Sanyo Electric Railway

Sanyo Electric Railway
Native name
山陽電気鉄道株式会社
Founded 1933
Headquarters Kobe, Japan
Website www.sanyo-railway.co.jp
Sanyo Electric Railway headquarters in Nagata, Kobe, Hyogo
Sumaura-kōen Station

Sanyo Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (山陽電気鉄道株式会社 San'yō Denki-tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese private railway operating company based in western Hyōgo Prefecture. It runs local and express rail service between Himeji and Kobe, and also connects directly with Hanshin Main Line to Osaka.

Train lines

Rolling stock

As of 1 April 2014, the company owns and operates the following train types.[1]

New three-car 6000 series EMUs were introduced on 27 April 2016.[2]

Buses

Sanyo also operates bus service in Kobe (mainly Tarumi-ku) and Akashi.

Aerial lift

References

  1. 私鉄車両編成表 2014 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2014] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 24 July 2014. p. 157. ISBN 978-4-330-48414-3.
  2. 山陽電鉄6000系が営業運転を開始 [Sanyo Electric Railway 6000 series enters revenue service]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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