nishinomiya Depot
Rolling stock1000 series EMU
3000 Series EMU
6000 Series EMU
7000 Series EMU
8000 Series EMU
8200 Series EMU
9000 Series EMU
Technical
Line length32.3 km (20.1 mi)
Number of tracksDouble
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification1500 volts DC, overhead lines
Operating speed115 km/h (71 mph)
Route map

The Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Tokaido Main Line (this section nicknamed JR Kobe Line) are the two lines parallel to the Hankyu Kobe Line within a short distance of each other.

Definition

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The line is commonly called Kobe Line (神戸こうべ線せん, Kōbe sen) for short, but in the broader sense 'Kobe Line' refers to the entire network of the trunk Kobe Main Line and connecting branch lines of Itami, Imazu and Kōyō Lines.

Network

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At the Kobe end of the line some trains continue through onto the Kobe Rapid Railway, an underground line allowing interchange between the lines of several commuter rail companies operating in Kobe.

The Kobe Main Line has interchanges at several of its stations with other lines operated by Hankyu. The Hankyu main lines to Kyoto and Takarazuka share stations at Umeda and Juso with the Kobe Line. The other lines with connections to the Kobe line are smaller lines with only local trains: the Itami Line connects at Tsukaguchi, the Imazu Line at Nishinomiya-kitaguchi and the Koyo Line at Shukugawa.

History

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The Umeda - Juso section was opened in 1910 as part of the Hankyu Takarazuka Line.

The Juso - Oji-Koen section opened as a 1435mm gauge line electrified at 600 VDC in 1920. In 1926 the line was duplicated, and in 1936 it was extended to Kobe Sannomiya. In 1967 the voltage was increased to 1500 VDC.

Until 1936, the line's terminal in Kobe was in Kamitsutsui. As a branch of the main line, the 1 km (0.62 mi) line between Oji-Koen Station and Kamitsutsui Station continued to provide a connection to the Kobe tram network until 1941.

The Kobe Main Line was damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake in January 1995. Restoration work on the Kobe Line took 7 months to complete.[1]

Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013.[2]

Future plans

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A new station will be built near the Muko River between Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi and Tsukaguchi. The project, which includes a bicycle parking lot and reconstruction of the surrounding roads, is expected to cost ¥6 billion.[3] Agreements to build the station were signed by the railway and the national treasury was signed in October 2022.

Train services

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During the day, only local trains (普通ふつう) and limited express trains (特急とっきゅう) which stop only at major stations along the line, are operated. Other commuter and express services operate only early mornings, commuting times, and late nights.[4]

  • Local trains (普通ふつう) stop at all stations, all times of the day. Most operate between Osaka-Umeda and Kobe-Sannomiya, but some start and end at Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi.
  • Semi-Express trains (準急じゅんきゅう) are operated from Takarazuka to Osaka-Umeda via the Imazu Line and the Kobe Line on weekday mornings.
  • Commuter Express trains (通勤つうきん急行きゅうこう) operate on weekdays, from Kobe-Sannomiya to Osaka-Umeda in the morning, and from Osaka-Umeda to Kobe-Sannomiya in the evening rush hour.
  • Express trains (急行きゅうこう) operate from Osaka-Umeda to Kobe-Sannomiya or Shinkaichi late nights, as well as one eastbound train on weekend mornings.
  • Semi-Limited Express (準じゅん特急とっきゅう) operate from Osaka-Umeda to Kosoku Kobe or Shinkaichi in the evenings as well as one early morning train towards Osaka-Umeda.
  • Commuter Limited Express trains (通勤つうきん特急とっきゅう) operate in both directions on weekday mornings. Some trains consist of 10 cars, of which the last car (to Osaka-Umeda) or the first car (to Kobe-Sannomiya) is for women only.
  • Limited Express trains (特急とっきゅう) operate in both directions, all day except early morning and late night.
  • Maximum speed: 115 km/h (71 mph)

