Hanshin Electric Railway

File:Hanshin Electric Railway Linemap.svg

• Main Line (本線) ({{STN|Umeda|x}} – {{STN|Motomachi|x|Hyōgo|Motomachi}}, 32.1 km)
• Hanshin Namba Line (阪神なんば線) ({{STN|Amagasaki|x|Hanshin|Amagasaki}} – {{STN|Ōsaka Namba|x}}, 10.1 km)

:The section between Nishikujō and Ōsaka-Namba is the newest line of Hanshin that opened on March 20, 2009. Prior to this extension the line was called the Nishi-Ōsaka Line.

• Mukogawa Line (武庫川線) ({{STN|Mukogawa|x}} – {{STN|Mukogawa-danchimae|x}}, 1.7 km)
• Kobe Kosoku Line (神戸高速線) (Category-2, {{STN|Motomachi|x|Hyōgo|Motomachi}} – {{STN|Nishidai|x|Hyōgo|Nishidai}}, 5.0 km)

:The tracks of the line are owned by Kobe Rapid Transit Railway Co., Ltd. as the Tozai Line.

• Kita-Osaka Line (北大阪線) ({{STN|Noda|x|Hanshin|Noda}} – {{STN|Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchome|x}})
• Kokudo Line (国道線) (Noda – Higashi-Kobe)
• Koshien Line (甲子園線) (Kamikoshien - {{STN|Koshien|x}} - Hamakoshien - Nakatsuhama)
• Amagasaki Kaigan Line (尼崎海岸線) ({{STN|Deyashiki|x}} - Higashihama)
• Mukogawa Line (武庫川線) (Mukogawa - Muko-ohashi - {{STN|Nishinomiya|x|JR West|Nishinomiya (Japanese National Railways)}}): the line between Muko-ohashi and Nishinomiya (JNR) was used only for freight trains operated by JNR.

• Imazu Deyashiki Line (今津出屋敷線): Takasu - Suzaki - Hamakoshien - Imazu
• Amagasaki Takarazuka Line (尼崎宝塚線): Amagasaki - {{STN|Takarazuka|x|Hankyu|Takarazuka}}: planned by Takarazuka Amagasaki Railway Company
• Daini Hanshin Line: Umeda - {{STN|Chidoribashi|x}} - Amagasaki - {{STN|Sannomiya|x}} - {{STN|Minatogawa|x}}

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• June 12, 1899: {{Nihongo|Settsu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.|摂津電気鉄道株式会社|Settsu Denki-tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha}} was established.
• July 7, 1899: The company was renamed "Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd."
• April 7, 1968: Kobe Rapid Railway was opened and joint operation with Sanyo Electric Railway was started.
• February 15, 1998: Joint operation with Sanyo Electric Railway for limited express service between Umeda and Himeji was started.
• June 20, 2006: Hankyu Holdings, Inc. completed its purchase of a controlling interest in Hanshin in a transaction valued at about $2.2 billion.{{cite web| url=http://today.reuters.com/investing/FinanceArticle.aspx?type=mergersNews&storyID=2006-06-20T045411Z_01_T334035_RTRIDST_0_TRANSPORT-JAPAN-HANKYU-UPDATE-2.XML| title=UPDATE 2-Hankyu takes over fellow railway operator Hanshin| publisher=Reuters| date=2006-06-20| access-date=2006-06-20}}
• March 20, 2009: Joint operation with Kintetsu Railway for Rapid Express service between Sannomiya and Kintetsu Nara was started.

• 1000 series - through services onto the Kintetsu Nara Line
• 8000 series
• 9000 series - through services onto the Kintetsu Nara Line
• 9300 series

File:Hanshin-Series1000-1606.jpg|1000 series

File:Hanshin-Series8000R-8237.jpg|8000 series

File:Hanshin-Series9000-9201.jpg|9000 series

File:Hanshin-Series9300-9501.jpg|9300 series

• 5001
• 5131/5331
• 5500 series
• 5550 series (since January 2010){{cite web |url= http://railf.jp/news/2010/12/31/150300.html|script-title=ja:阪神5550系が営業運転を開始|trans-title= Hanshin 5550 series enters service|date= 30 December 2010|website= Japan Railfan Magazine Online |publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd. |language= ja|access-date= 10 July 2013}}
• 5700 series (since August 2015){{cite web |url= http://railf.jp/news/2015/08/25/180000.html|script-title=ja: 阪神5700系が営業運転を開始|trans-title= Hanshin 5700 series enters revenue service|date= 25 August 2015|website= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 25 August 2015}} (2016 Blue Ribbon Award winner)

File:Hanshin-Series5001-5021.jpg|5001

File:Hanshin-Series5500-5509.jpg|5500 series

File:Hanshin-Series5550-5551.jpg|5550 series

File:Hanshin-Series5700-5717.jpg|5700 series

• 7861
• 7890/7990

File:Hanshin-7868.jpg|7861

File:Hanshin7990-mukogawa-line.jpg|7890/7990
(Retirement)

File:Hanshin 5500 mukogawaline 5912F higasinaruo.jpg|Series 5500
To-lucky 5511F-5912F

File:Hanshin 5500 mukogawaline 5914F.jpg|Series 5500
Koshien 5514-5914F

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1350338/billboard-live-venues-to-roll-out-in-japan|title='Billboard Live' Venues To Roll Out In Japan|publisher=Billboard|date=2006-09-14|access-date=2016-04-11}}{{cite magazine|title=Billboard 18 August 2007|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Q4EAAAAMBAJ&q=Hanshin+Contents+Link&pg=PA34|date=18 August 2007|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=34–|issn=0006-2510}}

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• [http://www.hankyu-hanshin.co.jp/en/ Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group Website in English]
• [http://www.hanshin.co.jp/global/en/ Hanshin Electric Railway Website in English]

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