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Prefectures on this page: Ōsaka Hyōgo Kyōto

Lines on this page

Railway	Line	Linetype
Hankyū	Arashiyama	Non JR railway
	Imazu	Non JR railway
	Itami	Non JR railway
	Kōbe (Kōbe Hon)	Non JR railway
	Kōyō	Non JR railway
	Kyōto (Kyōto Hon)	Non JR railway
	Minoo	Non JR railway
	Senri	Non JR railway
	Takarazuka (Takarazuka Hon)	Non JR railway

Hankyū 阪急電鉄 Hankyū Dentetsu Hankyu Corporation

Owned by Hankyū Hanshin Holdings.
The railway carries in average 2.000.000 passengers per day.
The main terminal is Umeda, next to JR Ōsaka station. The terminal is in the Hankyū department store! From Umeda to Jūso, the three main lines (Kōbe, Takarazuka and Kyōto) have their own double-track line - so total 6 tracks in parallel.

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Arashiyama 嵐山線 1435 mm 1500V DC

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Arashiyama Katsura

Opened

1928

Tracks

Single track

Mapion	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Katsura	Hankyū: Kyōto (Kyōto Hon)	0.0	Kyōto-shi	Kyōto
Map	Arashiyama		4.1	Kyōto-shi

Traffic pattern
The traffic pattern shown does not include all details and could change at any time.

Section	Trains per day	Daytime frequency	Fastest train
	Trains per day	Daytime frequency	Fastest train
Katsura - Arashiyama	85	4/hour	7 min

Imazu 今津線 1435 mm 1500V DC

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Takarazuka Kōyōen Nishinomiya

Opened

1921 - 1926

Tracks

Double track

Since 1984, there is no track connection between the northern and the southern sections of Imazu line at Nishinomiya-kitaguchi. The semi-express trains between Takarazuka and Umeda bypass Nishinomiya-kitaguchi station on a track without platform.

Mapion	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Imazu	Hanshin: Hon	0.0	Nishinomiya-shi	Hyōgo
Map	Nishinomiya-kitaguchi	Hankyū: Kōbe (Kōbe Hon)	1.6	Nishinomiya-shi
Map	Takarazuka	Hankyū: Takarazuka (Takarazuka Hon), JR West: Fukuchiyama	9.3	Takarazuka-shi

Traffic pattern
The traffic pattern shown does not include all details and could change at any time.

Type	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Frequency	Fastest train	Average speed
Semi-Express	Takarazuka - (Nishinomiya-kitaguchi) - Umeda This direction only	6/day	34 min	41 km/h
Local	Imazu - Nishinomiya-kitaguchi	122/day Every 10 min	3 min	32 km/h
Local	Nishinomiya-kitaguchi - Takarazuka	142/day Every 10 min	14 min	33 km/h

Itami 伊丹線 1435 mm 1500V DC

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Itami Amagasaki

Opened

1920

Tracks

Double track

Mapion	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Tsukaguchi	Hankyū: Kōbe (Kōbe Hon)	0.0	Amagasaki-shi	Hyōgo
Map	Itami		3.1	Itami-shi

Traffic pattern
The traffic pattern shown does not include all details and could change at any time.

Type	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Frequency	Fastest train	Average speed
Local	Tsukaguchi - Itami	134/day Every 10 min	6 min	31 km/h

Kōbe (Kōbe Hon) 神戸線 / 神戸本線 1435 mm 1500V DC

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Sumiyoshi Kōbe - Sannomiya Itami Nishinomiya Amagasaki Shin-Ōsaka
Umeda
Sannomiya

	Opened	1920	Jūsō - Sannomiya		Tracks	Double track	Umeda - Sannomiya
	Opened	1926	Umeda - Jūsō

Mapion	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Umeda	Hankyū: Kyōto (Kyōto Hon), Hankyū: Takarazuka (Takarazuka Hon), Hanshin: Hon, JR West: Ōsaka kanjō (loop) [Ōsaka], JR West: JR Tōzai [Kitashinchi], Ōsaka-shi: Midōsuji, Ōsaka-shi: Tanimachi [Higashi-Umeda], Ōsaka-shi: Yotsubashi [Nishi-Umeda]	0.0	Ōsaka-shi	Ōsaka
Map	Jūsō	Hankyū: Kyōto (Kyōto Hon), Hankyū: Takarazuka (Takarazuka Hon)	2.4	Ōsaka-shi
Map	Tsukaguchi	Hankyū: Itami	10.2	Amagasaki-shi	Hyōgo
Map	Nishinomiya-kitaguchi	Hankyū: Imazu	15.6	Nishinomiya-shi
Map	Shukugawa	Hankyū: Kōyō	18.3	Nishinomiya-shi
Map	Sannomiya	Kōbe New Transit: Port Island (Portliner), Hanshin: Hon, JR West: Tōkaidō Hon (Maibara - Kōbe), Kōbe Subway: Seishin-Yamate, Kōbe Subway: Kaigan [Sannomiya-hanadokeimae], Kōbe Rapid: Tōzai (Hankyū Sannomiya - Nishidai)	32.3	Kōbe-shi

