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Ao Line
The is a commuter railway line in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Kobe Electric Railway (Shintetsu). It connects Kobe with its northwestern suburb, Ono, Hyogo, Ono. The line is long, extending from Suzurandai Station, Suzurandai in Kita-ku, Kobe, Kita-ku to Ao Station, Ao, where the line connects with the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Kakogawa Line, although all trains continue past Suzurandai to Shinkaichi Station, Shinkaichi via the Shintetsu Arima Line and Kobe Rapid Railway Namboku Line (Kobe), Namboku Line. Between Suzurandai Station and Kizu Station (Hyōgo), Kizu Station, track gradient can reach 50Per mille, ‰ at most. History The Miki Electric Railway Co. opened the Suzurandai – Hirono Golf-jo-mae on 28 December 1936. DMUs operated until the section was electrified the following year and extended to Miki Uenomaru, with the extension to Miki opening in 1938. In 1947 the company merged with the Kobe Electric Railway Co., which extended the line to ...
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Heavy Rail
Various terms are used for passenger railway lines and equipment; the usage of these terms differs substantially between areas: Rapid transit A rapid transit system is an electric railway characterized by high speed (~) and rapid acceleration. It uses passenger railcars operating singly or in multiple unit trains on fixed rails. It operates on separate right-of-way (transportation), rights-of-way from which all other vehicular and foot traffic are excluded (i.e. is fully grade separation, grade-separated from other traffic). The APTA definition also includes the use sophisticated railway signalling, signaling systems, and railway platform height, high platform loading. Originally, the term ''rapid transit'' was used in the 1800s to describe new forms of quick urban public transportation that had a right-of-way separated from street traffic. This set rapid transit apart from horsecars, trams, streetcars, bus, omnibuses, and other forms of public transport. A variant of the ter ...
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Number Prefix Kobe Railway
A number is a mathematical object used to count, measure, and label. The most basic examples are the natural numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and so forth. Numbers can be represented in language with number words. More universally, individual numbers can be represented by symbols, called ''numerals''; for example, "5" is a numeral that represents the number five. As only a relatively small number of symbols can be memorized, basic numerals are commonly organized in a numeral system, which is an organized way to represent any number. The most common numeral system is the Hindu–Arabic numeral system, which allows for the representation of any Integer, non-negative integer using a combination of ten fundamental numeric symbols, called numerical digit, digits. In addition to their use in counting and measuring, numerals are often used for labels (as with telephone numbers), for ordering (as with serial numbers), and for codes (as with ISBNs). In common usage, a ''numeral'' is not clearly dist ...
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Shijimi Station
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private Kobe Electric Railway (Shintetsu). Lines Shijimi Station is served by the Ao Line and is 15.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at and is 23.1 kilometers from and 23.5 kilometers from . Station layout The station consists of a ground-level side platform and one ground-level island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ... connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended. Platforms Adjacent stations History Shijimi Station opened on December 28, 1937. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1836 passengers daily. Surrounding area * Hyogo Prefectural Miki Higashi Hi ...
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Hirono Golf-jo-mae Station
Hirono may refer to: People * Hirono (surname), a Japanese surname *Mazie Hirono, current Democratic US Senator from the state of Hawaii. Places *Hirono, Fukushima, Japan *Hirono, Iwate 270px, seacoast at Hirono is a town located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 14,906 in 6790 households, and a population density of 49 persons per km² in 6,858 households. The total area of the town is . G ..., Japan * Hirono Station (Fukushima), a stop on the West Japan Railway's Fukuchiyama Line * Hirono Station (Hyogo), a stop on the Kobe Electric Railway's Sanda Line * Hirono Power Station, a fossil-fuel power station operated by Tepco {{disambiguation, geo ...
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Midorigaoka Station (Hyogo)
Midorigaoka Station may refer to multiple railway stations in Japan: * Midorigaoka Station (Tokyo) on the Tokyu Oimachi Line * Midorigaoka Station (Hyogo) on the Shintetsu Ao Line * Midorigaoka Station (Hokkaido) on the Furano Line {{station disambiguation ...
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Oshibedani Station
is a passenger railway station located in Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private Kobe Electric Railway (Shintetsu). Lines Oshibedani Station is served by the Ao Line and is 11.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at and is 18.7 kilometers from and 19.1 kilometers from . Station layout The station consists of a ground-level side platform and one ground-level island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ... connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended. Platforms Adjacent stations History Oshibedani Station opened on December 28, 1936. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 680 passengers daily. Surrounding area * Kobe Municipal Oshibedani Ele ...
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Sakae Station (Hyogo)
Sakae Station (栄駅) is the name of three train stations in Japan: * Sakae Station (Hyōgo), on the Shintetsu Ao Line in Nishi-ku, Kobe * Sakae Station (Nagoya), an underground metro station in Naka-ku * Sakae Station (Okayama), on the Mizushima Main Line in Kurashiki {{station disambiguation ...
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Kobata Station (Hyogo)
is a passenger railway station located in Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private Kobe Electric Railway (Shintetsu). Lines Kobata Station is served by the Ao Line and is 8.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at and is 15.6 kilometers from and 16.0 kilometers from . Station layout The station consists of two unnumbered ground-level side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...s connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended. Platforms Adjacent stations History Kobata Station opened on June 15, 1937. It was renamed on October 1, 1952 but reverted to its original name on April 1, 1988. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 374 passengers daily ...
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Nishi-ku, Kobe
is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea .... It has an area of 137.86 km2, and a population of 248,407 (2008). ''Nishi'' in Japanese means west. Nishi-ku occupies the northwestern part of the city. External links Official website of Nishi-ku, Kobe Wards of Kobe {{Hyogo-geo-stub ...
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Kizu Station (Hyogo)
Kizu Station may refer to: * Kizu Station (Kyoto) is a four-way junction station located in the city of Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It has the station numbers "JR-Q38" (Yamatoji Line), "JR-D19" (Nara Line) and "JR-H18" (Gakkentoshi Lin ..., a railway station in Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan * Kizu Station (Hyōgo), a railway station in Kobe, Japan {{station disambiguation ...
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Aina Station
is a railway station in Kita-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Lines *Kobe Electric Railway **Ao Line The is a commuter railway line in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Kobe Electric Railway (Shintetsu). It connects Kobe with its northwestern suburb, Ono, Hyogo, Ono. The line is long, extending from Suzurandai Station, Suzurandai in K ... Adjacent stations References Railway stations in Japan opened in 1936 {{Hyōgo-railstation-stub ...
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