Sanyo Electric Railway

Sanyo Electric Railway
山陽電気鉄道株式会社

Romanized name	Sanyo Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Founded	1933
Headquarters	Kobe, Japan
Website	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

• Main Line: Nishidai Station (Kobe) - Shikama Station - Sanyo Himeji Station (54.7 km)
• Aboshi Line: Shikama Station - Sanyo Aboshi Station (8.5 km)

Rolling stock

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

• 3000 series three- and four-car EMUs
• 5000 series four- and six-car EMUs
• 5030 series six-car EMUs

From fiscal 2015, new three-car 6000 series EMUs are scheduled to be introduced.^[2]

Buses

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

Aerial lift

• Sumaura Ropeway

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. 山陽電気鉄道6000系、新型車両導入で3000系置換え - 直通特急運用にも対応 [Sanyo Electric Railway to introduce new 6000 series trains to replace 3000 series and also for use on direct limited express services]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan: Mynavi Corporation. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.