Traffic pattern

A few local trains continue beyond Sannomiya to Kōsoku-Kōbe or Shinkaichi.

The traffic pattern shown does not include all details and could change at any time.

Type	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Frequency	Fastest train	Average speed
LEX	Umeda - Sannomiya - Shinkaichi	92/day	34 min	62 km/h
	Umeda - Sannomiya - Kōsoku-Kōbe	3/day	35 min	59 km/h
	Umeda - Sannomiya	2/day	31 min	63 km/h
	Nishinomiya-kitaguchi - Sannomiya - Shinkaichi	1/day	21 min	56 km/h
	Nishinomiya-kitaguchi - Sannomiya	1/day	16 min	63 km/h
Rapid Express	Umeda - Sannomiya - Shinkaichi	7/day	37 min	57 km/h
Rapid Express	Umeda - Sannomiya - Kōsoku-Kōbe	1/day	35 min	59 km/h
Express	Umeda - Sannomiya	3/day	35 min	53 km/h
Express	Umeda - Nishinomiya-kitaguchi	4/day	16 min	59 km/h
Commutation Express	Umeda - Sannomiya	28/day	41 min	46 km/h

Frequency per section
For local trains and other train types listed below, the origin/destination-relations are not shown; only frequency per section.

Section	Frequency	Fastest train		Section	Frequency	Fastest train
		Fastest train				Fastest train
Umeda - Nishinomiya-kitaguchi	114/day	19 min		Nishinomiya-kitaguchi - Sannomiya	95/day	20 min

Kōyō 甲陽線 1435 mm 1500V DC

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages:
Kōyōen Nishinomiya

Opened

1924

Tracks

Single track

Mapion	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Shukugawa	Hankyū: Kōbe (Kōbe Hon)	0.0	Nishinomiya-shi	Hyōgo
Map	Kōyōen		2.2	Nishinomiya-shi

Traffic pattern
The traffic pattern shown does not include all details and could change at any time.

Type	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Frequency	Fastest train	Average speed
Local	Shukugawa - Kōyōen	111/day Every 10 min	4 min	33 km/h

Kyōto (Kyōto Hon) 京都線 / 京都本線 1435 mm 1500V DC

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages:
Uji
Arashiyama Demachiyanagi Ibaraki Settsu Shin-Ōsaka Moriguchi Katsura
Central Kyōto

	Opened	1919 - 1931	Jūsō - Ōmiya		Tracks	Double track
	Opened	1963	Ōmiya - Kawaramachi

Many local trains between Takatsukishi and Awari continues continues on the Senri line and Ōsaka Subway Sakaisuji line. Both Hankyū and Ōsaka Subway rolling stock is used for the throughtraffic. It happens that Ōsaka Subway trains runs through to Kyōto.

Mapion	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Umeda	Hankyū: Kōbe (Kōbe Hon), Hankyū: Takarazuka (Takarazuka Hon), Hanshin: Hon, JR West: Ōsaka kanjō (loop) [Ōsaka], JR West: JR Tōzai [Kitashinchi], Ōsaka-shi: Midōsuji, Ōsaka-shi: Tanimachi [Higashi-Umeda], Ōsaka-shi: Yotsubashi [Nishi-Umeda]	0.0	Ōsaka-shi	Ōsaka
Map	Jūsō	Hankyū: Kōbe (Kōbe Hon), Hankyū: Takarazuka (Takarazuka Hon)	2.4	Ōsaka-shi	Ōsaka
Map	Awaji	Hankyū: Senri	6.6	Ōsaka-shi
Map	Shōjaku		11.8	Settsu-shi
Map	Minami-Ibaraki	Ōsaka Monorail: Ōsaka monorail	15.3	Ibaraki-shi
Map	Ibarakishi		17.2	Ibaraki-shi
Map	Takatsukishi		23.0	Takatsuki-shi
Map	Ōyamazaki	JR West: Tōkaidō Hon (Maibara - Kōbe) [Yamazaki]	30.1	Oyamazaki-chō	Kyōto
Map	Nagaokatenjin		34.1	Nagaokakyō-shi
Map	Nishi-Mukō		36.0	Mukō-shi
Map	Higashi-Mukō		37.4	Mukō-shi
Map	Katsura	Hankyū: Arashiyama	40.4	Kyōto-shi
Map	Saiin	Keifuku: Arashiyama Hon (Randen) [Sai]	44.3	Kyōto-shi
Map	Ōmiya	Keifuku: Arashiyama Hon (Randen) [Shijō-Ōmiya]	45.7	Kyōto-shi
Map	Karasuma	Kyōto-shi: Karasuma [Shijō]	46.8	Kyōto-shi
Map	Kawaramachi	Keihan: Keihan Hon [Gion-Shijō]	47.7	Kyōto-shi

Traffic pattern
The traffic pattern shown does not include all details and could change at any time.

Type	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Frequency	Fastest train	Average speed
LEX	Umeda - Kawaramachi	67/day	43 min	67 km/h
Rapid Express	Umeda - Kawaramachi	38/day	45 min	64 km/h
Rapid Express	Ibarakishi - Kawaramachi	3/day	30 min	61 km/h
Semi-Express	Umeda - Kawaramachi	66/day	1h04	45 km/h
	Umeda - Takatsukishi	1/day	25 min	55 km/h
	Umeda - Ibarakishi	1/day	20 min	52 km/h
	Tengachaya - Sakaisuji line - Tenjinbashisuji-rōkuchome - Senri line - Awaji - Ibarakishi	7/day	33 min	40 km/h
Local	Umeda - Kawaramachi	38/day	1h05	44 km/h
	Umeda - Katsura	3/day	55 min	44 km/h
	Umeda - Takatsukishi	32/day	37 min	37 km/h
	Umeda - Shōjaku	4/day	18 min	39 km/h
	Umeda - Awaji - Senri line - Kita-Senri	48/day Every 20 min	27 min	37 km/h
	Tengachaya - Sakaisuji line - Tenjinbashisuji-rōkuchome - Senri line - Awaji - Takatsukishi	48/day	46 min	37 km/h
	Tengachaya - Sakaisuji line - Tenjinbashisuji-rōkuchome - Senri line - Awaji - Shōjaku	6/day	33 min	31 km/h
	Tenjinbashisuji-rōkuchome - Senri line - Awaji - Shōjaku	1/day	13 min	40 km/h
	Shōjaku - Kawaramachi	6/day	44 min	49 km/h
	Takatsukishi - Kawaramachi	1/day	32 min	46 km/h
	Nagaokatenjin - Kawaramachi	1/day	21 min	39 km/h
	Katsura - Kawaramachi	13/day	10 min	34 km/h

Minoo 箕面線 1435 mm 1500V DC

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages:
Kawanishi Minoo

Opened

1910

Tracks

Double track

Mapion	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Ishibashi	Hankyū: Takarazuka (Takarazuka Hon)	0.0	Ikeda-shi	Ōsaka
Map	Mino-o		4.0	Minoo-shi

Traffic pattern
The traffic pattern shown does not include all details and could change at any time.

Type	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Frequency	Fastest train	Average speed
Semi-Express Tsūkin junkyū	Umeda - Ishibashi - Minoo	4/day	28 min	38 km/h
Local	Umeda - Ishibashi - Minoo	8/day	33 min	32 km/h
Local	Ishibashi - Minoo	104/day Every 10 min	6 min	40 km/h

Senri 千里線 1435 mm 1500V DC

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Minoo Toyonaka Shin-Ōsaka
Umeda

	Opened	1921 - 1925	Tenjinbashisuji-rokuchōme - Senriyama		Tracks	Double track
	Opened	1963 - 1967	Senriyama - Kita-Senri

Mapion	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Tenjinbashisuji-rokuchōme	Ōsaka-shi: Tanimachi, Ōsaka-shi: Sakaisuji	0.0	Ōsaka-shi	Ōsaka
Map	Awaji	Hankyū: Kyōto (Kyōto Hon)	3.5	Ōsaka-shi
Map	Suita		6.0	Suita-shi
Map	Senriyama		8.6	Suita-shi
Map	Yamada	Ōsaka Monorail: Ōsaka monorail	11.6	Suita-shi
Map	Kita-Senri		13.6	Suita-shi

Traffic pattern
The traffic pattern shown does not include all details and could change at any time.

