Hanshin Main Line
{{Short description|Railway line in Osaka & Kobe, Japan}}
{{More citations needed|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox rail line
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| name = Main Line
| native_name = 阪神本線
| native_name_lang = ja
| color = {{rcr|Hanshin|Main}}
| logo =Number prefix Hanshin line.svg
| logo_width =21px
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| image = Hanshin-Series5700-5705F.jpg
| image_width = 300px
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| caption =Hanshin 5700 series EMU
| type = Commuter rail
| system =
| status =
| locale = Osaka and Hyogo Prefectures
| start = Osaka-Umeda
| end = Nishidai
| stations = 39
| routes =
| daily_ridership =
| ridership2 =
| open = April 12, 1905
| close =
| owner =
| operator = Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
| character =
| depot = Amagasaki
| linelength_km = 32.1
| tracklength_km=
| tracks = 2
| gauge = {{RailGauge|sg|al=on}}
| electrification = 1,500 V DC, overhead lines
| speed_km/h = 106
| elevation_m =
| website =
| map =
| map_state = collapsed
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{{routemap
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~~Lines are of Hanshin unless noted
\hBHF\\\tBHF~~ ~~ ~~{{STN|Osaka|x}}/{{STN|Kitashinchi|x}}
\hSTR\exKBHFa\tKACCa\tSTR~~0.0~~{{STN|Umeda|x}}~~connections are shown below
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STR\hSTR\exABZg+1xu\tSTR!~extSTRc4\tSTR!~POINTERg@fq~~ ~~ ~~JR-W: JR Tōzai Line
KRZh\hABZgr\exSTR\tSTR\tSTR~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegJR-W: Tōkaidō Line
STR\hSTR\exSTR\tSTR\tSTR~~ ~~ ~~ (JR Kobe Line, JR Takarazuka Line)
STR\hSTR\exBHF\tSTR\tSTR~~ ~~Deiribashi~~abandoned in 1949
STR\hSTR\exBHF\tACC\tSTR~~1.1~~{{STN|Fukushima|x|Osaka}} (Hanshin)
BUE\hBHF\exSTR!~tSTRc2\tSTR3!~tSTRc2\tSTR3~~ ~~ ~~Fukushima (JR West)
hSTRa\hSTR\xABZg+1u\tSTR+1!~tSTRc4\tSTR+1!~tSTRc4~~ ~~ ~~Keihan: Nakanoshima Line
hSTR\hSTR\STR\tBHF\tKBHFe~~ ~~ ~~{{STN|Shin-Fukushima|x}}/{{STN|Nakanoshima|x|Osaka|Nakanoshima}}
hkSTR2\hSTRl!~hkSTR-c3\KRZh\tKRZh\~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Up 001.jpegJR-W: Osaka Loop LineFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
hkSTRc1\hkSTRl+4\KRZh\tKRZh\~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Up 001.jpegJR-W: Umeda freight LineFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
\hSTRa\tSTR~~ ~~ ~~Osaka Subway: Sennichimae LineFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
\uexKBHFa\hACC\tSTR\tKBHFaq~~2.3~~{{STN|Noda|x|Hanshin}}~~File:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpegS11: {{STN|Nodahanshin|x}}
