Seishin-Yamate Line

The Seishin-Yamate Line (西神山手線 Seishin-Yamate-sen) is one of two lines of Kobe Municipal Subway that links the central district and suburbs of Kobe. It is sometimes called U-Line after its shape on maps.

History

Construction of the first line of the subway system, the Seishin Line, began on November 25, 1971. The line opened on March 13, 1977, running for 5.7 km (3.5 mi) between Myōdani and Shin-Nagata stations. A second line, the Yamate Line, opened on June 17, 1983, running for 4.3 km (2.7 mi) between Shin-Nagata and ÅŒkurayama stations. On June 18, 1985, the Yamate Line was extended to Shin-Kobe and the Seishin Line was extended to Gakuen-toshi. When the final stage of the Seishin Line, an extension to Seishin-Chuo, opened on March 18, 1987, the Seishin Line and the Yamate Line were merged into the Seishin-Yamate Line.

The Hokushin KyÅ«kō Electric Railway opened the 7.5 km (4.7 mi) Hokushin Line extension between Shin-Kobe and Tanigami on April 2, 1988; services on the Hokushin Line have through service onto the Seishin-Yamate Line.

On January 17, 1995, the Seishin-Yamate Line was damaged in the Great Hanshin earthquake. The day after the earthquake, limited services resumed between Seishin-Chuo and Itayado; full service was restored to the entire line in March 1995 after repairs were completed.

Stations

Kobe subway lines

Line	Distance (km) from Shin-Kobe	Station number	Station		Connections	Location
Hokushin Line	-7.5	S01	Tanigami	谷上	Shintetsu: Arima Line	Kita-ku
	0.0	S02	Shin-Kobe	新神戸	JR West: Sanyo Shinkansen	Chuo-ku
Yamate Line
	1.3	S03	Sannomiya	三宮	Kaigan Line (K01: Sannomiya-Hanadokeimae Station) JR West: JR Kobe Line (Tokaido Main Line)(Sannomiya Station (JR West)) Hankyu: Kobe Line Hanshin: Main Line Kobe New Transit: Port Liner
	2.2	S04	Kenchōmae	県庁前
	3.3	S05	Ōkurayama	大倉山 （湊川神社前）
	4.3	S06	Minatogawa Kōen	湊川公園 （川崎病院前）	Shintetsu: Arima Line, Kobe Kosoku Line (Minatogawa Station)	Hyōgo-ku
	5.3	S07	Kamisawa	上沢
	6.1	S08	Nagata (Nagatajinjamae)	長田（長田神社前）	Hanshin: Kobe Kosoku Line (Kosoku-Nagata Station)	Nagata-ku
	7.6	S09	Shin-Nagata	新長田（鉄人28号前）	Kaigan Line (K10) JR West: JR Kobe Line (Sanyo Main Line)
Seishin Line
	8.8	S10	Itayado	板宿 （滝川中学・高等学校前）	Sanyo: Main Line	Suma-ku
	11.7	S11	Myōhōji	妙法寺
	13.3	S12	Myōdani	名谷
Seishin Line Extension
	15.1	S13	Sōgō Undō Kōen	総合運動公園
	16.8	S14	Gakuen-Toshi	学園都市		Nishi-ku
	18.4	S15	Ikawadani	伊川谷
	20.1	S16	Seishin-Minami	西神南
	22.7	S17	Seishin-Chuo	西神中央

Rolling stock

1000 series, January 2008

• 1000 series (since 1977)
• 2000 series (since 1988)
• 3000 series (since 1992)
• Hokushin KyÅ«kō Electric Railway 7000 series (since 1988)

All trains are based at Tanigami and Myōdani Depots.

External links

• Seishin-Yamate Line