Hankyu Kobe Line
The
Hankyū Kōbe Line (阪急神戸線,
Hankyū Kōbe sen) is a major commuter heavy rail line in the
Keihanshin conurbation of Japan. It is run by the
Hankyu Railway company and links the urban centres of
Osaka and
Kobe by connecting the major stations of
Umeda in Osaka and
Sannomiya in Kobe.
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.
Regular train services on the lines come in two kinds: the local (普通) service which stops at all stations, and the limited express (特急) which stops only at major stations along the line. Other commuter and express services operate only during limited time periods:
*Express (急行) trains operate from Umeda to Sannomiya at night. They also operate from Sannomiya to Umeda in the morning, and Rapid Express (快速急行) trains at night.
*Commuter Express (通勤急行) trains operate on weekdays from Sannomiya to Umeda in the morning, and from Umeda to Sannomiya in the evening and at night.
*Commuter Limited Express (通勤特急) trains operate in both directions on weekday mornings.
*Semi-Express (準急) trains operate from
Takarazuka on the
Imazu Line to Umeda on weekday mornings.
The Kobe 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.
*●: stop
*| (↑): pass (in only one direction)
*★: Shukugawa Station will be one of the stops of the Limited Express trains and the Commuter Limited Express trains on October 28, 2006 (On the same day of the changeng diagrams of the Takarazuka Line).
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Transportation in Japan
