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Hanshin Electric Railway

Hanshin Electric Railway (阪神電気鉄道 Hanshin denki-tetsudō) is a Japanese private railway company that links Osaka and Kobe. It owns the Hanshin Tigers[?].

Lines

• Main Line[?] (Umeda-Motomachi[?])
• Nishi-Osaka Line[?] (Amagasaki[?]-Nishi-Kujo[?])
• Mukogawa Line[?] (Mukogawa[?]-Mukogawa-danchimae[?])

Timeline

June 12, 1899 Settsu Electric Railway (摂津電気鉄道) is established.

July 7, 1899 The company is renamed Hanshin Electric Railway.

February 15 1998 The joint operation with Sanyo Electric Railway[?] is expanded. Both companies' limited expresses begin to run between Umeda and Himeji[?].

External Link

• Hanshin Electric Railway (http://rail.hanshin.co.jp/) (Japanese)

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