Rail Lines
Hankyu operates three main trunk lines, connecting Osaka with Kobe, Takarazuka and Kyoto respectively, and their branches.
Kōbe Main Line (神戸本線) (Category-1: Umeda - Sannomiya)
- Itami Line (伊丹線) (Category-1: Tsukaguchi - Itami)
- Imazu Line (今津線) (Category-1: Imazu - Nishinomiya-kitaguchi - Takarazuka)
- Kōyō Line (甲陽線) (Category-1: Shukugawa - Kōyōen)
- Kōbe Kōsoku Line (神戸高速線) (Category-2: Sannomiya - Shinkaichi, Trains are operated between Sannomiya and Shinkaichi on the Kōbe Rapid Transit Railway Tōzai Line)
Takarazuka Main Line (宝塚本線) (Category-1: Umeda - Takarazuka)
- Minoo Line (箕面線) (Category-1: Ishibashi - Minoo)
Kyoto Main Line (京都本線) (Category-1: Umeda - Kawaramachi)
- Senri Line (千里線) (Category-1: Tenjimbashisuji Roku-chome - Awaji - Kita-Senri)
- Arashiyama Line (嵐山線) (Category-1: Katsura - Arashiyama)
The three groups of the lines, the Kobe Lines, the Takarazuka Lines and the Kyoto Lines, can be further grouped into two, the Kobe-Takarazuka Lines and the Kyoto Lines from a historical reason. Hankyu has two groups of rolling stock, one for the Kobe-Takarazuka Lines and the other for the Kyoto Lines.
Nose Electric Railway (Category-1: Kawanishi-Noseguchi - Myōkenguchi/Nissei-Chūō) works as a feeder of the Takarazuka Main Line although it is a separate railway company under control of Hankyu.
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