Tōzai Line (Kobe)

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Tōzai Line

Overview
Other name	Hanshin Kobe Kosoku Line
Native name	阪神神戸高速線
Owner	Kobe Rapid Transit Railway
Locale	Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Termini	Nishidai Sannomiya Motomachi
Stations	7
Service
Operator(s)	Hanshin Electric Railway Hankyu Electric Railway
History
Opened	7 April 1968 (1968-04-07)
Technical
Line length	5.0 km (3.1 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

The Tozai Line (東西線 Tozai-sen), formally the Hanshin Kobe Kosoku Line (阪神神戸高速線 Hanshin Kōbe Kōsoku sen), is one of three lines of the Kobe Rapid Transit Railway, operated by Hanshin Railway and Hankyu Railway. Trains from Hanshin, Hankyu and Sanyo railways enter this line.

Since the Tozai Line connects three lines, it has three termini: Nishidai in the west, Hankyu Sannomiya and Motomachi in the east. All three were opened in 1968. Tracks from the three termini meet at Kosoku-Kobe. Unlike the Namboku Line, it has standard gauge tracks, 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in).

Stations

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Kōbe Rapid Transit Railway

Legend

Hankyū Kōbe Main Line

Hanshin Main Line

Kobe Sannomiya

Shinkaichi

Minatogawa

Daikai

Shintetsu Arima Line

Kōsoku Nagata

Nishidai

Sanyo Electric Railway

Main Line

Legend

● : Stops
∥ : Does not run through here

Station	Station No.	Japanese	Hankyū Line system	Hanshin Line system	Sanyo Line system	Transfers
From Kobe-Sannomiya: ↑ Through-running to/from Hankyū Kōbe Line ↑ From Motomachi: ↑ Through-running to/from Hanshin Namba Line, Hanshin Main Line, Kintetsu Nara Line ↑
Kobe-Sannomiya	HS 32 HK 16	神戸三宮	●	●	●	Kobe New Transit Port Island Line (P01: Sannomiya Station) Kobe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line (S03: Kobe-Sannomiya Station) Kobe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line (K01: Sannomiya-Hanadokeimae Station) JR Kobe Line (JR-A61: Sannomiya Station)
Motomachi	HS 33	元町	∥	●	●	JR Kobe Line (JR-A62: Motomachi Station)
Nishi-Motomachi	HS 34	西元町	∥	●	●
Hanakuma	HK 17	花隈	●	∥	∥
Kōsoku Kōbe	HS 35	高速神戸	●	●	●	Hankyu Kobe Kosoku Line JR Kobe Line (JR-A63: Kobe Station) Kobe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line (K04: Harborland Station)
Shinkaichi	HS 36	新開地	●	●	●	Kobe Electric Railway Kobe Kosoku Line
Daikai	HS 37	大開	∥	●	●
Kōsoku Nagata	HS 38	高速長田	∥	●	●	Kobe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line (S08: Nagata Station)
Nishidai	HS 39 SY 01	西代	∥	●	●
From Nishidai: ↓ Through-running to/from Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line ↓

References

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v t e Transit in Keihanshin
Shinkansen	Tōkaidō Shinkansen San'yō Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen (planned) Chūō Shinkansen (planned)
JR West	Hokuriku Main Line/Biwako Line/JR Kyoto Line/JR Kobe Line/Akō Line/Wadamisaki Line Kosei Line Kusatsu Line Nara Line San'in Line Sagano Line Osaka Higashi Line JR Takarazuka Line JR Takarazuka JR Tōzai Line/Gakkentoshi Line Kakogawa Line Bantan Line Kishin Line Maizuru Line Osaka Loop Line JR Yumesaki Line Hanwa Line (Hagoromo Branch) Kansai Airport Line Wakayama Line Man-yō Mahoroba Line (Sakurai Line) Kansai Line Yamatoji Line Kinokuni Line Naniwasuji (under construction)
Osaka Metro	Midōsuji Line Tanimachi Line Yotsubashi Line Chūō Line Sennichimae Line Sakaisuji Line Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line Imazatosuji Line Nankō Port Town Line
Kobe Municipal Subway	Seishin-Yamate Line Kaigan Line Hokushin
Kyoto Municipal Subway	Karasuma Line Tōzai Line
Hankyu Railway	Kōbe Main Line Itami Line Imazu Line Koyo Line Takarazuka Main Line Minoo Line Kyōto Main Line Senri Line Arashiyama Line
Hanshin	Main Line Hanshin Namba Line Mukogawa Line
Keihan Electric Railway	Keihan Main Line Oto Line Nakanoshima Line Katano Line Uji Line
Nankai Electric Railway	Nankai Main Line Takashinohama Line Airport Line Tanagawa Line Kada Line Wakayamako Line Kōya Line Shiomibashi Semboku Line Naniwasuji (under construction)
Kintetsu Railway	Namba/Nara Line Ikoma Line Kyoto/Kashihara Line Tenri Line Tawaramoto Line Keihanna Line Osaka Line Shigi Line Minami Osaka/Yoshino Line Domyoji Line Nagano Line Gose Line
Kobe Electric Railway	Arima Line Sanda Line Kōen-Toshi Line Ao Line Namboku Line
Other heavy rail lines	Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway Namboku Kōbe Rapid Tōzai Namboku Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line Aboshi Line Mizuma Eizan Main Kurama Chizu Express
Light metros and monorails	Kobe New Transit Port Island Rokkō Island Osaka Monorail Main Line Saito Line
Tram and light rails	Hankai Tramway Hankai Uemachi Keifuku Arashiyama Kitano Keihan Ōtsu Keishin Ishiyama Sakamoto
Hinterland	Wakayama (Kishigawa) Noseden Myoken Nissei Ohmi Main Yōkaichi Taga Shigaraki Kohgen
Funiculars and aerial lifts	Keifuku Eizan Cable Eizan Ropeway Iwashimizu-Hachimangū Cable Ikoma Cable Line Nishi-Shigi Cable Line Katsuragisan Ropeway Cable Line Kobe Nunobiki Ropeway Maya Cable Mount Kongo Ropeway Rokko Cable Rokkō Arima Ropeway Yoshino Ropeway
Public ferries	Kanko Kisen Hankyu Ferry Nankai Ferry Akashi-Awaji Ferry
Major terminals	Rail Gion-Shijō Higashi-Umeda JR Namba Kitashinchi Kyōbashi Kyōto Kyoto Kawaramachi Nishi-Umeda Ōsaka Sanjo Sannomiya Shin-Ōsaka Tennoji Tsuruhashi Umeda Bus OCAT Airports Itami Kansai Kobe Ports Kobe Osaka Sakai Senboku [ja] Himeji [ja]
Miscellaneous	Kansai Airport People Mover Wing Shuttle Smart cards ICOCA PiTaPa Rail transport in Japan List of named passenger trains of Japan List of through trains in Japan List of Osaka Metro stations Station numbering
Japan transit: Tokyo Keihanshin Chūkyō Fukuoka–Kitakyushu Hokkaido Aomori Sendai Akita Niigata Toyama Nagano Hakone–Fuji–Izu Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen monorails (list) trams (list) aerial lifts (list)