Hanshin Electric Railway

The Hanshin Electric Railway, often shortened to Hanshin, is a private railway company operated by the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group that links Osaka and Kobe.

The railway’s origins date back to 1889 when it was founded as the Settsu Electric Railway, but was renamed to become the Hanshin Electric Railway in 1899. The current company began operations in 1905. Joint operations with the Kobe Rapid Transit Railway and Sanyo Electric Railway started in 1968; Hankyu Holdings completed a purchase of a holding interest of the company in 2006.

The company also owns a baseball team known as the Hanshin Tigers. The name of the company is formed from the second character of the kanji for Osaka and the first character of the kanji for Kobe.

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Hanshin rolling stock

Active

Red-bodied cars

8000

•

9300

Kintetsu

-compatible cars

1000

•

9000

Blue-bodied cars

5001 (gen 2)

•

5131

•

5500

•

5550

•

5700

Non-revenue

201

•

202

Withdrawn

Red-bodied cars

2000

•

3000

•

3011

•

3061

•

3301

•

3501

•

3521

•

3561

•

3601

•

3701

•

3801

•

3901

•

7001

•

7101

•

7601

•

7701

•

7801

•

7861

•

7890

•

7901

•

7961

•

7990

•

8701

•

8801

•

8901

Blue-bodied cars

5001 (gen 1)

•

5101

•

5151

•

5201

•

5231

•

5261

•

5311

•

5331

Old steel cars

601

•

701

•

801

•

831

•

851

•

861

•

881

•

1001

•

1101

•

1111

•

1121

•

1141

Old wooden cars

1

•

51

•

291

•

301

•

311

•

321

•

331

Hanshin Kōkudō Streetcar Line

1

•

31

•

51

•

61

•

71

•

91

•

121

•

201

•

501

Non-revenue

67 • 101 • 111 • 151 • 155