Stations

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  • ● : All trains stop
  • | : All trains pass
  • ◆ : Extra services to the Imazu Line pass
No. Station Native Name km Semi-Express Commuter Express Express Semi-Limited Express Commuter Limited Express Limited Express Connections Location
Kobe Line
HK-01 Osaka-Umeda 大阪おおさか梅田うめだ 0.0 ● ● ● ● ● ● Kita-ku, Osaka Osaka
HK-02 Nakatsu 中津なかつ 0.9 ↑ | | | | |  
HK-03 Jūsō 十じゅう三さん 2.4 ● ● ● ● ● ● Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
HK-04 Kanzakigawa 神崎川かんざきがわ 4.1 ↑ | | | | |  
HK-05 Sonoda 園田そのだ 7.2 ↑ | | | | |   Amagasaki Hyōgo
HK-06 Tsukaguchi 塚口つかぐち 10.2 ● ● ● ● ● |
HK-07 Mukonosō 武庫之荘むこのそう 12.3 ↑ ● | | | |  
HK-08 Nishinomiya-kitaguchi 西宮北口にしのみやきたぐち 15.6 ↑ ● ◆ ● ● ● Nishinomiya
HK-09 Shukugawa 夙川しゅくがわ 18.3   ● ● ● ● ●
HK-10 Ashiyagawa 芦屋川あしやがわ 21.0 ● ● | | |   Ashiya
HK-11 Okamoto 岡本おかもと 23.4 ● ● ● ● ●   Higashi­nada-ku, Kobe
HK-12 Mikage 御影みかげ 25.6 ● ● | | |  
HK-13 Rokko 六甲ろっこう 27.4 ● ● ● | |   Nada-ku, Kobe
HK-14 Oji-Koen 王子おうじ公園こうえん 29.2 ● ● | | |  
HK-15 Kasuganomichi 春日野道かすがのみち 30.7 ● ● | | |   Chūō-ku, Kobe
HK-16 Kobe Sannomiya 神戸こうべ三宮さんのみや 32.3 ● ● ● ● ●
Kobe Kosoku Line
HK-17 Hanakuma 花隈はなくま 33.6     ● ● ● ●   Chūō-ku, Kobe Hyōgo
HS 35 Kosoku Kobe 高速こうそく神戸こうべ 34.5 ● ● ● ●
HS 36 Shinkaichi 新開地しんかいち 35.1 ● ● ● ● Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
Through services: From Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi:

Semi-Express from   Imazu Line for Takarazuka

(Extra services) Express trains:   Imazu Line for Nigawa

Rolling stock

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Former

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 曽根そね, 悟さとる (October 2010). "週刊しゅうかん 歴史れきしでめぐる鉄道てつどう全ぜん路線ろせん 大手おおて私鉄してつ" [Weekly History of all Railway Lines: Major private railways]. Weekly Asahi Encyclopedia (in Japanese). 12 (Hanshin Electric Railway Hankyu Electric Railway 2): 27–29. ISBN 978-4-02-340142-6.
  2. ^ "「西山にしやま天王山てんのうざん」駅えき開業かいぎょうにあわせて、「三宮さんのみや」「服部はっとり」「中山ちゅうざん」「松尾まつお」４駅えきの駅名えきめいを変更へんこうし、全ぜん駅えきで駅えきナンバリングを導入どうにゅうします" ["Sannomiya" "Hattori" "Nakayama" "Matsuo" along with the opening of "Nishiyama Tennozan" station. We will change the station names of 4 stations and introduce station numbering at all stations.] (PDF). Hankyu Corporation Online. 30 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  3. ^ "阪急はんきゅう神戸こうべ線せん「武庫川むこがわ新駅しんえき」2市しと阪急電鉄はんきゅうでんてつが基本きほん合意ごうい 開業かいぎょう時期じきや負担ふたん割合わりあいは？ | 鉄道てつどうニュース【鉄道てつどうプレスネット】". news.railway-pressnet.com (in Japanese). 1 November 2022. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. ^ Hankyu Corporation (2022-10-12). "２０２２年ねん１２月じゅうにがつ１７日にち（土ど）初発しょはつより阪急はんきゅう全線ぜんせん（神戸こうべ線せん・宝塚たからづか線せん・京都きょうと線せん）でダイヤ改正かいせいを実施じっし" (PDF). Hankyu Railway. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
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