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| Overview | |
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| Parent company | Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group) |
| Headquarters | Osaka, Japan |
| Locale | Kansai region, Japan |
| Dates of operation | 1905 (established in 1899)– |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Length | 48.9 km |
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| Website | rail |
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.
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.