The is a commuter railway line in
Hyōgo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, ...
,
Japan operated by
Kobe Electric Railway
, often called , is a Japanese private railway company in Kobe and surrounding cities. It is a subsidiary of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group.
Lines
* Arima Line ( Minatogawa - Arima Onsen)
*Sanda Line
The is a commuter railway line in Hyōgo Prefe ...
. It connects
Kobe
Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, w ...
with its northern suburb,
Sanda.
The line is long, extending from
Arimaguchi in
Kita-ku to
Sanda, where the line connects with the
JR West
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...
JR Takarazuka Line
The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) connecting Osaka and Fukuchiyama, Japan. Within JR West's "Urban Network" covering the Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto metropolitan region, the line from Osaka to Sasayamaguchi is a ...
/
Fukuchiyama Line
The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) connecting Osaka and Fukuchiyama, Japan. Within JR West's "Urban Network" covering the Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto metropolitan region, the line from Osaka to Sasayamaguchi is also ...
, although most trains continue past Arimaguchi to
Shinkaichi
is a district of Kobe, Japan. It is one of the major downtown areas in the city.
The name of Shinkaichi means "newly opened area". It was named so because the district was really newly developed after moving the Minato-gawa (river) from this a ...
via the
Arima Line and
Kobe Rapid Railway
Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...
Namboku Line.
History
The entire line opened in 1928,
gauge
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and electrified at 1500 VDC.
In 1991 the Sanda - Yokoyama section was duplicated,
[ 『歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 公営鉄道・私鉄』14号 13頁] as was the Taoji - Okaba section in 1998.
In November 1995, Special Rapid Express services were introduced to the timetable.
In March 2011, the smoking areas in all Sanda Line stations were removed, and smoking was banned.
Former connecting lines
Sanda station - The 12 km line to Arima operated from 1915 to 1943.
Stations
There are four types of services, each stops at the stations marked "S" and not at those marked "↑" in the table below.
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
External links
神戸電鉄／鉄道のご案内(Shintetsu Railway Information)
Transport in Kobe
Railway lines in Japan
Railway lines opened in 1928
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