Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (阪神電気鉄道株式会社) 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.

Rail lines

Operating lines

Abandoned lines

Incomplete lines

History

Rolling stock

Limited Express/Express

Local

Mukogawa Line

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.