Hanshin Electric Railway

Operates Osaka Umeda--Kobe Motomachi main line and two branches. Joint through operation to Sanyo Electric Railway via Kobe Rapid Railway. Hanshin has joined with Hankyu to form Japan's third largest non-JR railway company by sales. Since March 2009, a 4 km extension of the Nishi-Osaka line has provided through running ...

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