JR Kōbe Line

Railway line in Japan

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JR Kōbe Line

223-2000 series on a Rapid Service, February 2021

Overview
Native name| JR神戸線
Locale| Osaka Prefecture and Hyōgo Prefecture
Termini|

* Osaka (Tokaido Main Line)
* Himeji (Sanyo Main Line)

Stations| 39
Service
System| Urban Network
Operator(s)|  JR West
JR Freight
History
Opened| May 11, 1874 (as part of Tokaido Main Line)
March 13, 1988 (renamed as JR Kōbe Line)
Technical
Line length| 87.9 km (54.6 mi)
Track gauge| 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification| 1,500 V DC (overhead line)
Operating speed| 130 km/h (81 mph)

The JR Kōbe Line (JR神戸線, JR Kōbe sen) is the nickname of portions of the Tokaido Main Line and the Sanyo Main Line, between Osaka Station in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture and Himeji Station in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture. The line, along with the JR Kyoto Line and the Biwako Line, forms a contiguous service that is the main trunk of West Japan Railway Company's Urban Network commuter rail network in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area. The line also offers continuous service to the Gakkentoshi Line via the JR Tōzai Line.

## Trains

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Sleeper Limited Express (寝台特急, Shindai tokkyuu)

* Sunrise Seto (サンライズ瀬戸) & Sunrise Izumo (サンライズ出雲)

Limited Express (特急, tokkyuu)

* Hamakaze (はまかぜ) (links Osaka to Hamasaka and Tottori)
* Super Hakuto (スーパーはくと) (links Kyoto, Osaka to Tottori and Kurayoshi)

Commuter Limited Express (通勤特急, Tsuukin tokkyuu)

* Rakuraku Harima (らくラクはりま)

Special Rapid Service (新快速, shin-kaisoku)

* Continuing service from the Kyoto Line, trains stop at Osaka, Amagasaki, Ashiya, Sannomiya, Kobe, Akashi, Nishi-Akashi, Kakogawa and Himeji. Service extends beyond Himeji on Sanyo Main Line to Aboshi, Kamigori and Ako Line to Banshu-Ako.

Rapid Service (快速, kaisoku)

* Continuing service from the Kyoto Line, trains stop at Osaka, Amagasaki, Nishinomiya, Ashiya, Sumiyoshi, Rokkomichi, Sannomiya, Motomachi, Kobe, Hyōgo, Suma, Tarumi, Maiko and Akashi as rapid service trains and every station after Akashi as local trains. Service extends beyond Himeji on Sanyo Main Line to Aboshi, Kamigori and Ako Line to Banshu-Ako. In the morning, the trains pass Suma, Tarumi and Maiko.

Local trains (普通, futsu)

* Continuing service from the Kyoto Line at Osaka and the JR Tōzai Line at Amagasaki. Makes every stop to Nishi-Akashi, with some extended service to Kakogawa during rush hour.

## Stations

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Stations are listed from east to west.

●: Trains stop at all times
｜: Trains pass at all times
▲: Eastbound trains pass in the morning
○:Trains stop at morning of Weekdays only

Official line name  | No.  | Station  | Japanese  | Distance (km)  | Stop  | Transfers  | Location

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Between stations  | from Osaka  | Local  | Rapid  | Special Rapid  | Ward, City  | Prefecture
Through service to/from the JR Kyoto Line
Tokaido Main Line |  JR-A47 | Osaka | 大阪  | \-  | 0.0  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  JR Kyoto Line (Tokaido Main Line)
JR Takarazuka Line (JR-G47)
Osaka Loop Line (JR-O11)
Osaka Higashi Line (JR-F01)
JR Tōzai Line (JR-H44:Kitashinchi Station)
Hankyu Kobe Main Line,  Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line,  Hankyu Kyoto Main Line (HK-01:Osaka-umeda Station)
Hanshin Main Line (HS 01:Osaka-Umeda Station)
Osaka Metro:

