is a
Japanese private railway company of
Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group that links
Osaka and
Kobe. It also owns the
Hanshin Tigers baseball team.
The second character for Osaka (大阪) and the first character for Kobe (神戸) 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
Current lines
- The Nishi-Osaka Line will be renamed when the line is extended from Nishikujō Station to Kintetsu Namba Station on March 20, 2009.
Line sceduled to open
- Kintetsu Namba Station will be renamed "Osaka Namba Station" on the day of the opening of the Hanshin Namba Line.
Abandoned lines
Incompleted lines
History
References
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