Hanshin Electric Railway

Hanshin Electric Railway

Overview
Parent company	Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group)
Headquarters	Osaka, Japan
Locale	Kansai region, Japan
Dates of operation	1905 (established in 1899)–
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Length	48.9 km
Other
Website	rail.hanshin.co.jp

Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (阪神電気鉄道株式会社, Hanshin Denki-tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese private railway company owned by Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group that links Osaka and Kobe. It also owns the Hanshin Tigers baseball team.

The first character for Kobe (神戸) and the second character for Osaka (大阪) combine to form the company name, 阪神, which can be read Han-shin.

IC cards (PiTaPa and ICOCA) are accepted when taking trains.