* Midōsuji Line (M16: Umeda Station)
* Tanimachi Line (T20: Higashi-Umeda Station)
* Yotsubashi Line (Y11: Nishi-Umeda Station)

| Kita-ku, Osaka | Osaka
JR-A48 | Tsukamoto | 塚本  | 3.4  | 3.4  | ●  | |  | |  |  | Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
JR-A49 | Amagasaki | 尼崎  | 4.3  | 7.7  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  JR Takarazuka Line (Fukuchiyama Line) (JR-G49)
JR Tōzai Line (JR-H49)  | Amagasaki | Hyōgo
JR-A50 | Tachibana | 立花  | 3.0  | 10.7  | ●  | |  | |  |
JR-A51 | Koshienguchi | 甲子園口  | 2.2  | 12.9  | ●  | |  | |  |  | Nishinomiya
JR-A52 | Nishinomiya | 西宮  | 2.5  | 15.4  | ●  | ●  | |  |
JR-A53 | Sakura Shukugawa | さくら夙川  | 1.5  | 16.9  | ●  | |  | |  |
JR-A54 | Ashiya | 芦屋  | 2.3  | 19.2  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  | Ashiya
JR-A55 | Kōnan-Yamate | 甲南山手  | 1.4  | 20.6  | ●  | |  | |  |  | Higashinada-ku, Kobe
JR-A56 | Settsu-Motoyama | 摂津本山  | 1.5  | 22.1  | ●  | |  | |  |
JR-A57 | Sumiyoshi | 住吉  | 1.6  | 23.6  | ●  | ●  | |  | Kobe New Transit Rokko Island Line (R01)
JR-A58 | Rokkomichi | 六甲道  | 2.2  | 25.9  | ●  | ●  | |  |  | Nada-ku, Kobe
JR-A59 | Maya | 摩耶  | 1.4  | 27.3  | ●  | |  | |  |
JR-A60 | Nada | 灘  | 0.9  | 28.2  | ●  | |  | |  |
JR-A61 | Sannomiya | 三ノ宮  | 2.4  | 30.6  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  Hankyu Kobe Line,  Kobe Kosoku Line (HK-16: Kobe Sannomiya Station)
Hanshin Main Line (HS 32: Kobe Sannomiya Station)
Kobe New Transit Port Island Line (P01)
Kobe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line (S03: Sannomiya Station)
Kobe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line (K01: Sannomiya-Hanadokeimae Station)  | Chuo-ku, Kobe
JR-A62 | Motomachi | 元町  | 0.8  | 31.4  | ●  | ●  | |  |  Hanshin Main Line,  Kobe Kosoku Line (HS 33)
JR-A63 | Kobe | 神戸  | 1.7  | 33.1  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  Hanshin Kobe Kosoku Line, Hankyu Kobe Kosoku Line (HS 35: Kōsoku Kōbe Station)
Kobe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line (K04: Harborland Station)
Sanyo Main Line
JR-A64 | Hyōgo | 兵庫  | 1.8  | 34.9  | ●  | ●  | |  | Wadamisaki Line(Sanyo Main Line Wadamisaki Branch)  | Hyogo-ku, Kobe
JR-A65 | Shin-Nagata | 新長田  | 2.3  | 37.2  | ●  | |  | |  | Kobe Municipal Subway: Seishin-Yamate Line (S09),  Kaigan Line (K10)  | Nagata-ku, Kobe
JR-A66 | Takatori | 鷹取  | 1.0  | 38.2  | ●  | |  | |  |  | Suma-ku, Kobe
JR-A67 | Suma-Kaihinkōen | 須磨海浜公園  | 0.9  | 39.1  | ●  | |  | |  |
JR-A68 | Suma | 須磨  | 1.3  | 40.4  | ●  | ▲  | |  |  Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 06: Sanyo Suma Station)
JR-A69 | Shioya | 塩屋  | 2.0  | 43.3  | ●  | |  | |  |  Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 08: Sanyo Shioya Station)  | Tarumi-ku, Kobe
JR-A70 | Tarumi | 垂水  | 2.9  | 46.2  | ●  | ▲  | |  |  Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 11: Sanyo Tarumi Station)
JR-A71 | Maiko | 舞子  | 2.0  | 48.2  | ●  | ▲  | |  |  Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 13: Maiko-koen Station)
JR-A72 | Asagiri | 朝霧  | 1.9  | 50.1  | ●  | |  | |  |  | Akashi
JR-A73 | Akashi | 明石  | 2.4  | 52.5  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 17: Sanyo Akashi Station)
JR-A74 | Nishi-Akashi | 西明石  | 3.4  | 55.9  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  Sanyō Shinkansen
JR-A75 | Okubo | 大久保  | 2.8  | 58.7  | ○  | ●  | |  |
JR-A76 | Uozumi | 魚住  | 3.5  | 62.2  | ○  | ●  | |  |
JR-A77 | Tsuchiyama | 土山  | 3.1  | 65.3  | ○  | ●  | |  |  | Harima
JR-A78 | Higashi-Kakogawa | 東加古川  | 3.3  | 68.6  | ○  | ●  | |  |  | Kakogawa
JR-A79 | Kakogawa | 加古川  | 3.6  | 72.2  | ○  | ●  | ●  |  Kakogawa Line
JR-A80 | Hoden | 宝殿  | 3.3  | 75.5  |  | ●  | |  |  | Takasago
JR-A81 | Sone | 曽根  | 4.0  | 79.5  | ●  | |  |
JR-A82 | Himeji Bessho | ひめじ別所  | 2.0  | 81.5  | ●  | |  |  | Himeji
JR-A83 | Gochaku | 御着  | 2.1  | 83.6  | ●  | |  |
JR-A84 | Higashi-Himeji | 東姫路  | 2.4  | 86.0  | ●  | |  |
JR-A85 | Himeji | 姫路  | 1.9  | 87.9  | ●  | ●  |  Sanyo Shinkansen
Sanyo Main Line
Bantan Line
Kishin Line
Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 43: Sanyo Himeji Station)
Through service to/from the Sanyo Main Line and the Ako Line

