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Prefectures on this page: Hyōgo  
Lines on this page
Railway Line Linetype
Kōbe Rapid NambokuNon JR railway

Tōzai (Hankyū Sannomiya - Nishidai)Non JR railway

Tōzai (Motomachi -Kōsoku Kōbe)Non JR railway
Kōbe Rapid 神戸高速鉄道  Kōbe Kōsoku Tetsudō     Kōbe Rapid Transit Railway
Main owners: Kobe City (40%), Sanyō (12%), Hankyū (9.95%), Hanshin (9.95%) and Kōbe Dentetsu (2.9%).

The railway's purpose is to join together the interurban railway companies serving Kōbe. Sanyō, Hankyū and Hanshin Railways, all 1435 mm-gauge, are joined through Kōbe Kōsoku. All companies have through trains. The Kōbe Dentetsu is using the short part into Shinkaishi to facilitate transfers between the railways. However, as their trains are 1067 mm-gauge, there are no through operations.

The company also owns the Hokushin line, which is operated by Hokushin Kyūkō Railway.

More about the joint operations in Kōbe (PDF-file)      

Namboku 南北線 1067 mm     1500V DC
You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page: Kōbe - Sannomiya
Opened1968TracksDouble track
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Map Shinkaichi Kōbe Rapid: Tōzai (Hankyū Sannomiya - Nishidai) 0.0 Kōbe-shi Hyōgo
Map Map Minatogawa Shintetsu: Arima, Kōbe Subway: Seishin-Yamate [Minatogawa-kōen] 0.4 Kōbe-shi

Traffic pattern
All trains are Shintetsu trains bound for Arima, Ao and Sanda line.


Tōzai (Hankyū Sannomiya - Nishidai) 東西線 1435 mm     1500V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages:
Wadamisaki
Kōbe - Sannomiya
Sannomiya
Opened1968TracksDouble track
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Map Sannomiya Kōbe New Transit: Port Island (Portliner), Hankyū: Kōbe (Kōbe Hon), Hanshin: Hon,
JR West: Tōkaidō Hon (Maibara - Kōbe), Kōbe Subway: Seishin-Yamate, Kōbe Subway: Kaigan [Sannomiya Hanadokei-mae] 		0.0 Kōbe-shi Hyōgo
Map Map Hanakuma
1.3 Kōbe-shi
Map Map Kōsoku-Kōbe JR West: Tōkaidō Hon (Maibara - Kōbe) [Kōbe], JR West: Sanyō Hon [Kōbe], Kōbe Rapid: Tōzai (Motomachi -Kōsoku Kōbe) 2.2 Kōbe-shi
Map Map Shinkaichi Kōbe Rapid: Namboku 2.8 Kōbe-shi
Map Map Kōsoku-Nagata Kōbe Subway: Seishin-Yamate [Nagata] 4.8 Kōbe-shi
Map Map Nishidai Sanyō Dentetsu: Hon 5.7 Kōbe-shi

Traffic pattern
All trains are through from/to Sanyō Railway, Hankyū Railway or (via Motomachi branch) Hanshin Railway.


Tōzai (Motomachi -Kōsoku Kōbe) 東西線 1435 mm     1500V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages:
Kōbe - Sannomiya
Sannomiya
Opened1968TracksDouble track
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Map Motomachi Hanshin: Hon, JR West: Tōkaidō Hon (Maibara - Kōbe) 0.0 Kōbe-shi Hyōgo
Map Map Kōsoku-Kōbe Kōbe Rapid: Tōzai (Hankyū Sannomiya - Nishidai) 1.5 Kōbe-shi

Traffic pattern
All trains are through from Hanshin Railway.
Many trains continue to Sanyō Railway.

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This page is updated Dec 30, 2011