uexSTRq\uexABZgr\hSTR\tSTR\~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegKita-Osaka Line
tBHFq\uxmKRZt\hKRZt\tSTRr\~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpeg{{STN|Ebie|x}}
uexSTR\hSTR\~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Down 001.jpegKokudō Line
uexLSTR\hACC\~~3.3~~{{STN|Yodogawa|x}}
hKRZW~~ ~~ ~~Yodo River
hACC~~4.4~~{{STN|Himejima|x}}
ehBHF~~5.6~~Ōwada~~-1921
hKRZW~~ ~~ ~~Kanzaki River
hACC~~5.9~~{{STN|Chibune|x}}
ehBHF~~5.9~~Tsukuda~~-1921
WASSERq\hKRZW!~GRZq\~~ ~~ ~~Prefectural border (Osaka/Hyogo)
uexLSTR\hACC\~~6.8~~{{STN|Kuise|x}}
uexKRWg+l\uexKRWr!~hSTR\~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Up 001.jpegFile:Arrow Blue Down 001.jpegKokudo Line/File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegKuise Connection Line
uexLSTR\hSTR\
\\hSTR\\tKHSTa~~ ~~ ~~{{STN|Kintetsu Nara|x}}
\\hSTR\\tSTRe~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Up 001.jpegFile:Arrow Blue Down 001.jpegKintetsu Nara Line
\\hSTR\\LSTR~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Up 001.jpegFile:Arrow Blue Down 001.jpegKintetsu Osaka Line
\\hSTR\\tSTRa~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Up 001.jpegFile:Arrow Blue Down 001.jpegKintetsu Namba Line
\\hSTR\\tHST~~ ~~ ~~{{STN|Osaka Namba|x}}
\\hSTR\\htSTRe
\\hSTR\\hLSTR
\\vSHI1+l-STR+l!~lhSTR+R!~lhSTRl(l)\hSTRq\hSTRr~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Down 001.jpegHanshin Namba LineFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
vACC!~lhSTR+R!~lhSTR+L~~8.0~~{{STN|Daimotsu|x}}
\vSTR-ABZgl!~lhSTR+R\hSTR+r
\vÜSTu+l!~lhSTR+R\hDST~~Amagasaki depot and workshop
\BHFSPLe!~lACC!~lhSTR+R!~lhSTR+L\hSTR~~8.9~~{{STN|Amagasaki|x|Hanshin}}
\hKRWg+l\hKRWr
\hACC\uexKBHFa~~10.1~~{{STN|Deyashiki|x}}
\hSTR\uexSTRl~~ ~~ ~~Amagasaki Kaigan LineFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
hACC~~10.8~~{{STN|Amagasaki Center Pool-mae|x}}
hSTR
WASSERq\WASSERq!~hBHFe\WASSERq~~12.0~~{{STN|Mukogawa|x}}~~Mukogawa River
ENDExaq\KRZo+r\BHFq~~ ~~ ~~Mukogawa LineFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
hDST~~Mukogawa S.B.
hBHF~~13.2~~{{STN|Naruo|x}}
uexSTRq\uexSTRq!~hBHF\uexSTRq~~14.1~~{{STN|Kōshien|x}}~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegKōshien LineFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
hSTRe
BHF~~14.8~~{{STN|Kusugawa|x}}
exKRW+l\eKRWgr\
exSTR\hSTRa\
\exBHF\hACC\\~~15.4~~{{STN|Imazu|x|Hyōgo}}
exSTRq!~hKBHFeq\exSTRr\hSTR\\~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegHankyu: Imazu Line
ehBHF~~ ~~Nishinomiya higashiguchi~~-2001
hACC~~16.7~~{{STN|Nishinomiya|x|Hanshin}}~~2001-
ehBHF~~16.9~~Nishinomiya~~-2001
ehBHF~~27.1~~Ebisu
hACC~~17.8~~{{STN|Kōroen|x}}
hKRZW~~ ~~ ~~Shukugawa River
\hABZg+l\KDSTeq~~Horikiri Maintenance Base
hDST~~Horikiri S.B.
