Shintetsu Arima Line
The Arima Line (神戸電鉄有馬線 Kōbe Dentetsu Arima-sen) is a commuter railway line in Kobe, Japan operated by Kobe Electric Railway. It connects central Kobe with its northern suburbs in Kita-ku and Arima Onsen.
The line is 22.5 kilometres (14.0 mi) long, extending from Minatogawa in Hyogo-ku to Arima Onsen in Kita-ku, although all trains continue past Minatogawa to Shinkaichi via the Kobe Rapid Transit Railway Namboku Line (Kobe Kosoku Line).
Service is divided at Arimaguchi, where most trains from Shinkaichi continue on the Sanda Line, with short-run trains operating between Arimaguchi and Arima Onsen, the line terminus.
History
The entire line opened in 1928, 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge and electrified at 1500 VDC.
The Mitogawa - Arimaguchi section was duplicated between 1965 and 1966.
Former connecting lines
Arima Onsen station - The 12km line to Sanda on the Fukuchiyama Line was operated by the Arima Railway Co. from 1915 to 1943.
Stations
| Station number | Station | km from Minatogawa | Local (普通) |
Semi-Express (準急) |
Express (急行) |
Rapid Express (快速) |
Special Rapid Express (特快速) |
Connections | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kobe Kosoku Line | ||||||||||
| KB01 | Shinkaichi | 新開地 | 0.4 | S | S | S | S | S | Hanshin-Hankyu Kobe Kosoku Line(Tozai Line) (HS 36) | Hyogo-ku, Kobe |
| Arima Line | ||||||||||
| KB02 | Minatogawa | 湊川 | 0.0 | S | S | S | S | S | Kobe Subway Seishin-Yamate Line (S06: Minatogawa Koen Station) | Hyogo-ku, Kobe |
| KB03 | Nagata | 長田 | 1.9 | S | S | | | | | ↑ | Nagata-ku, Kobe | |
| KB04 | Maruyama | 丸山 | 2.6 | S | | | | | | | ↑ | ||
| KB05 | Hiyodorigoe | 鵯越 | 3.6 | S | | | | | | | ↑ | Hyogo-ku, Kobe | |
| - | Kikusuiyama (suspended) |
菊水山 | 4.6 | | | | | | | | | ↑ | Kita-ku, Kobe | |
| KB06 | Suzurandai | 鈴蘭台 | 7.5 | S | S | S | S | S | Ao Line | |
| KB07 | Kita-Suzurandai | 北鈴蘭台 | 9.4 | S | S | S | S | |||
| KB08 | Yamanomachi | 山の街 | 10.3 | S | S | S | S | |||
| KB09 | Minotani | 箕谷 | 12.0 | S | S | | | ↑ | |||
| KB10 | Tanigami | 谷上 | 13.7 | S | S | S | S | Hokushin Kyuko Hokushin Line (S01) | ||
| KB11 | Hanayama | 花山 | 15.4 | S | S | | | ↑ | |||
| KB12 | Oike | 大池 | 17.1 | S | S | S | ↑ | |||
| KB13 | Shintetsu Rokko | 神鉄六甲 | 18.1 | S | S | | | ↑ | |||
| KB14 | Karatodai | 唐櫃台 | 18.9 | S | S | S | ↑ | |||
| KB15 | Arimaguchi | 有馬口 | 20.0 | S | S | S | ↑ | Sanda Line (through trains) | ||
| KB16 | Arima Onsen | 有馬温泉 | 22.5 | S | S | |||||
| Through section (except Kobe Kosoku Line) |
from Suzurandai | |||||||||
- Abolished stations
- Shin-yu Yaba (神有耶馬) - located between Hiyodorigoe and Suzurandai, abolished on February 15, 1939.
- Shin-Arima (新有馬) - located between Arimaguchi and Arima Onsen, suspended on June 15, 1965, and abolished on February 28, 2013.
References
- This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia