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Lines on this page

Railway	Line	Linetype
Shintetsu	Ao	Non JR railway
	Arima	Non JR railway
	Kōentoshi	Non JR railway
	Sanda	Non JR railway

Shintetsu 神戸電鉄 Kōbe Dentetsu Kōbe Electric Railway

The company is known as Shintetsu - derived from the alternative reading Shin of the first kanji in Kōbe.
Main owner: Hankyū Hanshin Holdings (27.7%)

Ao 粟生線 1067 mm 1500V DC

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Ao Kakogawa Kōbe
Suzurandai

Opened	1936 - 1938	Suzurandai - Miki	Tracks	Single track	Aina - Kawaike Signal Box (km 5.3)
Opened	1951 - 1952	Miki - Ao		Double track	Kawaike Signal Box - Oshibedani
Tracks	Single track	Suzurandai - Nishi-Suzurandai		Single track	Oshibedani - Ao
Tracks	Double track	Nishi-Suzurandai - Aina

Mapion	Google	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Map	Suzurandai	Shintetsu: Arima	0.0	Kōbe-shi	Hyōgo
Map	Map	Nishi-Suzurandai		1.3	Kōbe-shi
Map	Map	Aina		3.0	Kōbe-shi
Map	Map	Oshibedani		11.2	Kōbe-shi
Map	Map	Shijimi		15.6	Miki-shi
Map	Map	Miki		19.3	Miki-shi
Map	Map	Ono		26.2	Ono-shi
Map	Map	Ao	Hōjō: Hōjō, JR West: Kakogawa	29.2	Ono-shi

Traffic pattern

The terminal in Kōbe for Shintetsu trains is Shinkaichi station on Kōbe Kōsoku Railway.

The traffic pattern was accurate at: Nov 28, 2011

Type	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Trains per day	Daytime frequency	Fastest train	Average speed
Rapid Express Kaisoku 快速	Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Ao	5		1h01	36 km/h
Semi-express Junkyū 準急	Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Ao	3		1h07	33 km/h
	Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Ono	1		59 min	35 km/h
	Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Oshibedani	2		33 min	35 km/h
Local Futsū 普通	Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Ao	32	Every 30 min or better	1h07	33 km/h
	Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Ono	27	Every 30 min or better	1h00	34 km/h
	Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Miki	2		48 min	34 km/h
	Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Shijimi	2		41 min	34 km/h
	Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Oshibedani	3		33 min	35 km/h
	Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Nishi-Suzurandai	3		17 min	32 km/h
	Suzurandai - Ao	4		54 min	32 km/h
	Suzurandai - Shijimi	1		26 min	36 km/h
	Shijimi - Ao	1		26 min	31 km/h
	Miki - Ono	1		11 min	54 km/h
	Ono - Ao	1		4 min	45 km/h

Arima 有馬線 1067 mm 1500V DC

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages:
Kōbe
Suzurandai Myōdani Kōbe - Sannomiya

Opened

1928

Tracks

Double track

Minatogawa - Arimaguchi

Tracks

Single track

Arimaguchi - Arima-onsen

Mapion	Google	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Map	Shinkaichi		-0.4	Kōbe-shi	Hyōgo
Map	Map	Minatogawa	Kōbe Subway: Seishin-Yamate [Minatogawa-kōen], Kōbe Rapid: Namboku	0.0	Kōbe-shi	Hyōgo
Map	Map	Nagata		1.9	Kōbe-shi
Map	Map	Suzurandai	Shintetsu: Ao	7.5	Kōbe-shi
Map	Map	Tanigami	Hokushin Kyūkō: Hokushin	13.7	Kōbe-shi
Map	Map	Arimaguchi	Shintetsu: Sanda	20.0	Kōbe-shi
Map	Map	Arima-onsen		22.5	Kōbe-shi

Traffic pattern

In addition to the trains shown below, Arami line is used by Ao line trains between Shinkaichi and Suzurandai.

The terminal in Kōbe for Shintetsu trains is Shinkaichi. However, the section Shinkaichi - Minatogawa belongs to Kōbe Kōsoku Railway.

The traffic pattern was accurate at: Nov 7, 2011

Type	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Trains per day	Daytime frequency	Fastest train	Average speed
Semi-express Junkyū 準急	Shinkaichi - Arima-onsen	3		45 min	31 km/h
Semi-express Junkyū 準急	Shinkaichi - Suzurandai	11		12 min	40 km/h
Local Futsū 普通	Shinkaichi - Arima-onsen	9		43 min	32 km/h
	Shinkaichi - Arimaguchi - Sanda		Every 15 min or better	58 min	34 km/h
	Arimaguchi - Arima-onsen		Every 15 min or better	3 min	50 km/h

Kōentoshi 公園都市線 1067 mm 1500V DC

You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page:
Sanda

Opened

1991 - 1996

Tracks

Single track

Mapion	Google	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Map	Sanda		0.0	Sanda-shi	Hyōgo
Map	Map	Yokoyama	Shintetsu: Sanda	2.0	Sanda-shi	Hyōgo
Map	Map	Woody Town Chūō		7.5	Sanda-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Nov 7, 2011

Type	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Daytime frequency	Fastest train	Average speed
Local Futsū 普通	Sanda - Yokoyama - Woody Town Chūō	Every 15 min or better	12 min	38 km/h

Sanda 三田線 1067 mm 1500V DC

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Sanda Kōbe

Opened	1928
Tracks	Single track	Arimaguchi - Okaba	Tracks	Single track	Taoji - Yokoyama
Tracks	Double track	Okaba - Taoji	Tracks	Double track	Yokoyama - Sanda

Mapion	Google	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Map	Arimaguchi	Shintetsu: Arima	0.0	Kōbe-shi	Hyōgo
Map	Map	Okaba		3.3	Kōbe-shi
Map	Map	Taoji		4.9	Kōbe-shi
Map	Map	Dōjō-minamiguchi		7.3	Kōbe-shi
Map	Map	Yokoyama	Shintetsu: Kōentoshi	10.0	Sanda-shi
Map	Map	Sanda	JR West: Fukuchiyama	12.0	Sanda-shi

Traffic pattern

In addition to the trafficpattern shown below, Sanda line is used by:
Kōentoshi line trains between Yokoyama and Sanda.

The terminal in Kōbe for Shintetsu trains is Shinkaichi station on Kōbe Kōsoku Railway.

The traffic pattern was accurate at: Nov 7, 2011

Type	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Trains per day	Daytime frequency	Fastest train	Average speed
Express Kyūkō 急行	Shinkaichi - Arimaguchi - Sanda	7		55 min	35 km/h
Semi-express Junkyū 準急	Shinkaichi - Arimaguchi - Sanda	7		56 min	35 km/h
Local Futsū 普通	Shinkaichi - Arimaguchi - Sanda		Every 15 min or better	58 min	34 km/h

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This page is updated Nov 27, 2011