JR Kobe Line

JR Kobe Line
A
321 series on a local service
Overview
Native name	JR神戸線
System	Urban Network
Locale	Osaka Prefecture and Hyōgo Prefecture
Termini	Osaka (Tokaido Main Line) Himeji (Sanyo Man Line)
Stations	38
Operation
Opened	May 11, 1874 (as part of Tokaido Main Line) March 13, 1988 (renamed as JR Kobe Line)
Owner	JR West
Operator(s)	JR West JR Freight
Technical
Line length	87.9 km (54.6 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Operating speed	130 km/h (81 mph)

The JR Kobe Line (JR神戸線, JR Kōbe sen) is the nickname of portions of the Tokaido Main Line and the Sanyo Main Line, between Osaka Station in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture and Himeji Station in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture. The line, along with the JR Kyoto Line and the Biwako Line, forms a contiguous service that is the main trunk of West Japan Railway Company's Urban Network commuter rail network in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area. The line also offers continuous service to the Gakkentoshi Line via the JR Tōzai Line. It was damaged during the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake.^[1]

Trains

Special Rapid Service (新快速, shin-kaisoku)
- Continuing service from the Kyoto Line, trains stop at Osaka, Amagasaki, Ashiya, Sannomiya, Kobe, Akashi, Nishi-Akashi, Kakogawa and Himeji. Service extends beyond Himeji on Sanyo Main Line to Aboshi and Ako Line to Banshu-Ako.
Rapid Service (快速, kaisoku)
- Continuing service from the Kyoto Line, trains stop at Osaka, Amagasaki, Nishinomiya, Ashiya, Sumiyoshi, Rokkomichi, Sannomiya, Motomachi, Kobe, Hyōgo, Suma, Tarumi, Maiko and Akashi as rapid service trains and every station after Akashi as local trains. Service extends beyond Himeji on Sanyo Main Line to Aboshi and Ako Line to Banshu-Ako. In the morning and at night, trains pass Suma, Tarumi and Maiko.
Local trains (普通, futsu)
- Continuing service from the Kyoto Line at Osaka and the JR Tōzai Line at Amagasaki. Makes every stop to Nishi-Akashi, with some extended service to Kakogawa during rush hour.

Stations

Stations are listed from east to west.

●: Trains stop at all times,｜: Trains pass at all times, ▲: Eastbound trains pass in the morning

