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Railway Line Linetype
Shintetsu AoNon JR railway

ArimaNon JR railway

KōentoshiNon JR railway

SandaNon 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
Opened1936 - 1938Suzurandai - MikiTracksSingle trackAina - Kawaike Signal Box (km 5.3)
1951 - 1952Miki - AoDouble trackKawaike Signal Box - Oshibedani
TracksSingle trackSuzurandai - Nishi-SuzurandaiSingle trackOshibedani - Ao
Double trackNishi-Suzurandai - Aina
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Suzurandai Shintetsu: Arima 0.0 Kōbe-shi Hyōgo
Nishi-Suzurandai
1.3 Kōbe-shi
Aina
3.0 Kōbe-shi
Oshibedani
11.2 Kōbe-shi
Shijimi
15.6 Miki-shi
Miki
19.3 Miki-shi
Ono
26.2 Ono-shi
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 shown does not include all details and could change at any time.
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationFrequencyFastest
train
Average
speed
Express Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Ao3/day1h0236 km/h
Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Ono1/day59 min35 km/h
Semi-Express Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Ao9/day1h0335 km/h
Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Ono5/day58 min35 km/h
Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Shijimi2/day39 min36 km/h
Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Nishi-Suzurandai1/day16 min34 km/h
Local Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Ao26/day1h0435 km/h
Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Ono19/day59 min35 km/h
Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Miki2/day47 min35 km/h
Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Shijimi7/day40 min35 km/h
Shinkaichi - Suzurandai - Nishi-Suzurandai5/day17 min32 km/h
Suzurandai - Ao7/day51 min34 km/h
Suzurandai - Ono2/day46 min34 km/h
Shijimi - Ao1/day25 min33 km/h
Miki - Ono1/day11 min38 km/h
Ono - Ao 1/day4 min45 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
Opened1928TracksDouble trackMinatogawa - ArimaguchiTracksSingle trackArimaguchi - Arima-onsen
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Shinkaichi
-0.4 Kōbe-shi Hyōgo
Minatogawa Kōbe Subway: Seishin-Yamate [Minatogawa-kōen], Kōbe Rapid: Namboku 0.0 Kōbe-shi Hyōgo
Nagata
1.9 Kōbe-shi
Suzurandai Shintetsu: Ao 7.5 Kōbe-shi
Tanigami Hokushin Kyūkō: Hokushin 13.7 Kōbe-shi
Arimaguchi Shintetsu: Sanda 20.0 Kōbe-shi
Arima-onsen
22.5 Kōbe-shi

Traffic pattern
In addition to the trafficpattern shown below, Arami line is used by:
Sanda line trains between Shinkaichi/Minatogawa and Arimaguchi.
Ao line trains between Shinkaichi/Minatogawa and Suzurandai.

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

The traffic pattern shown does not include all details and could change at any time.
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationFrequencyFastest
train
Average
speed
Semi-Express Shinkaichi - Arima-onsen3/day44 min31 km/h
Shinkaichi - Suzurandai9/day12 min39 km/h
Local Shinkaichi - Arima-onsen11/day43 min32 km/h
Shinkaichi - Suzurandai18/day13 min36 km/h
Suzurandai - Arima-onsen3/day33 min27 km/h
Suzurandai - Tanigami1/day10 min37 km/h
Arimaguchi - Arima-onsen61/day3 min50 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
Opened1991 - 1996TracksSingle track
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Sanda
0.0 Sanda-shi Hyōgo
Yokoyama Shintetsu: Sanda 2.0 Sanda-shi Hyōgo
Woody Town Chūō
7.5 Sanda-shi

Traffic pattern
The traffic pattern shown does not include all details and could change at any time.
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationFrequencyFastest
train
Average
speed
Local Sanda - Yokoyama - Woody Town Chūō 79/day
Every 15 min
12 min38 km/h


Sanda 三田線 1067 mm     1500V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Sanda Kōbe
Opened1928 

 
TracksSingle trackArimaguchi - OkabaTracksSingle trackTaoji - Yokoyama
Double trackOkaba - TaojiDouble trackYokoyama - Sanda
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Arimaguchi Shintetsu: Arima 0.0 Kōbe-shi Hyōgo
Okaba
3.3 Kōbe-shi
Taoji
4.9 Kōbe-shi
Dōjō-minamiguchi
7.3 Kōbe-shi
Yokoyama Shintetsu: Kōentoshi 10.0 Sanda-shi
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 shown does not include all details and could change at any time.
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationFrequencyFastest
train
Average
speed
Express Shinkaichi - Arimaguchi - Sanda7/day53 min37 km/h
Semi-Express Shinkaichi - Arimaguchi - Sanda6/day56 min35 km/h
Shinkaichi - Arimaguchi - Okaba1/day43 min33 km/h
Local Shinkaichi - Arimaguchi - Sanda60/day56 min35 km/h
Shinkaichi - Arimaguchi - Okaba2/day43 min33 km/h
Suzurandai - Arimaguchi - Sanda3/day45 min33 km/h
Suzurandai - Arimaguchi - Dōjō-minamiguchi1/day34 min35 km/h
Okaba - Sanda2/day15 min35 km/h
Dōjō-minamiguchi - Sanda1/day9 min31 km/h


This page is updated Jul 28, 2010