ACC~~19.0~~{{STN|Uchide|x}}
ACC~~20.2~~{{STN|Ashiya|x|Hanshin}}
hKRZW~~ ~~ ~~Ashiya River
hBHF~~21.5~~{{STN|Fukae|x|Hyōgo}}
hBHF~~22.6~~{{STN|Ōgi|x|Hyōgo}}
ACC~~23.8~~{{STN|Uozaki|x}}
hKRZWae~~ ~~ ~~Sumiyoshi River
uBHFq\mKRZu\~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegKobe New Transit: Rokkō Island LineFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
\\eABZgl\exSTRq\exSTR+r
\\hSTRa\\exSTR
\\hBHF\\exBHF~~24.6~~{{STN|Sumiyoshi|x|Hanshin}}
\\hBHF\\exBHF~~25.1~~{{STN|Mikage|x|Hanshin}}
\\hACC\\exBHF~~25.7~~{{STN|Ishiyagawa|x}}
WASSERq\WASSERq\hKRZW\WASSERq\exhKRZWae~~ ~~ ~~Ishiya River
\\hSTR\exKDSTa\exSTR~~Tomei Depot
\\hKRWgl\exKRWl!~hKRW+r\exKRWg+r
\\hSTR\hKBHFe!~KDSTe\exSTR~~Ishiyagawa Depot
\\hACC\\exBHF~~26.6~~{{STN|Shinzaike|x}} (second)
\\hSTR\\exBHF~~ ~~Shinzaike (first)~~-1929
WASSERq\WASSERq\hKRZW\WASSERq\exhKRZWae~~ ~~ ~~Toga River
\\hACC\\exBHF~~27.6~~{{STN|Ōishi|x}}
\\hSTR\\exSTR
\uexLSTR\eABZg+l!~hSTR\exSTRq\exSTRr
uexSTRl\emKRZo!~hSTR\uexBHFq~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegKokudō LineFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
hACC~~28.2~~{{STN|Nishi-Nada|x}}
hKRZW
ehHST~~ ~~Nishi-Nada~~(temporary station)
\xABZg2!~hSTR2\hSTRc3
\xSTR+c1!~hSTRc1\hSTR+4
\exBHF\hSTR~~ ~~Iwaya (first)~~-1933?
\exBHF\hSTR~~ ~~Iwaya-higashiguchi~~-1933?
\exSTR\tBHFa@f!~lACC~~28.8~~{{STN|Iwaya|x|Hyōgo}}
\exBHF\tSTR~~ ~~Iwaya-nishiguchi~~-1933?
\exBHF\tSTR~~ ~~Wakihama~~-1933
\exSTR\tACC~~29.9~~{{STN|Kasuganomichi|x|Hanshin}} (second)~~1934-
\exBHF\tSTR~~ ~~Kasuganomichi (first)~~-1933
\exhKRZWae\tKRZW~~ ~~ ~~Shin-Ikuta River
\exBHF\tSTR~~ ~~Shin-Ikutagawa~~-1933
\exBHF\tSTR~~ ~~Asahi-dōri~~-1933
hSTR+4\exSTR\tSTR~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegJR-W: Tōkaidō Line (JR Kobe Line)File:Arrow Blue Down 001.jpeg
hSTR+4\hSTR\exSTR\tSTR\~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegHankyū: Kobe Main LineFile:Arrow Blue Down 001.jpeg
hBHF\hBHF\exBHF\tBHF\~~31.2~~{{STN|Sannomiya|x||Kobe-Sannomiya}}~~connections shown below
hSTR\hSTR\exSTRl!~tSTRc2\exSTRq!~tSTR3\exKBHFeq~~Kobe (Takimichi)
hSTR\hSTR\tSTR+1\tSTRc4\~~File:Arrow Blue Up 001.jpegMain Line
htSTRa\hBHF\GRZq!~tBHF\GRZq\~~32.1~~{{STN|Motomachi|x|Hyōgo}}
tSTR\hSTR\tSTR\\~~File:Arrow Blue Down 001.jpegKobe Kosoku Line
tHST\hSTR\tSTR\\~~ ~~ ~~{{STN|Hanakuma|x}}
tSTR\hSTR\tBHF\\~~{{STN|Nishi-Motomachi|x}}
tSTR\hSTRl\tKRZh\hSTR+r\~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Down 001.jpegKobe Subway: Kaigan LineFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
tSTRl\tSTRq\tABZg+r\hSTR\tSTR+l~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg{{STN|Kobe|x|Hyogo|Kobe}}, File:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpegFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpegK04: {{STN|Harbor Land|x}}
\\tBHF\hBHF\tBHF~~{{STN|Kōsoku Kobe|x}}
\\tSTR\hSTR\tSTRl~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Up 001.jpegKobe Subway: Kaigan LineFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
\tSTR\hSTR2~~ ~~ ~~JR-W: San'yō Line (JR Kobe Line)File:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
tKBHFeq\tBHF\~~{{STN|Shinkaichi|x}}
tSTR~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegShintetsu: Kobe Kosoku Line
tBHF~~{{STN|Daikai|x}}
tSTR+r\tSTR\~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegKobe Subway: Seishin-Yamate LineFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
tBHF\tBHF\~~ ~~{{STN|Kōsoku Nagata|x}}~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegS08: {{STN|Nagata|x|Kobe Subway}}
tSTRl\tKRZt\