Type	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Frequency	Fastest train	Average speed
Semi-Express	Tengachaya - Sakaisuji line - Tenjinbashisuji-rōkuchome - Awaji - Kyōto line - Ibarakishi	7/day	33 min	40 km/h
Local	Umeda - Kyōto line - Awaji - Kita-Senri	48/day Every 20 min	27 min	37 km/h
	Tengachaya - Sakaisuji line - Tenjinbashisuji-rōkuchome - Kita-Senri	95/day	40 min	33 km/h
	Tengachaya - Sakaisuji line - Tenjinbashisuji-rōkuchome - Awaji - Kyōto line - Takatsukishi	48/day	46 min	37 km/h
	Tengachaya - Sakaisuji line - Tenjinbashisuji-rōkuchome - Awaji - Kyōto line - Shōjaku	6/day	33 min	31 km/h
	Tengachaya - Sakaisuji line - Tenjinbashisuji-rōkuchome - Awaji	7/day	24 min	29 km/h
	Tenjinbashisuji-rōkuchome - Kita-Senri	2/day	24 min	34 km/h
	Tenjinbashisuji-rōkuchome - Awaji - Kyōto line - Shōjaku	1/day	13 min	40 km/h
	Tenjinbashisuji-rōkuchome - Awaji	1/day	5 min	42 km/h
	Awaji - Kita-Senri	1/day	17 min	36 km/h

Takarazuka (Takarazuka Hon) 宝塚線 / 宝塚本線 1435 mm 1500V DC

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages:
Takarazuka Kawanishi Minoo Toyonaka Shin-Ōsaka
Umeda

	Opened	1910		Tracks	Four tracks	Umeda - Jūsō (Two used by Kyōto line)
				Tracks	Double track	Jūsō - Takarazuka

Mapion	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Umeda	Hankyū: Kyōto (Kyōto Hon), Hankyū: Kōbe (Kōbe Hon), Hanshin: Hon, JR West: Ōsaka kanjō (loop) [Ōsaka], JR West: JR Tōzai [Kitashinchi], Ōsaka-shi: Midōsuji, Ōsaka-shi: Tanimachi [Higashi-Umeda], Ōsaka-shi: Yotsubashi [Nishi-Umeda]	0.0	Ōsaka-shi	Ōsaka
Map	Jūsō	Hankyū: Kyōto (Kyōto Hon), Hankyū: Kōbe (Kōbe Hon)	2.4	Ōsaka-shi
Map	Toyonaka		10.5	Toyonaka-shi
Map	Hotarugaike	Ōsaka Monorail: Ōsaka monorail	11.9	Toyonaka-shi
Map	Ishibashi	Hankyū: Minoo	13.5	Ikeda-shi
Map	Ikeda		15.9	Ikeda-shi
Map	Kawanishi-Noseguchi	Noseden: Myōken	17.2	Kawanishi-shi	Hyōgo
Map	Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki		18.2	Takarazuka-shi
Map	Takarazuka	Hankyū: Imazu, JR West: Fukuchiyama	24.5	Takarazuka-shi

Traffic pattern
The traffic pattern shown does not include all details and could change at any time.

Type	Name	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Frequency	Fastest train	Average speed
LEX	Nissei Express	Umeda - Kawanishi-Noseguchi - Yamashita - Nissei-chūō	7/day	40 min	42 km/h
Semi-Express Tsūkin junkyū		Umeda - Ishibashi - Minoo	4/day	28 min	38 km/h
Express Tsūkin kyūkō		Umeda - Takarazuka	3/day	37 min	40 km/h
Express Tsūkin kyūkō		Umeda - Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki	2/day	24 min	45 km/h
Express Kyūkō		Umeda - Takarazuka	100/day Every 10 min	33 min	45 km/h
Express Kyūkō		Umeda - Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki	1/day	23 min	47 km/h
Local		Umeda - Takarazuka	14/day	40 min	37 km/h
		Umeda - Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki	104/day Every 10 min	29 min	38 km/h
		Umeda - Ikeda	1/day	28 min	34 km/h
		Ikeda - Takarazuka	2/day	14 min	37 km/h
		Hibarigaoka-Hanayashiki - Takarazuka	3/day	10 min	38 km/h
		Umeda - Ishibashi - Minoo	8/day	33 min	32 km/h
		Umeda - Toyonaka	3/day	19 min	33 km/h

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