Hanshin Main Line - Operation

Operation

Some trains run through the Sanyō Railway Main Line to Sanyō Himeji Station in Himeji, Hyōgo beyond Motomachi terminal via Kobe Rapid Railway.

The Main Line operates eight types of trains, one of the most types among Japanese railways. This is in some part to equalize the load of each train especially in the morning for Osaka (Umeda station) with short length of EMU length and with few (only double) tracks. For the extension of the Hanshin Namba Line, from Nishikujo to Osaka Namba, on March 20, 2009, the diagrams of the Hanshin Railway were revised.

Abbreviations are tentative for this article.
Local (普通, Futsū?) (L)
Trains stop all stations, farthest down to Shinkaichi in the rush hour, and Kosoku Kobe in the off-peak hour.
Express (急行, Kyūkō?) (Ex)
Trains are operated between Umeda and Nishinomiya or between Umeda and Amagasaki.
Morning Express (区間急行, Kukan Kyūkō?) (ME)
Trains are operated between Kōshien for Umeda in the morning on weekdays.
Rapid Express (快速急行, Kaisoku Kyūkō?) (RE)
Trains are through trains to and from the Hanshin Namba Line and the Kintetsu Nara Line. They also stop at Mukogawa Station in the non-rush hour on weekdays, and at Mukogawa and Imazu Stations all day on weekends and Holidays. In addition to trains returning at Sannomiya every day, there are also 3 trains from Shinkaichi on the Kobe Kosoku Line to Kintetsu Nara on weekends and Holidays.
Hanshin Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū?) (HL)
Trains are operated down to Sumaura-kōen in the day and late night on weekdays and after day hours on holidays.
Hanshin-Sanyō Through Limited Express (直通特急, Chokutsū Tokkyū?) (SL)
Trains are operated between Umeda and Sanyō Himeji. Eastbound trains for Umeda pass Koshien in the morning on weekdays.
Morning Limited Express (区間特急, Kukan Tokkyū?) (ML)
Trains are operated only from Ogi to Umeda in the morning on weekdays.

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