tSTR~~File:Arrow Blue Up 001.jpegKobe Kosoku Line
tBHF~~{{STN|Nishidai|x|Hyōgo}}
tSTRe~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Down 001.jpegSanyō: Main Line
KHSTe~~ ~~ ~~{{STN|Sanyo Himeji|x}}
|map2-title=Connections at Umeda
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~~ ~~ ~~Subway: Osaka Subway
hSTR\\~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Up 001.jpegJR-W: Tōkaidō Line (JR Kyoto Line)
hABZg+l\tKRZh\~~ ~~ ~~JR-W: Osaka Loop LineFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
hSTR\tSTR\~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Up 001.jpegFile:Arrow Blue Down 001.jpegSubway: Tanimachi Line (T20: {{STN|Higashi-Umeda|x}})
hKBHFeq\hSTR\tSTRl\tBHFq\tSTRr~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegHankyū: Kobe, Kyoto, Takarazuka main lines
tSTRq\hKRZt\tBHFq\tSTRq\tKRZtu~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegSubway: Midōsuji Line (M16)File:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
\hBHF\tKBHFa\\tSTR~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpeg{{STN|Umeda|x}}~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegFile:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpeg{{STN|Osaka|x}}
\hSTR\tSTR\\tBHF~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpegY11: {{STN|Nishi-Umeda|x}}, File:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpegFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg{{STN|Kitashinchi|x}}
extSTRq\ehKRZt\etKRZt\tKBHFxaq\tKRZtu~~ ~~ ~~Subway: Yotsubashi LineFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
\hSTR\tSTR\\tSTR~~ ~~ ~~ (Extension planned)
hSTRq\hABZgr\tSTR\\tSTR~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegJR-W: Tōkaidō Line
\hSTR\tSTR\\tSTR~~ ~~ ~~ (JR Kobe Line, JR Takarazuka Line)
\hSTR\tSTR\\tSTR~~ ~~ ~~JR-W: File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegOsaka Loop, File:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpegJR Tōzai lines
tSTR~~File:Arrow Blue Down 001.jpegMain Line of Hanshin
|map3-title=Connections at Kobe-Sannomiya
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\\uexSTR\tSTR\~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Up 001.jpegFile:Arrow Blue Down 001.jpegKobe City Tramway: Sakaemachi Line
tSTRl\tBHFq\uxmKRZt\tSTRr\~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Up 001.jpegKobe Municipal Subway: Seishin-Yamate Line (S03)
hSTRq\hBHFq\uxmKRZh\hSTRq\hSTRq~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegHankyū: Kobe Main LineFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
hSTRq\hSTRq\uxmKRZh\hBHFq\hSTRq~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegJR-W: Tōkaidō Line (JR Kobe Line) File:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
\\uexSTR\uhKBHFaq\uhSTR+r~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Down 001.jpeg(R) Kobe New Transit: Port Island Line (P01)
tSTRq\tSTRq\uxmKRZt\tBHFq\umhKRZt~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegMain Line of HanshinFile:Arrow Blue Right 001.jpeg
\\uexBHF\\uhSTR~~ ~~ ~~(L) Sannomiya-Hanshin-mae
tSTR+l\tKBHFeq\uexSTR\\uhSTR~~ ~~ ~~K01: {{STN|Sannomiya-Hanadokeimae|x}}
\\\\~~ ~~ ~~File:Arrow Blue Left 001.jpegKobe Municipal Subway: Kaigan Line
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The {{nihongo|Hanshin Main Line|阪神電気鉄道本線|Hanshin Denki Tetsudō Honsen}} is a railway line operated by the private railway company Hanshin Electric Railway in Japan. It connects the two cities of Osaka and Kobe, between {{STN|Umeda|x}} and {{STN|Sannomiya|x||Kobe-Sannomiya}} stations respectively.