Official line name	No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Stop			Transfers	Location
Official line name	No.	Station	Japanese		from Osaka	Local	Rapid	Special Rapid	Transfers	Ward, city	Prefecture
Through service to/from the JR Kyoto Line
Tokaido Main Line	JR-A47	Osaka	大阪	-	0.0	●	●	●	JR Kyoto Line (Tokaido Main Line), Osaka Loop Line Hankyu Kyoto Line, Hankyu Kobe Line, Hankyu Takarazuka Line (HK-01: Umeda Station) Hanshin Main Line (HS 01: Umeda Station) Osaka Municipal Subway: Midosuji Line (M16: Umeda Station), Yotsubashi Line (Y11: Nishi-Umeda Station), Tanimachi Line (T20: Higashi-Umeda Station)	Kita-ku, Osaka	Osaka
	JR-A48	Tsukamoto	塚本	3.4	3.4	●	｜	｜		Yodogawa-ku, Osaka	Osaka
	JR-A49	Amagasaki	尼崎	4.3	7.7	●	●	●	JR Tōzai Line, JR Takarazuka Line (Fukuchiyama Line)	Amagasaki	Hyōgo
	JR-A50	Tachibana	立花	3.0	10.7	●	｜	｜		Amagasaki
	JR-A51	Koshienguchi	甲子園口	2.2	12.9	●	｜	｜		Nishinomiya
	JR-A52	Nishinomiya	西宮	2.5	15.4	●	●	｜
	JR-A53	Sakura Shukugawa	さくら夙川	1.5	16.9	●	｜	｜
	JR-A54	Ashiya	芦屋	2.3	19.2	●	●	●		Ashiya
	JR-A55	Konan Yamate	甲南山手	1.4	20.6	●	｜	｜		Higashinada-ku, Kobe
	JR-A56	Settsu-Motoyama	摂津本山	1.5	22.1	●	｜	｜
	JR-A57	Sumiyoshi	住吉	1.6	23.6	●	●	｜	Kobe New Transit: Rokko Island Line (R01)
	JR-A58	Rokkomichi	六甲道	2.2	25.9	●	●	｜		Nada-ku, Kobe
	JR-A59	Maya^{[Note 1]}	摩耶	1.4	27.3	●	｜	｜
	JR-A60	Nada	灘	0.9	28.2	●	｜	｜
	JR-A61	Sannomiya	三ノ宮	2.4	30.6	●	●	●	Hankyu Kobe Line, Kobe Kosoku Line (HK-16: Kobe Sannomiya Station) Hanshin Main Line (HS 32: Kobe Sannomiya Station) Kobe New Transit: Port Island Line (P01) Kobe Municipal Subway: Seishin-Yamate Line (S03: Sannomiya Station), Kaigan Line (K01: Sannomiya-Hanadokeimae Station)	Chuo-ku, Kobe
	JR-A62	Motomachi	元町	0.8	31.4	●	●	｜	Hanshin Main Line, Kobe Kosoku Line (HS 33)
	JR-A63	Kobe	神戸	1.7	33.1	●	●	●	Hanshin Kobe Kosoku Line (HS 35) Hankyu Kobe Kosoku Line (HS 35) Kobe Municipal Subway: Kaigan Line (K04: Harborland Station)
Sanyo Main Line	JR-A63	Kobe	神戸	1.7	33.1	●	●	●
	JR-A64	Hyōgo	兵庫	1.8	34.9	●	●	｜	Wadamisaki Line(Sanyo Main Line Wadamisaki Branch)	Hyogo-ku, Kobe
	JR-A65	Shin-Nagata	新長田	2.3	37.2	●	｜	｜	Kobe Municipal Subway: Seishin-Yamate Line (S09), Kaigan Line (K10)	Nagata-ku, Kobe
	JR-A66	Takatori	鷹取	1.0	38.2	●	｜	｜		Suma-ku, Kobe
	JR-A67	Suma-Kaihinkōen	須磨海浜公園	0.9	39.1	●	｜	｜
	JR-A68	Suma	須磨	1.3	40.4	●	▲	｜	Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 06: Sanyo Suma Station)
	JR-A69	Shioya	塩屋	2.0	43.3	●	｜	｜	Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 08: Sanyo Shioya Station)	Tarumi-ku, Kobe
	JR-A70	Tarumi	垂水	2.9	46.2	●	▲	｜	Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 11: Sanyo Tarumi Station)
	JR-A71	Maiko	舞子	2.0	48.2	●	▲	｜	Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 13: Maiko-koen Station)
	JR-A72	Asagiri	朝霧	1.9	50.1	●	｜	｜		Akashi
	JR-A73	Akashi	明石	2.4	52.5	●	●	●	Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 17: Sanyo Akashi Station)
	JR-A74	Nishi Akashi	西明石	3.4	55.9	●	●	●	Sanyō Shinkansen
	JR-A75	Okubo	大久保	2.8	58.7	●	●	｜
	JR-A76	Uozumi	魚住	3.5	62.2	●	●	｜
	JR-A77	Tsuchiyama	土山	3.1	65.3	●	●	｜		Harima
	JR-A78	Higashi-Kakogawa	東加古川	3.3	68.6	●	●	｜		Kakogawa
	JR-A79	Kakogawa	加古川	3.6	72.2	●	●	●	Kakogawa Line	Kakogawa
	JR-A80	Hoden	宝殿	3.3	75.5		●	｜		Takasago
	JR-A81	Sone	曽根	4.0	79.5		●	｜		Takasago
	JR-A82	Himeji Bessho	ひめじ別所	2.0	81.5		●	｜		Himeji
	JR-A83	Gochaku	御着	2.1	83.6		●	｜
	JR-A84	Higashi-Himeji^{[Note 1]}	東姫路	2.4	86.0		●
	JR-A85	Himeji	姫路	1.9	87.9		●	●	Sanyo Main Line, Sanyo Shinkansen, Bantan Line, Kishin Line Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 43: Sanyo Himeji Station)
Through service to/from the Sanyo Main Line and the Ako Line

