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32-653: The Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line ( 阪急宝塚本線 , Hankyū Takarazuka Honsen ) is a Japanese railway line operated by the private railway operator Hankyu Railway . It connects Umeda Station in downtown Osaka with Takarazuka Station in Takarazuka, Hyogo . It has a branch line, the Minoo Line , and the Nose Electric Railway is another longer branch line. The Imazu Line connects at Takarazuka, but it

64-752: A totalitarian right-socialist government. After the end of World War II , he was appointed the cabinet minister of the Shidehara cabinet and became the president of the War Damage Rehabilitation Institute ( 戦災復興院 , Sensai-fukkō-in ) , but he was soon purged due to his prewar political career. The purge was lifted in 1951. Kobayashi died in January 1957. The Itsuō Art Museum in Ikeda, Osaka opened in October 1957 and

96-437: A holding company and was renamed Hankyu Holdings, Inc. ( 阪急ホールディングス株式会社 , Hankyū Hōrudhingusu Kabushiki-gaisha ) . The railway business was ceded to a subsidiary, now named Hankyu Corporation (before the restructuring, the new company which reused a dormant company founded on December 7, 1989, was called "Act Systems" ( 株式会社アクトシステムズ ) until March 28, 2004, then "Hankyū Dentetsu Bunkatsu Junbi K.K." ( 阪急電鉄分割準備株式会社 ) from

128-587: A relic of the Showa era, an anachronistic example." In the end, his prediction was proven wrong, and the Osaka Metro became an indispensable part of Osaka City's transportation system. Additionally, when extending his company’s Kobe Line to Sannomiya , he insisted on an elevated line, in contrast to Hanshin Electric Railway , which opted for an underground route. As a result, he drew criticism from

160-826: A zoo in Minoo (on the Minoo Line ) in November 1910, a hot spring in Takarazuka in May 1911, and a ballpark in Toyonaka in 1913. The track between Umeda and Jūsō was shared with the Kobe Line from 1920 to 1926 when the original double track was replaced by an elevated four-track line. In comparison with the Kobe Line, cars used on the Takarazuka Line were small and old. Larger (Kobe Line standard) cars could not operate on

192-656: Is dedicated for his art collection. Ichizō Kobayashi was commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to lead a diplomatic mission to the Dutch East Indies in 1940. Negotiations were for a new agreement on Dutch oil. On September 12, 1940, a Japanese delegation of 24, led by Kobayashi as the Minister of Commerce and Industry, arrived in Batavia to renegotiate political and economic relations between Japan and

224-593: Is treated as a branch of the Kobe Line. The Takarazuka Main Line is commonly called the Takarazuka Line ( 宝塚線 , Takarazuka sen ) for short, but the name Takarazuka Line is sometimes used as the name for the network composed of the main line and the branches. The line has numerous sharp curves from the line's origins as a tramway, built and opened by its predecessor Minoo Arima Electric Tramway ( 箕面有馬電気軌道 , Minoo Arima Denki Kido ) . The sharp curves have long hindered high speed operation, contrasting to

256-552: Is well known as a division of the Hankyu railway company; all of its members are employed by Hankyu. The name Hankyu is an abbreviation of Keihanshin Kyūko ( 京阪神急行 ) . Keihanshin ( 京阪神 ) refers to the area served by Hankyu trains, comprising the cities of Kyoto ( 京都 ) , Osaka ( 大阪 ) and Kobe ( 神戸 ) , along with the suburbs that connect them to each other. Kyūko ( 急行 ) means "express train(s)". In 1907,

288-724: The Dutch East Indies . Included were six high-ranking military officers, one of them Rear Admiral Tadashi Maeda . The Dutch Embassy in Japan did not actively take part, although the Dutch Ambassador in Tokyo, J .C. Pabst , had already received the first list of Japanese economic demands in June 1940. Later, all further negotiations were conducted via the Dutch colonial administration in Batavia and Sukabumi , and received support from

320-1324: The Keihan Main Line , the Uji Line , the Shinkeihan Line (present-day Kyoto Main Line), the Senriyama Line (present-day Senri Line), the Jūsō Line (part of Kyoto Main Line), the Arashiyama Line , the Keishin Line and the Ishiyama Sakamoto Line . The Katano Line was also added in 1945. On December 1, 1949, the Keihan Main Line, the Katano Line, the Uji Line, the Keishin Line, and the Ishiyama-Sakamoto Line were split off to become part of

352-775: The Nishinomiya Stadium as the team's home field was completed near Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station . The Hankyu Braves (named in 1947) played until the 1988 season and became the predecessors of the present-day Orix Buffaloes . On October 1, 1943, under the order of the government, Hanshin Kyūkō and Keihan Electric Railway were merged, and renamed Keihanshin Kyūkō Railway Company ( 京阪神急行電鉄株式会社 , Keihanshin Kyūkō Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha , referred to as "Keihanshin", 京阪神 ) . The merged lines included

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384-971: The 1970s there have been plans to build a spur line to Itami Airport from Sone Station . Although Hankyu shelved the plans in the 1980s due to capacity constraints, the plans were reportedly revived in 2017 and remain under consideration as of 2018. As of 17 December 2022 This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Misplaced Pages Hankyu Railway The Hankyu network serves 1,950,000 people every weekday and offers several types of express service with no extra charge. The head offices of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings , Inc. and Hankyu Corporation are at 1-16-1, Shibata, Kita-ku, Osaka ; both companies' registered headquarters are at 1-1, Sakaemachi, Ikeda , Osaka Prefecture . The Takarazuka Revue , an all-female musical theatre performance company,

416-488: The Hankyu's other main lines, Kobe and Kyoto . The Minoo Arima Electric Tramway opened the entire line on 10 March 1910 as 1435mm gauge dual track, electrified at 600 VDC. Although the line was not a prospect interurban as Takarazuka was not a big city, it saw initial success thanks to the company's aggressive measures. It strategically developed housing areas along the line for the increasing white-collar population who would commute to central Osaka by train. It also opened

448-648: The Itami Line from Tsukaguchi to Itami were opened. On April 1, 1936, the Kobe Main Line was extended from Nishi-Nada (present-day Ōji-kōen) to the new terminal in Kobe (present-day Kobe-Sannomiya Station ), and the Kobe Main Line from Nishi-Nada to Kamitsutsui was named the Kamitsutsui Line, which was abandoned on May 20, 1940. In 1936, Hankyu established a professional baseball team and in 1937

480-519: The Japanese Consulate General , in the persons of Matatoshi Saito (before 1941) and later by Yutaka Ishizawa . Their first demand was an increase of petrol exports to Japan from the existing 570,000 tons in 1939 to 3,750,000 tons, about 50% of the total Dutch East Indies production. The Dutch answered that existing obligations would only permit an increase to about 1,800,000 tons. Kobayashi initially accepted this proposal, but

512-993: The Kobe Main Line started through service to the Kobe Rapid Transit Railway Tozai Line and the Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line . On December 6, 1969, the Kyoto Main Line and the Senri Line started through service to the Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line . In 1970, the Senri Line was one of access routes to the Expo '70 held in Senri area. On April 1, 1973, Keihanshin Kyūkō Railway Company assumed its current name. On April 1, 2005, former Hankyu Corporation became

544-590: The Minoo Arima Electric Tramway Company ( 箕面有馬電気軌道株式会社 , Minoo Arima Denki Kidō Kabushiki-gaisha ) , a forerunner of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings , Inc., was established by Ichizō Kobayashi (precisely, he was one of the "promoters" of the tramway). On 10 March 1910, Minoo Arima Tramway opened the rail lines from Umeda to Takarazuka (the Takarazuka Main Line ) and from Ishibashi to Minoo (the Minoo Line ). The tramway

576-579: The center of the train (exceptions are noted below). The Kobe Line and Takarazuka Line use the same fleet. Some former Hankyu trains, such as the 2000 series and 3100 series , have been transferred to the Nose Electric Railway . Single fare (adult) in Japanese Yen by travel distance is as follows. Fares for children (6–11 years old) are half the adult fare, rounded up to the nearest 10 yen. October 1, 2019 For fare collection, IC cards ( PiTaPa , ICOCA and others) are accepted. The fare rate

608-657: The city of Kobe , causing a 15-year delay in extending the line into the city center. Later, Kobayashi was president of council of Tokyo Gasu Denki Kōgyō (Tokyo Gas Electric Engineering Company). He was appointed in charge of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in the 1940 Konoe Cabinet . He joined the Taisei Yokusankai Group with Shōzō Murata and Akira Kazami . They supported a new political and economic militarist-socialist program. He stood for capitalist interests in Japan's incursions into Asia and

640-511: The family, leaving Kobayashi under the care of his uncle's family. He was named Ichizō, meaning "one-three", because of his birthday, January 3. He graduated from Keio Gijuku in 1892. After a 14-year career at the Mitsui Bank , he founded (technically as one of the promoters/executive directors) Mino-o Arima Electric Railway Company (then Hankyu Corp. , now, Hankyu Hanshin Holdings , Inc.) in 1907. At Hankyu, Kobayashi made success in

672-568: The line until 1952 due to its small structure gauge . Small cars were eliminated in December 1963. On 24 August 1969 the voltage was raised to 1500 VDC. As the commuters increased, Hankyu's first 10-car operation began on the Takarazuka Line in March 1982, but 10 car trains were discontinued again in December 2022. Following the elevation work of Kawanishi-Noseguchi Station, through services to Nose Electric Railway began on 17 November 1997. Since

