Hanshin Electric Railway
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| Locale | Kansai region, Japan |
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| Dates of operation | 1905 (established in 1899)– |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Length | 48.9 km |
| Headquarters | Osaka, Japan |
| Website | rail |
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 (大阪) and the first character for Kobe (神戸) 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
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5500 series
5550 series
5700 series
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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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