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Hanshin Electric Railway

Hanshin Electric Railway
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Locale Kansai region, Japan
Dates of operation 1905 (established in 1899)–
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Length 48.9 km
Headquarters Osaka, Japan
Website rail.hanshin.co.jp

Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (阪神電気鉄道株式会社 Hanshin Denki-tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha?) 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 second character for Osaka (大) and the first character for Kobe (戸) combine to form the company name, 阪神, which can be read Han-shin.

IC cards (PiTaPa and ICOCA) are accepted when taking trains.

1000 series

8000 series

9000 series

9300 series

5001

5500 series

5550 series

5700 series

7861

7890/7990

Hanshin Electric Railway owns the Hanshin Tigers baseball team, whose home ground is Hanshin Koshien Stadium in front of Kōshien Station of the railway's Main Line.

One of the company's subsidiaries is the Osaka-based company Hanshin Contents Link, that operates the Billboard Japan brand under licence from Billboard's publisher.


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