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704-851: The lines, the Kobe Lines, the Takarazuka Lines and the Kyoto Lines, can be further grouped into two, the Kobe-Takarazuka Lines and the Kyoto Lines from a historical reason. Hankyu has two groups of rolling stock, one for the Kobe-Takarazuka Lines and the other for the Kyoto Lines. The Keihan and Ōtsu Lines were transferred to Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. which separated from Keihanshin Kyūkō (now Hankyu) on December 1, 1949. As of March 31, 2010 , Hankyu had 1,319 cars for passenger service. Standard cars have three pairs of doors per side and bench seating facing

736-504: The management of the railway in a less-populated region by developing residential areas and an amusement park along the railway line as well as a department store at the railway terminal. He also established the Takarazuka Revue and the Hankyu professional baseball team (the predecessors of Orix Buffaloes ) to attract passengers. Such a business model established by Kobayashi was followed by other railway companies in Japan. In

768-575: The newly established Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. Although this revived the former Keihan Electric Railway, Keihan was now smaller than before the 1943 merger, because the Shinkeihan Line and its branches were not given up by Keihanshin. The present structure of the Hankyu network with the three main lines was fixed by this transaction. The abbreviation of Keihanshin Kyūkō Railway was changed from "Keihanshin" to "Hankyū". On April 7, 1968,

800-497: The next day). On October 1, 2006, Hankyu Holdings became the wholly owning parent company of Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. and the holdings were renamed Hankyu Hanshin Holdings , Inc. . Hankyu's stock purchase of Hanshin shares was completed on June 20, 2006. Hankyu operates three main trunk lines, connecting Osaka with Kobe , Takarazuka and Kyoto respectively, and their branches. The three groups of

832-610: The realm of railway management, he possessed an exceptionally keen perspective and skill, but he also exhibited a profound lack of understanding when it came to subway systems. He staunchly opposed Hajime Seki (Mayor of Osaka), who advanced the subway project as part of Osaka City's transportation plan, arguing, "If you build subways in earthquake-prone Japan, it will tarnish your name, Mr. Seki." He also claimed, "The railway business in Osaka City will inevitably go bankrupt," and expressed concerns that "the construction will become

864-602: The table were proposals involving Japanese rights to obtain oil and petroleum products from the Netherlands' enormous reserves in the Dutch East Indies. Japan called for the Dutch to provide a minimum of 3,150,000 metric tons of petroleum annually. One of the delegates, Japanese minister of commerce Ichizō Kobayashi, demanded that the Dutch guarantee a delivery schedule covering a five-year period. Kobayashi expressed

896-556: The trains and at the various stations of the line. It was made into a film in 2011, titled Hankyu Railway: A 15-Minute Miracle . The Hankyu 2000 is the locomotive of choice for Takumi Fujiwara, the main character in Densha de D, a parody of Initial D where the main characters race with trains instead of cars. Ichiz%C5%8D Kobayashi Ichizō Kobayashi ( 小林 一三 , Kobayashi Ichizō , January 3, 1873 – January 25, 1957) , occasionally referred to by his pseudonym Itsuō ( 逸翁 ) ,

928-522: Was a Japanese industrialist and politician. He is best known as the founder of Hankyu Railway , the Takarazuka Revue , and Toho . He served as Minister of Commerce and Industry between 1940-1941. Ichizō Kobayashi was born in Kawarabe village, Koma, Yamanashi Prefecture (present-day Nirasaki, Yamanashi ) on January 3, 1873, to a wealthy merchant family known by the trade name "Nunoya". His mother died immediately after his birth and his father left

960-618: Was changed on April 1, 2014, to reflect the change in the rate of consumption tax from 5% to 8%, and again on October 1, 2019, from 8% to 10%. A 2-car Hankyu train was featured in the 1988 Japanese animated war drama Grave of the Fireflies . One 2008 book by the Japanese writer Hiro Arikawa , Hankyu Densha , occurs entirely on the Hankyu–Imazu line, in the north-west suburbs of Osaka, where various characters meet and interact in

992-552: Was popular due to Kobayashi's pioneering act to develop housing around stations along the line (a first in Japan), a forerunner to transit-oriented developments . On February 4, 1918, Minoo Arima Tramway was renamed Hanshin Kyūkō Railway Company ( 阪神急行電鉄株式会社 , Hanshin Kyūkō Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha , referred to as "Hankyū", 阪急 ) . On July 16, 1920, the Kobe Main Line from Jūsō to Kobe (later, renamed Kamitsutsui) and

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1024-403: Was soon recalled to Japan on October 2, 1940. In the book Day of Deceit: The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor written by Robert Stinnett : The heated diplomatic interchanges between Kobayashi and van Mook (H.J. van Mook, Dutch minister) were in sharp contrast to the peaceful surroundings. Japan's diplomats angrily contended that the Netherlands delegates were mere puppets of Washington. On

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