Outline
The Main Line of Hanshin is the southernmost railway to connect Osaka and Kobe. The other two lines, from south to north, are the West Japan Railway Company‘s Tōkaidō Main Line (known as the JR Kobe Line), and the Hankyu Railway's Kobe Main Line.
For nearly a century, the line served as a primary competitor to the Hankyū Kobe Line. However, in 2006, Hanshin and Hankyū were subsidiarized under a single share holding company, Hankyu Hanshin Holdings.
History
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| footer = Mikage Station in 1910 (above) and today (below). Note the longer platforms and grade separation. These improvements were typical evolutions of early interurbans in Japan.
}}The Main Line started operation on April 12, 1905, by the company. The company found a solution to construct a competing line to the then JNR owned Kobe Line using a loophole in the Tram Act, allowing large portions of the line to be built using street running. It became the first interurban in Japan. This inspired other railways such as Keihan Electric Railway, Minoo Arima Electric Tramway (present Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.), Osaka Electric Tramway (present Kintetsu), Keihin Electric Railway (present Keihin Electric Express Railway) to build their first lines in a similar fashion.
Then another competing railway company, Hankyū (then Hanshin Kyuko Railway), opened the Kobe Main Line in 1920. The Kobe Main Line was designed as a faster electric mainline railway, and in response Hanshin began upgrading its interurban mainline to become more railway like. Operations included realigning and grade separating street running portions, using high platforms, and introducing express trains.
In 1968 Kobe Rapid Railway opened its Tōzai Line, and Hanshin began through operations to {{STN|Sumaura-Kōen|x}} of Sanyo Electric Railway via Kobe Rapid (and Sanyo trains to {{STN|Ōishi|x}} of Hanshin and Rokkō of Hankyū).
Through limited express trains to {{STN|Sanyo Himeji|x}} were introduced in 2001. Then, the Hanshin Namba Line was extended to {{STN|Osaka Namba|x||Namba}}, a major junction in southern Osaka. The company announced through trains from Kobe-Sannomiya to {{STN|Kintetsu Nara|x}} in Nara on Kintetsu Nara Line would be operated.
=Former connecting lines=
- Deyashiki station - The Hanshin Amagasaki Kaigan Line operated between 1929 and 1962.
Operation
Some trains run through the Sanyō Railway Main Line to Sanyō Himeji Station in Himeji, Hyōgo beyond Motomachi terminal via Kobe Rapid Railway.
The Main Line operates eight types of trains, one of the most types among Japanese railways. This is in some part to equalize the load of each train especially in the morning for Osaka (Umeda station) with short length of EMU length and with few (only double) tracks. For the extension of the Hanshin Namba Line, from Nishikujo to Osaka Namba, on March 20, 2009, the diagrams of the Hanshin Railway were revised.{{cite press release| url=http://www.hanshin.co.jp/company/press/pdf/20090116-2.pdf| title=阪神なんば線【３月２０日（金・祝）】の開通に伴うダイヤ改正の実施！| trans-title=Implementation of timetable revision due to the opening of the Hanshin Namba Line [March 20 (Friday / holiday)]!| url-status=live| date=January 16, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126221206/http://www.hanshin.co.jp/company/press/pdf/20090116-2.pdf| archive-date=January 26, 2012| author=Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.}}
:Abbreviations are tentative for this article.
;{{Nihongo|Local|普通|Futsū}}
:Trains stop all stations, farthest down to Shinkaichi in the rush hour, and Kosoku Kobe in the off-peak hour.
;{{Nihongo|Express|急行|Kyūkō}}
:Trains are operated between Osaka-Umeda and Nishinomiya or between Osaka Umeda and Amagasaki. In addition, 1 midnight train is operated to Mikage with limited express stops.
;{{Nihongo|Regional Express|区間急行|Kukan Kyūkō}}
:Trains are operated between Kōshien and Osaka-Umeda in weekday morning rush hours. In addition, 2 trains are operated from Ogi to Osaka-Umeda. In official route maps Hanshin shortens the name to "Express".
