is a Japanese

private railway A private railway is a railroad run by a private business entity (usually a corporation but not need be), as opposed to a railroad run by a public sector. Japan In Japan, , commonly simply ''private railway'', refers to a public transit railway o ...

operating company based in western

Hyōgo Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to th ...

. It runs local and express rail service between

Himeji 260px, Himeji City Hall is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km2. The total area of the city is ...

and

Kobe Kobe ( ; , ), officially , is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population of around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's List of Japanese cities by population, seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Port of Toky ...

, and also connects directly with

Hanshin Main Line The is a railway line operated by the private railway company Hanshin Electric Railway in Japan. It connects the two cities of Osaka and Kobe, between and stations respectively. Outline The Main Line of Hanshin is the southernmost railw ...

Osaka is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...

. Although the Hanshin Electric Railway Co. (which owns the Hanshin Main Line) is its largest shareholder, the company is not a member of the

Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group (formerly known as the before 2006, is a Japanese keiretsu (association of businesses) centered around companies established by railway tycoon Ichizō Kobayashi: Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, H2O Retailing and Toho. The keiretsu historically includ ...

Train lines

* Main Line: Nishidai Station (

) – Shikama Station –

Sanyo-Himeji Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private Sanyo Electric Railway. Lines Sanyo-Himeji Station is the western terminus of the Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line and is 54.7 ki ...

(54.7 km) * Aboshi Line: Shikama Station –

Sanyo-Aboshi Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private Sanyo Electric Railway. Lines Sanyo-Aboshi Station is the terminal station of the Sanyo Railway Aboshi Line and is 8.5 kilometers f ...

(8.5 km)

Rolling stock

, the company owns and operates the following train types. * 3000 series three- and four-car EMUs * 5000 series four- and six-car EMUs * 5030 series six-car EMUs * 6000 series three- and four-car EMUs (since April 2016) New three-car 6000 series EMUs were introduced on 27 April 2016.

Buses

Sanyo also operates bus service in

(mainly Tarumi-ku), and Akashi.

Aerial lift

Sumaura Ropeway The is a Japanese aerial lift line in Kōbe, Hyōgo, operated by the Sanyō Electric Railway. Opened in 1957, the line climbs Mount Hachibuse (246m) of the Suma coast. At the summit, there is a transfer to the , a sort of escalator with baskets. ...

References

External links

* {{Authority control Transport in Kobe Railway companies of Japan Companies based in Kobe 1933 establishments in Japan