## Rolling stock

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### Local

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* 207 series (from 1991, through service with Fukuchiyama Line and Katamachi Line via JR Tōzai Line)
* 321 series (from 2005, through service with Fukuchiyama Line and Katamachi Line via JR Tōzai Line)

### Special Rapid and Rapid

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* 221 series (from 1989, through service with Akō Line via Sanyo Line, rapid only, until 2023)
* 223-1000/2000series (from 1995, through service with Akō Line via Sanyo Line)
* 225-0/100 series (from 2010, through service with Akō Line via Sanyo Line)

### Limited Express

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* 285 series (Sunrise Izumo/Sunrise Seto service from July 1998, through service with Seto-Ōhashi Line and Hakubi Line)
* 289 series (Rakuraku Harima service from 18 March 2019)
* KiHa 189 series (Hamakaze service from 2010, through service with Sanin Main Line via Bantan Line)
* Chizu Express HOT7000 series (Super Hakuto service from 1994, through service with Sanin Main Line via Chizu Line)

### Former

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* 103 series (until August 1, 2005)
* 113 series (until October 16, 2004)
* 115 series
* 117 series (from 1980 until May 10, 1999)
* 201 series (from 1983 until 2007)
* 205-0 series (from 1986 until 2006, from 2011 until March 2013)
* KiHa 181 series (Hamakaze limited express, until 2010)

* 201 series that was once operated as a local service, August 2004

* 223 series operated at Special Rapid Service, January 2021

* Chizu Express Super Hakuto will board the JR Tokaido / Sanyo Main Line, February 2021

## See also

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* Hankyu Kobe Line
* Biwako Line
* JR Kyoto Line

## References

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## External links

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* Seishin-Yamate
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Kyoto Municipal Subway|

* Karasuma
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Hankyu|

* Kobe Main
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Hanshin|

* Main
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Keihan|

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* Domyoji
* Nagano
* Gose

Shintetsu|

* Arima
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* Ao
* Kobe Kosoku

Other commuter rail lines|

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Hinterland|

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* Keifuku
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* Keihan
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* Kintetsu
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* Nishi-Shigi Cable Line
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* Kobe Rokko
* Rokko Cable Line
* Maya Cablecar
* Nankai
* Cable Line

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