;{{Nihongo|Rapid Express|快速急行|Kaisoku Kyūkō}}
:Trains are through trains to and from the Hanshin Namba Line and the Kintetsu Nara Line. They also stop at Mukogawa and Imazu Stations in the off-peak hour on weekdays, all day on weekends and holidays, but pass Ashiya Station on weekends and holidays. In addition to trains returning at Kobe-Sannomiya every day, there are also 3 trains from Shinkaichi on the Kobe Kosoku Line to Kintetsu Nara on weekends and Holidays.
;{{Nihongo|Hanshin Limited Express|阪神特急|Hanshin Tokkyū}}
:Trains are operated down to Sumaura-kōen in the day and late night on weekdays and after day hours on holidays. In official route maps Hanshin shortens the name to "Limited Express".
;{{Nihongo|Direct Limited Express|直通特急|Chokutsū Tokkyū}}
:Trains are operated between Osaka-Umeda and Sanyō Himeji. Trains marking in yellow in the destination sign stop at Nishi-Motomachi, Daikai and Nishidai Stations on the Kobe Kosoku Line. 7 eastbound trains pass Koshien in the morning on weekdays. In official route maps Hanshin shortens the name to "Limited Express".
;{{Nihongo|Regional Limited Express|区間特急|Kukan Tokkyū}}
:Trains are operated only from Mikage to Osaka-Umeda in weekday morning rush hours with connections from Osaka-Umeda-bound local trains at Mikage. In official route maps Hanshin shortens the name to "Limited Express".
Stations
The Main Line, having 39 stations (including the Kobe Kosoku Line), is noted for its "high density" of stations. In comparison, Kobe-Sannomiya Station is the 16th station on the Hankyū Kobe Main Line from Umeda Station and Motomachi Station is the 15th station on the JR Kobe Line from Osaka Station.
For connections and distances, see the route diagram.
- ● : All trains stop
- ▲ : Some trains stop, depending on time of day and the particular service
- ◆ : Served by weekend eastbound rapid express services only
- △ : Extra services stop
- ｜ ↓ ↑: All trains pass (Arrows indicate directions)
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!No. !Station !Japanese ! style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |Local ! style="background: #fc9;" |Regional Express ! style="background: #fb7;" |Express ! style="background: #9cf; " |Rapid Express ! style="background: #c9F;" |Regional Ltd. Exp. ! style="background: #fcc; " |Hanshin Ltd. Exp. ! style="background: #f96; " |Direct Ltd. Exp. !Transfers ! colspan="2" |Location | |
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! colspan="14" style="border-bottom:solid 2px orangered" |Hanshin Main Line | |
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!HS 01 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Osaka-Umeda|x}} |大阪梅田 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |● | style="background: #fb7;" |● | rowspan="7" | | style="background: #c9F;" |● | style="background: #fcc;" |● | style="background: #f96;" |● |
| rowspan="6" |Osaka Prefecture | |
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!HS 02 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Fukushima|x|Osaka}} |福島 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |● | style="background: #fb7;" |｜ | style="background: #c9F;" |↑ | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ |{{RouteBox|O|Osaka Loop Line|#e80000}} Osaka Loop Line (JR-O12) {{RouteBox|H|JR Tozai Line|#ff1493}} JR Tōzai Line (JR-H45: Shin-Fukushima Station) | rowspan="3" |Fukushima-ku, Osaka | |
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!HS 03 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Noda|x|Hanshin}} |野田 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |● | style="background: #fb7;" |● | style="background: #c9F;" |● | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ |{{RouteBox|H|JR Tozai Line|#ff1493}} JR Tōzai Line (JR-H46: Ebie Station) {{rint|osaka|sennichimae|size=20}} Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line (S11: Noda-Hanshin Station) | |
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!HS 04 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Yodogawa|x}} |淀川 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |｜ | style="background: #fb7;" |｜ | style="background: #c9F;" |↑ | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | |
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!HS 05 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Himejima|x}} |姫島 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |｜ | style="background: #fb7;" |△ | style="background: #c9F;" |↑ | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | rowspan="2" |Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka | |
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!HS 06 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Chibune|x}} |千船 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |● | style="background: #fb7;" |｜ | style="background: #c9F;" |↑ | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | |
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!HS 07 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Kuise|x}} |杭瀬 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |｜ | style="background: #fb7;" |｜ | style="background: #c9F;" |↑ | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | |
| colspan="3" |Through service to 20x20px Namba Line and {{Rint|jp|Kintetsu|a}} Kintetsu Nara Line:
