The Hanshin Kobe Kosoku Line (阪神神戸高速線 ''Hanshin Kōbe Kōsoku sen'') is one of three lines of the Kobe Rapid Transit Railway, operated by

Hanshin Railway is a Japanese private railway company of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group that links Osaka and Kobe. It also owns the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. The first character for Kobe (神戸) and the second character for Osaka (大阪) combine to form th ...

and

Hankyu Railway , trading as , is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group ...

. Trains from Hanshin, Hankyu and

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railways enter this line. Since the Tozai Line connects three lines, it has three termini: Nishidai in the west,

Hankyu , trading as , is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group ...

Sannomiya is a district of Chūō-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, Japan. Today, it is the biggest downtown area in the city. The district takes the name from Sannomiya Shrine, a branch of Ikuta Shrine. Before the 1920s, Sannomiya was just an edge of the city. T ...

and Motomachi in the east. All three were opened in 1968. Tracks from the three termini meet at Kosoku-Kobe. Unlike the Namboku Line, it has

standard gauge A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in Ea ...

tracks, .

Stations served

; Legend :* ● : Stops :* ∥ : Does not run through here

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia {{DEFAULTSORT:Hanshin Kobe Kosoku Line Railway lines in Japan Standard gauge railways in Japan Lines of Hanshin Electric Railway Hankyu Railway lines Railway lines opened in 1968