{{Short description|Japanese railway company}} {{Infobox rail | railroad_name = Hanshin Electric Railway | logo = Hanshin-ER Logo 2024S.svg | logo_size = 300px | system_map = | parent_company = [[Hankyu Hanshin Holdings]]<br>{{small|([[Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group]])}} | map_caption = | map_size = | marks = | image = | image_size = 300px | image_caption = | locale = [[Kansai region]], Japan | start_year = 1905 (established in 1899) | end_year = | predecessor_line = | successor_line = | gauge = {{RailGauge|sg}} | length = 48.9 km | hq_city = [[Osaka]], Japan | website = {{URL|rail.hanshin.co.jp}} }} [[File:Headquarters of Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.JPG|thumb|Corporate headquarters of Hanshin]] {{Nihongo|'''Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.'''|阪神電気鉄道株式会社|Hanshin Denki-tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha}} is a Japanese private railway company owned by [[Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group]] that links [[Osaka]] and [[Kobe]]. It also owns the [[Hanshin Tigers]] baseball team, which plays in the [[Central League]] and is based in [[Nishinomiya]], [[Hyōgo Prefecture]].
The first character for [[Kobe]] ('''神'''戸) and the second character for [[Osaka]] (大'''阪''') combine to form the company name, 阪神, which can be read ''Han-shin''.
IC cards ([[PiTaPa]] and [[ICOCA]]) are accepted when taking trains.
== Rail lines == [[File:Hanshin Electric Railway Linemap.svg|thumb|center|700px|Linemap of Hanshin Electric Railway]]
===Operating lines=== *[[Hanshin Main Line|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. *[[Hanshin Mukogawa Line|Mukogawa Line]] (武庫川線) ({{STN|Mukogawa|x}} – {{STN|Mukogawa-danchimae|x}}, 1.7 km) *[[Tozai Line (Kobe)|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|Kobe Rapid Transit Railway Co., Ltd.]] as the Tozai Line.
===Abandoned lines=== *[[Hanshin Kita-Osaka Line|Kita-Osaka Line]] (北大阪線) ({{STN|Noda|x|Hanshin|Noda}} – {{STN|Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchome|x}}) *[[Hanshin Kokudo Line|Kokudo Line]] (国道線) (Noda – Higashi-Kobe) *[[Hanshin Koshien Line|Koshien Line]] (甲子園線) (Kamikoshien - {{STN|Koshien|x}} - Hamakoshien - Nakatsuhama) *[[Hanshin Amagasaki Kaigan Line|Amagasaki Kaigan Line]] (尼崎海岸線) ({{STN|Deyashiki|x}} - Higashihama) *[[Hanshin Mukogawa Line|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.
===Incomplete lines=== *[[Hanshin Imazu Deyashiki Line|Imazu Deyashiki Line]] (今津出屋敷線): Takasu - Suzaki - Hamakoshien - Imazu *[[Hanshin Amagasaki Takarazuka Line|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}}
==History== [[File:Taisetugagyuto.png|thumb|200px|Former marketing logo until 2024]] *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 [[Sanyo Himeji Station|Himeji]] was started. *June 20, 2006: [[Hankyu Hanshin Holdings|Hankyu Holdings]], Inc. completed its purchase of a controlling interest in Hanshin in a transaction valued at about [[United States dollar|$]]2.2 billion.<ref>{{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}}</ref> *March 20, 2009: Joint operation with [[Kintetsu Railway]] for Rapid Express service between [[Sannomiya Station|Sannomiya]] and [[Kintetsu Nara Station|Kintetsu Nara]] was started.
==Rolling stock==
===Limited Express/Express=== *[[Hanshin 1000 series|1000 series]] - through services onto the [[Nara Line (Kintetsu)|Kintetsu Nara Line]] *[[Hanshin 8000 series|8000 series]] *[[Hanshin 9000 series|9000 series]] - through services onto the Kintetsu Nara Line *[[Hanshin 9300 series|9300 series]]
<gallery> 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 </gallery>
===Local=== *[[Hanshin 5001|5001]] *[[Hanshin 5131|5131/5331]] *[[Hanshin 5500 series|5500 series]] *[[Hanshin 5550 series|5550 series]] (since January 2010)<ref name="railfan20101230">{{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}}</ref> * [[Hanshin 5700 series|5700 series]] (since August 2015)<ref name="railfan20150825">{{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}}</ref> (2016 [[Blue Ribbon Award (railway)|Blue Ribbon Award]] winner) <gallery> 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 </gallery>
===Mukogawa Line=== *[[Hanshin 7861|7861]] *[[Hanshin 7890|7890/7990]]
<gallery> File:Hanshin-7868.jpg|7861 File:Hanshin7990-mukogawa-line.jpg|7890/7990<br />(Retirement) File:Hanshin 5500 mukogawaline 5912F higasinaruo.jpg|Series 5500<br />To-lucky 5511F-5912F File:Hanshin 5500 mukogawaline 5914F.jpg|Series 5500<br />Koshien 5514-5914F </gallery>
== Subsidiaries == 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.<ref>{{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 (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=2006-09-14|access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref><ref name="Billboard 18 August 2007">{{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}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Hanshin Electric Railway}} *[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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