JR Kobe Line

JR Kobe Line
System map JR-West223
Locale	Osaka Prefecture and Hyōgo Prefecture
Dates of operation	1988 (1874) – present
Track gauge	1,067 mm / 3 ft 6 in (Narrow gauge)
Headquarters	N/A

The JR Kobe Line (JR神戸線, JR Kōbe sen^?) is the nickname of portions of the Tōkaidō and the Sanyō Main Lines, between Osaka Station and Himeji Station in Hyōgo. The line, along with JR Kyoto Line and Biwako Line, forms a contiguous service that is the main trunk of West Japan Railway Company's Urban Network commuter rail network in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area. The line also offers continuous service to Gakkentoshi Line via Tōzai Line.

Trains

• Special Rapid Service (新快速, shin-kaisoku^?)
  • Continuing service from Kyoto Line, stops at Osaka, Amagasaki, Ashiya, Sannomiya, Kobe, Akashi, Nishi-Akashi, Kakogawa, and Himeji. Service extends beyond Himeji on Sanyo Main Line to Aboshi and Ako Line to Banshu-Ako.
• Rapid Service (快速, kaisoku^?)
  • Continuing service from Kyoto Line, stops at Osaka, Amagasaki, Nishinomiya, Ashiya, Sumiyoshi, Rokkomichi, Sannomiya, Motomachi, Kobe, Hyōgo, Suma, Tarumi, Maiko, Akashi, and every station after Akashi. Service extends beyond Himeji on Sanyo Main Line to Aboshi and Ako Line to Banshu-Ako.
• Local trains (普通, futsu^?)
  • Continuing service from Kyoto Line at Osaka and Tōzai Line at Amagasaki. Makes every stop to Suma or Nishi-Akashi, with some extended service to Kakogawa during rush hour.

Stations

Stations are listed from east to west.

●: Stops at all times,｜: Skips at all times, ▲: Limited stops during rush hour

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Stop			Transfers	Location
			from Osaka	Local	Rapid	Special Rapid		Ward, City	Prefecture
Tōkaidō Main Line
Continuing service from JR Kyoto Line
Osaka	大阪	-	0.0	●	●	●	JR West: Kyoto Line (Tōkaidō Main Line), Osaka Loop Line, Takarazuka Line Hankyu: Kyoto Line, Kobe Line, Takarazuka Line Hanshin: Main Line Osaka Municipal Subway: Midosuji Line, Yotsubashi Line, Tanimachi Line	Kita-ku, Osaka	Osaka
Tsukamoto	塚本	3.4	3.4	●	｜	｜		Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
Amagasaki	尼崎	4.3	7.7	●	●	●	JR West: Tozai Line, Takarazuka Line (Fukuchiyama Line)	Amagasaki	Hyogo
Tachibana	立花	3.0	10.7	●	｜	｜
Koshienguchi	甲子園口	2.2	12.9	●	｜	｜		Nishiminomiya
Nishinomiya	西ノ宮	2.5	15.4	●	●	｜
Sakura Shukugawa (Opening on March 18, 2007)	さくら夙川	1.5	16.9	●	｜	｜
Ashiya	芦屋	2.3	19.2	●	●	●		Ashiya
Konan Yamate	甲南山手	1.5	19.2	●	｜	｜		Higashinada-ku, Kobe
Settsu-Motoyama	摂津本山	1.4	20.6	●	｜	｜
Sumiyoshi	住吉	1.5	22.1	●	●	｜	Kobe New Transit: Rokko Island Line
Rokkomichi	六甲道	1.5	22.1	●	●	｜		Nada-ku, Kobe
Nada	灘	1.5	22.1	●	｜	｜
Sannomiya	三ノ宮	1.5	22.1	●	●	●	Hankyu: Kobe Line Hanshin: Main Line Kobe Rapid Railway: Tozai Line Kobe New Transit: Port Island Line Kobe Municipal Subway: Seishin-Yamate Line, Kaigan Line	Chuo-ku, Kobe
Motomachi	元町	1.5	22.1	●	●	｜	Hanshin: Main Line Kobe Rapid Railway: Tozai Line
Kobe	神戸	1.5	22.1	●	●	●	Kobe Rapid Railway: Tozai Line Kobe Municipal Subway: Kaigan Line
Sanyo Main Line
Hyogo	兵庫	1.8	34.9	●	●	｜	JR West: Wadamisaki Line	Hyogo-ku, Kobe	Hyogo
Shin-Nagata	新長田	2.3	37.2	●	｜	｜	Kobe Municipal Subway: Seishin-Yamate Line, Kaigan Line	Nagata-ku, Kobe
Takatori	鷹取	1.0	38.2	●	｜	｜		Suma-ku, Kobe
Suma Kaihinkoen-mae (Opening Fall 2007)	須磨海浜公園前
Suma	須磨	2.2	40.4	●	▲	｜	Sanyo: Main Line
Shioya	塩屋	2.0	43.3	●	｜	｜	Sanyo: Main Line	Tarumi-ku, Kobe
Tarumi	垂水	2.9	46.2	●	▲	｜	Sanyo: Main Line
Maiko	舞子	2.0	48.2	●	▲	｜	Sanyo: Main Line
Asagiri	朝霧	1.9	50.1	●	｜	｜		Akashi
Akashi	明石	2.4	52.5	●	●	●	Sanyo: Main Line
Nishi Akashi	西明石	3.4	55.9	●	●	●	JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen
Okubo	大久保	2.8	58.7	●	●	｜
Uozumi	魚住	3.5	62.2	●	●	｜
Tsuchiyama	土山	3.1	65.3	●	●	｜		Harima
Higashi-Kakogawa	東加古川	3.3	68.6	●	●	｜		Kakogawa
Kakogawa	加古川	3.6	72.2	●	●	●	JR West: Kakogawa Line
Hoden	宝殿	3.3	75.5		●	｜		Takasago
Sone	曽根	4.0	79.5		●	｜
Himeji Bessho	ひめじ別所	2.0	81.5		●	｜		Himeji
Gochaku	御着	2.1	83.6		●	｜
Himeji	姫路	2.1	83.6		●	●	JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen, Bantan Line, Kishin Line Sanyo: Main Line
Continuing service on Sanyō Main Line and Ako Line