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The Main Line of Hanshin Electric Railway (阪神本線, Hanshin Honsen) is a railway line connecting two Japanese cities of Osaka and Kobe through the industrial and residential areas between the cities.

The Hanshin Main Line started operation on April 12, 1905. It is one of the oldest interurban railways in Japan. For decades, the line had competed with the Hankyu Kobe Line and JR Kobe Line that connect the same two cities. However, from 2006, Hankyu Kobe Line is not a real competitor of Hanshin Main Line because the two operator companies are owned by one company, Hankyu Hanshin Holdings.

The line has 33 stations (including both ends, Umeda Station in Osaka and Motomachi Station in Kobe) along its 32.1 km route. The line has entirely double tracked standard gauge track electrified with the overhead 1500-volt direct current wire.

Some trains run through the Sanyo Railway Main Line to Sanyo Himeji Station in Himeji, Hyōgo beyond Motomachi terminal via Kobe Rapid Railway.

Stations on the Main Line

The line, having 33 stations, is noted for its "high density" of stations. In comparison, Sannomiya Station is the 16th station on the Hankyu Kobe Line from Umeda Station and Motomachi Station is the 15th station on the JR Kobe Line from Osaka Station.

The table below shows the name of each station on the Hanshin Main Line, as well as its location and distance (in kilometre) from Umeda Station.

Station km Location
Umeda Station 0.0 Kita-ku, Osaka Osaka Prefecture
Fukushima Station 1.1 Fukushima-ku, Osaka
Noda Station 2.3
Yodogawa Station 3.3
Himejima Station 4.4 Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka
Chibune Station 5.9
Kuise Station 6.8 Amagasaki Hyōgo Prefecture
Daimotsu Station 8.0
Amagasaki Station 8.9
Deyashiki Station 10.1
Amagasaki Center Pool-mae Station 10.8
Mukogawa Station 12.0
Naruo Station 13.2 Nishinomiya
Kōshien Station 14.1
Kusugawa Station 14.8
Imazu Station 15.4
Nishinomiya Station 16.7
Kōroen Station 17.8
Uchide Station 19.0 Ashiya
Ashiya Station 20.2
Fukae Station 21.5 Higashinada-ku, Kobe
Ōgi Station 22.6
Uozaki Station 23.8
Sumiyoshi Station 24.6
Mikage Station 25.1
Ishiyagawa Station 25.7
Shinzaike Station 26.6 Nada-ku, Kobe
Ōishi Station 27.6
Nishi-Nada Station 28.2
Iwaya Station 28.8
Kasuganomichi Station 29.9 Chūō-ku, Kobe
Sannomiya Station 31.2
Motomachi Station 32.1

Connecting railway lines

The Hanshin Main Line has the following connections to the other railway lines. If the name of the station on the connecting line is different from the station of the Hanshin Main Line, station name is noted.

At Umeda Station:

At Fukushima Station:

At Noda Station:

At Daimotsu Station and Amagasaki Station:

At Mukogawa Station:

At Imazu Station:

At Uozaki Station:

At Sannomiya Station:

At Motomachi Station:

Stopping patterns

The Hanshin Main Line operates 8 types of trains: Local (futsū), Semi-Express (junkyū), Express (kyūkō), Morning Express (kukan kyūkō), Rapid Express (kaisoku kyūkō), Hanshin Limited Express (tokkyū), Hanshin-Sanyō Through Limited Express (chokutsū tokkyū), Morning Limited Express (kukan tokkyū).

  • Semi-Express trains are operated only in the rush hour on weekdays, and Semi-Express trains terminate at Koshien.
  • Rapid Express trains are operated only in the evening on weekdays.
  • ●: stop
  • |, ↑: pass
  • ↑: only in one direction
  • ▲
    Express trains stop at Imazu from the evening until the last train on weekdays and all day on Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays.
    Express trains are operated between Umeda and Nishinomiya from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on weekdays and all day on Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays.
    Morning Express trains are operated from Koshien to Umeda in the morning on weekdays.
    Limited Express trains (including Hanshin-Sanyō Through Limited Express trains) stop at Koshien in the early morning and from the evening until the last train on weekdays, and all day on Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays. Hanshin-Sanyō Through Limited Express trains for Himeji stop there in the morning rush hour on weekdays.
    Semi-Express trains from Ishiyagawa, Mikage, Nishinomiya, or Koshien bound for Umeda stop at Amagasaki Center Pool-mae in the morning on weekdays.
    Hanshin-Sanyō Limited Express (Osaka Liner and Himeji Liner) with yellow marking stop at Nishi-Motomachi and Daikai.
Station Local
(普通) 		Semi-Express
(準急) 		Express
(急行) 		Morning Express
(区間急行, from Koshien for Umeda) 		Rapid Express
(快速急行) 		Hanshin Limited Express
(特急) 		Hanshin-Sanyō Through Limited Express
(直通特急) 		Morning Limited Express
(区間特急, from Sannomiya for Umeda)
Main Line
Umeda Station ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Fukushima Station ● ● ● ↑ | | | ↑
Noda Station ● ● ● ● ● | | ↑
Yodogawa Station ● | | ↑ | | | ↑
Himejima Station ● ● | ↑ | | | ↑
Chibune Station ● ● | ↑ | | | ↑
Kuise Station ● ● | ↑ | | | ↑
Daimotsu Station ● | | ↑ | | | ↑
Amagasaki Station ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ↑
Deyashiki Station ● ● | ↑ | | | ↑
Amagasaki Center Pool-mae Station ● ▲ | ↑ | | | ↑
Mukogawa Station ● ● ● ● | | | ↑
Naruo Station ● ● | ● | | | ↑
Koshien Station ● ● ● ● ● ▲ ▲ ●
Kusugawa Station ● ↑ |   | | | ↑
Imazu Station ● ● ▲   ● | | ↑
Nishinomiya Station ● ● ●   ● ● ● ↑
Koroen Station ● ↑ |   | | | ●
Uchide Station ● ● |   | | | ↑
Ashiya Station ● ● ●   | ● ● ●
Fukae Station ● ● |   | | | ↑
Ogi Station ● ↑ ●   ● | | ●
Uozaki Station ● ● |   | ● ● ↑
Sumiyoshi Station ● ↑ |   | | | ↑
Mikage Station ● ● ●   | ● ● ↑
Ishiyagawa Station ● ● |   | | | ↑
Shinzaike Station ●   |   | | | ↑
Oishi Station ●   ●   | | | ↑
Nishi-Nada Station ●   |   | | | ↑
Iwaya Station ●   ●   ● | | ↑
Kasuganomichi Station ●   |   | | | ↑
Sannomiya Station ●   ●   ● ● ● ●
Motomachi Station ●   ●     ● ●  
Operations at longest of the Sanyō Electric Railway Main Line Higahi-Suma   Sumaura-koen     Sumaura-koen Sanyō Himeji  
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