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Rolling stock

Local

207 series (from 1991, through service with Fukuchiyama Line and katamachi Line via JR Tōzai Line)
321 series (from 2005, through service with Fukuchiyama Line and katamachi Line via JR Tōzai Line)

Special Rapid and Rapid

225-100 series on a rapid service, July 2016

221 series (from 1989, through service with Akō Line via Sanyo Line)
223-1000/2000/6000 series (from 1995, through service with Akō Line via Sanyo Line)
225-0/100 series (from 2010, through service with Akō Line via Sanyo Line)

Limited Express

285 series (Sunrise Izumo/Sunrise Seto service from July 1998, through service with Seto-Ōhashi Line and Hakubi Line)
KiHa 189 series (Hamakaze service from 2010, through service with Sanin Main Line via Bantan Line)
Chizu Express HOT7000 series (Super Hakuto service from 1994, through service with Sanin Main Line via Chizu Line)

Former

201 series, August 2004

103 series (until August 1, 2005)
113 series (until October 16, 2004)
115 series
117 series (from 1980 until May 10, 1999)
201 series (from 1983 until 2007)
205-0 series (from 1986 until 2006, from 2011 until March 2013)
KiHa 181 series (Hamakaze limited express, until 2010)

References

↑ Schiff, Anschel (1999). Hyogoken-Nanbu (Kobe) Earthquake of January 17, 1995: Lifeline Performance. ASCE Publications. ISBN 9780784474662.

Osaka Municipal Subway (list of stations)	Midosuji Tanimachi Yotsubashi Chuo Sennichimae Sakaisuji Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Imazatosuji APM: New Tram

Kobe Municipal Subway	Seishin-Yamate Kaigan

Kyoto Municipal Subway	Karasuma Tozai

Kobe New Transit (semipublic)	Port Island Line Rokko Island Line

5 Major
Private rail operators

Hankyu	■ Hankyu Kobe Main ■ Itami ■ Imazu ■ Koyo ■ Hankyu Takarazuka Main ■ Minoo ■ Hankyu Kyoto Main ■ Senri ■ Arashiyama

Hanshin	Hanshin Main Namba Mukogawa

Keihan	Keihan Main Oto Nakanoshima Katano Otsu Lines Keishin Ishiyama Sakamoto

Nankai	Nankai Main Takashinohama Airport Tanagawa Kada Wakayamako Koya Shiomibashi

Kintetsu	A Namba/Nara G Ikoma B Kyoto/Kashihara H Tenri I Tawaramoto C Keihanna D Osaka J Shigi F Minami Osaka/Yoshino N Domyoji O Nagano P Gose

4 Semi-Major
Private rail operators

Semboku Rapid	Semboku Rapid Railway

Kitakyu	Namboku Line

Kobe Rapid	Tōzai Line Namboku Line Hokushin Line

Sanyo	Sanyo Main Line Aboshi Line

Other railways

Shintetsu
Wakayama Railway Kishigawa Line
Hankai Tram
Osaka Monorail
Hokushin Kyuko
Noseden
- Myoken Line
- Nissei Line
Randen (Keifuku)
- Arashiyama Tram
- Kitano Tram
Eizan Electric Railway
- Eizan Main Line
- Kurama Line

Cable car and aerial tramways

Terminals

Rail
- Osaka/Umeda/Nishi-Umeda/Higashi-Umeda/Kitashinchi
- Tennoji/Osaka Abenobashi
- Namba/Osaka Namba/JR Namba
- Kyobashi
- Shin-Osaka
- Osaka Uehommachi
- Kyoto
- Kawaramachi/Gion-Shijo
- Sanjo
- Sannomiya
  - JR West
  - others
- Sakaihigashi
- Kintetsu Nara
Airports
Ports
- Port of Kobe
- Port of Osaka
- Sakai
- Himeji

Miscellaneous

Shinkansen
Ferry Operators
- Kanko Kisen
- Hankyu Ferry
- Nankai Ferry
- Akashi-Awaji Ferry
Cards
- ICOCA
- PiTaPa
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