Hankyu Railway

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Image:Hankyu Department.JPG Image:Hankyu.jpg Image:HankyuSubway.jpg Hankyu Railway (阪急電鉄, Hankyū Dentetsu) is a Japanese private railway that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region. Its main terminal is at Umeda Station in Osaka. The signature color of Hankyu cars is maroon.

The Hankyu network serves 1,950,000 people every weekday and offers several kinds of express on each of its main lines and several branches during commute hours. Most cars have six doors and bench seating facing the center of the train, however limited express and rapid express on Kyoto Line often use four-door cars with rows of seats aligned with the direction of the train (reversed at the end of the line).

The name Hankyu stands for Keihanshin Kyuko (京阪神急行). Keihanshin (京阪神) means the cities of Kyoto (京都), Osaka(大阪), Kobe (神戸), and the suburbs of theirs. Kyuko (急行) means express train.

1 History
2 Main Lines
3 Branch Lines
4 Trains
- 4.1 Kobe Line / Takarazuka Line
- 4.2 Kyoto Line
5 See also
6 External link

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History

Minoo Arima Electric Tramway (箕面有馬電気軌道, Minoo Arima Denki Kido) which was a forerunner of Hankyu was established by Ichizo Kobayashi in 1920.

On April 1, 2005, the Hankyu Corporation (阪急電鉄株式会社, Hankyū Dentetsu Kabushiki Gaisha) was reorganized as a subsidiary of Hankyu Holdings, Inc. (阪急ホールディングス株式会社, Hankyū Hōrudhingusu Kabushiki Gaisha) Template:Tyo. Its head office is at 1-16-1, Shibata, Kita-ku, Osaka; its registered headquarters is at 1-1, Sakaemachi, Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture.