Sanyo Electric Railway

Sanyo Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
	Above: Corporate seal; Below: Passenger-facing logo since 2007
Native name	山陽電気鉄道株式会社
Romanized name	San'yō Denki Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha
Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 9052
Founded	1933
Headquarters	Kobe, Japan
Owner	Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (17.38%)
Website	www.sanyo-railway.co.jp

The Sanyo Electric Railway Company, 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.

Although the Hanshin Electric Railway Co. (which owns the Hanshin Main Line) is its largest shareholder, the company is not a member of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group.

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^[update], 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
6000 series three-car EMUs (since April 2016)

New three-car 6000 series EMUs were introduced on 27 April 2016.^[2]

Buses

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

Aerial lift

Sumaura Ropeway

References

^ Formerly traded only in the Osaka Exchange prior to its merger with the Tokyo Stock Exchange; after the merger, the railway moved its listing to TSE.

^ 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.
^ 山陽電鉄6000系が営業運転を開始 [Sanyo Electric Railway 6000 series enters revenue service]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

External links

Official website

[1] Formerly traded only in the Osaka Exchange prior to its merger with the Tokyo Stock Exchange; after the merger, the railway moved its listing to TSE.

[jrrprivate2014-2] 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.

[railfan20160428-3] 山陽電鉄6000系が営業運転を開始 [Sanyo Electric Railway 6000 series enters revenue service]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

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v t e Major and semi-major private rail operators of Japan
Kantō region	Keikyu Corporation Keio Corporation Keisei Electric Railway Odakyu Electric Railway Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu) Seibu Railway Tobu Railway Tokyo Metro^‡ Tokyu Corporation Shin-Keisei Electric Railway^§
Chūbu region	Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) Kintetsu Railway
Kinki region	Hankyu Corporation Hanshin Electric Railway Keihan Electric Railway Kintetsu Railway Nankai Electric Railway Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway^‡^§ Kōbe Rapid Transit Railway^§ Osaka Metro^‡* Semboku Rapid Railway^§ Sanyō Electric Railway^§
Kyūshū region	Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu)
^‡ indicates rapid transit operators ^§ indicates semi-major rail operators ^*Not a member of Associations of Private Japanese Railways, therefore excluded under the formal Japanese definition, although its comparable size is undisputed

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Japan