Hokushin Line

The Hokushin Line (北神線, Hokushin-sen) is a line of Kobe Municipal Subway connecting Tanigami in Kita-ku, Kobe and Shin-Kobe in Chūō-ku, Kobe. The 7.5-kilometer (4.7 mi) line has only these two stations.

A Hokushin Kyūkō Electric Railway 7000 series train in 2008

Operations

All trains of the line operate through to the Seishin-Yamate Line beyond Shin-Kobe Station.

Stations
Main article: Seishin-Yamate Line § Stations

History

The Hokushin Line opened on 2 April 1988, including the 7,179m Hokushin Tunnel.[1]

The line was built by Hokushin Kyuko Railway Co., Ltd. (北神急行電鉄株式会社, Hokushin Kyūkō Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha), a private railway company in Kobe, Japan. It was headquartered in Kita-ku, Kobe. Investors in the company included Hankyu Railway and Kobe Electric Railway, and it was a subsidiary of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings. The company ceased the railway business on 31 May 2020[2] and from 1 June 2020, operation of the line was transferred to Kobe Municipal Subway.[2]

References
  1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 154. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. "北神急行線の市営化が6月1日より始まります" (Press release) (in Japanese). Kobe-shi. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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