| colspan="10" |From Amagasaki: Rapid Express to {{Rint|jp|Kintetsu|a}} Kintetsu Nara Line for Kintetsu Nara ※Note: Except the Rapid Express, all other through trains on the Namba Line terminate at Amagasaki, but not further west on the Hanshin Main Line | |
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| HS 08
| style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Daimotsu|x}} |大物 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |｜ | style="background: #fb7;" |｜ | style="background: #9cf;" |｜ | style="background: #c9F;" |↑ | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | rowspan="5" |Amagasaki | rowspan="26" |Hyōgo Prefecture | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 09 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Amagasaki|x|Hanshin}} |尼崎 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |● | style="background: #fb7;" |● | style="background: #9cf;" |● | style="background: #c9F;" |● | style="background: #fcc;" |● | style="background: #f96;" |● | |
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!HS 10 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Deyashiki|x}} |出屋敷 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |｜ | style="background: #fb7;" |｜ | style="background: #9cf;" |｜ | style="background: #c9F;" |↑ | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 11 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Amagasaki Center Pool-mae|x}} |尼崎センタープール前 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |｜ | style="background: #fb7;" |△ | style="background: #9cf;" |△ | style="background: #c9F;" |↑ | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 12 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Mukogawa|x}} |武庫川 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |● | style="background: #fb7;" |● | style="background: #9cf;" |▲ | style="background: #c9F;" |↑ | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | |
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!HS 13 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Naruo - Mukogawajoshidai-Mae|x}} |鳴尾・武庫川女子大前 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |● | style="background: #fb7;" |｜ | style="background: #9cf;" |｜ | style="background: #c9F;" |↑ | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | rowspan="6" |Nishinomiya | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 14 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Kōshien|x}} |甲子園 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |● | style="background: #fb7;" |● | style="background: #9cf;" |● | style="background: #c9F;" |● | style="background: #fcc;" |● | style="background: #f96;" || | | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 15 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Kusugawa|x}} |久寿川 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |↑ | style="background: #fb7;" |｜ | style="background: #9cf;" |｜ | style="background: #c9F;" |↑ | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 16 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Imazu|x|Hyōgo}} |今津 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |● | style="background: #fb7;" |● | style="background: #9cf;" |● | style="background: #c9F;" |● | style="background: #fcc;" |● | style="background: #f96;" |● | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 17 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Nishinomiya|x|Hanshin}} |西宮 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |● | style="background: #fb7;" |● | style="background: #9cf;" |● | style="background: #c9F;" |↑ | style="background: #fcc;" |● | style="background: #f96;" || | | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 18 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Kōroen|x}} |香櫨園 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |↑ | style="background: #fb7;" |↓ | style="background: #9cf;" |｜ | style="background: #c9F;" |● | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 19 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Uchide|x}} |打出 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |↑ | style="background: #fb7;" |↓ | style="background: #9cf;" |｜ | style="background: #c9F;" |● | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | rowspan="2" |Ashiya | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 20 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Ashiya|x|Hanshin}} |芦屋 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |● | style="background: #fb7;" |● | style="background: #9cf;" |▲ | style="background: #c9F;" |● | style="background: #fcc;" |● | style="background: #f96;" || | | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 21 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Fukae|x|Hyōgo}} |深江 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |↑ | style="background: #fb7;" |↓ | style="background: #9cf;" |｜ | style="background: #c9F;" |● | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | rowspan="6" |Higashinada-ku, Kobe | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 22 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Ōgi|x|Hyōgo}} |青木 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fc9;" |● | style="background: #fb7;" |↓ | style="background: #9cf;" |｜ | style="background: #c9F;" |● | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 23 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Uozaki|x}} |魚崎 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | rowspan="11" | | style="background: #fb7;" |● | style="background: #9cf;" |● | style="background: #c9F;" |● | style="background: #fcc;" |● | style="background: #f96;" |● | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 24 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Sumiyoshi|x|Hanshin}} |住吉 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fb7;" |↓ | style="background: #9cf;" |｜ | style="background: #c9F;" |↑ | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 25 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Mikage|x|Hanshin}} |御影 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #fb7;" |● | style="background: #9cf;" |｜ | style="background: #c9F;" |● | style="background: #fcc;" |● | style="background: #f96;" || | | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 26 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Ishiyagawa|x}} |石屋川 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | rowspan="8" | | style="background: #9cf;" |｜ | rowspan="8" | | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 27 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Shinzaike|x}} |新在家 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #9cf;" |｜ | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | rowspan="4" |Nada-ku, Kobe | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 28 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Ōishi|x}} |大石 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #9cf;" |｜ | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 29 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Nishi-Nada|x}} |西灘 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #9cf;" |｜ | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 30 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Iwaya|x|Hyōgo}} |岩屋 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #9cf;" |｜ | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 31 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Kasuganomichi|x|Hanshin}} |春日野道 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #9cf;" |｜ | style="background: #fcc;" |｜ | style="background: #f96;" |｜ | | rowspan="3" |Chūō-ku, Kobe | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 32 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Kobe-Sannomiya|x | Kobe-Sannomiya}}
|神戸三宮 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #9cf;" |● | style="background: #fcc;" |● | style="background: #f96;" |● |20x20px Hankyu Kobe Line 20x20px Kobe Kosoku Line 20x20px Kobe New Transit Port Island Line (P01) 20x20px Kobe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line (S03) 20x20px Kobe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line (K01: Sannomiya-Hanadokeimae Station) 20px JR Kobe Line (JR-A61: Sannomiya Station) |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 33 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Motomachi|x|Hyōgo}} |元町 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #9cf;" |◆ | style="background: #fcc;" |● | style="background: #f96;" || |20px JR Kobe Line (JR-A62) | |
| style="text-align: center; "
! colspan="15" style="border-bottom:solid 2px orangered" |Kobe Kosoku Line | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 34 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Nishi-Motomachi|x}} |西元町 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | rowspan="6" | | rowspan="6" | | style="background: #9cf;" |◆ | rowspan="6" | | style="background: #fcc;" |● | style="background: #f96;" || | | rowspan="2" |Chūō-ku, Kobe | rowspan="6" |Hyōgo Prefecture | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 35 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Kōsoku Kobe|x}} |高速神戸 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #9cf;" |◆ | style="background: #fcc;" |● | style="background: #f96;" |● |20px JR Kobe Line (JR-A63: Kobe Station) 20x20px Kobe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line (K04: Harborland Station) | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 36 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Shinkaichi|x}} |新開地 | style="background: royalblue; color: white; " |● | style="background: #9cf;" |◆ | style="background: #fcc;" |● | style="background: #f96;" |● |Kobe Electric Railway Kobe Kosoku Line | rowspan="2" |Hyōgo-ku, Kobe | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 37 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Daikai|x}} |大開 | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3" | | style="background: #fcc;" |● | style="background: #f96;" || | | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 38 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Kōsoku Nagata|x}} |高速長田 | style="background: #fcc;" |● | style="background: #f96;" |● |20x20px Kobe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line (S08: Nagata Station) | rowspan="2" |Nagata-ku, Kobe | |
| style="text-align: center; "
!HS 39 | style="text-align: left; " |{{STN|Nishidai|x|Hyōgo}} |西代 | style="background: #fcc;" |● | style="background: #f96;" || |File:Number prefix San-yo Railway line.svg Sanyo Railway Main Line (through service) | |
| colspan="3" |Through services to File:Number prefix San-yo Railway line.svg Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line:
| colspan="10" |From Nishidai: Hanshin Limited Express for Sumaura-koen Direct Limited Express for Sanyo-Himeji |
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