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12-437: The initial system linked Sannomiya Station , Kobe's main transit hub, to the man-made Port Island , covering a distance of 6.4 km (4.0 mi) with 9 stations. As the map indicates, the present system consists of one straight line, originating at Sannomiya Station and terminating at Kobe Airport Station, and a loop attached to the middle of the straight line. The stations on the former are numbered with prefix " P " and on

24-477: A side platform serving a track on the second basement and the third basement. ↑ Shin-Kobe ↓ Kenchomae The platforms for the Port Island Line opened on 5 February 1981. Platform screen doors have been installed since opening day. This station has an island platform serving two elevated tracks. Bōeki Center → Shin-Kobe Station Shin-Kōbe station ( 新神戸駅 , Shin-Kōbe-eki )

36-489: Is a major interchange station located in the Sannomiya area in the heart of Kobe , Japan. This station is the main transport hub of Kobe. Sannomiya is served by the following railway lines and stations: The current station opened as Kobe Station on 12 April 1905. The station would undergo several name changes until the current name was introduced in 2013 along with the station number (HS 32). In 1987, platform 3

48-521: Is a railway station on the San'yō Shinkansen and the Seishin-Yamate Line serving the city of Kobe , Japan, and the surrounding area. It is located to the north of Kobe city centre, at the foot of Mount Rokkō . The Shinkansen trains mostly run inside tunnels under the mountains in this area. The station exists in a small space in between two long tunnels (Rokkō and Kobe Tunnels). This station

60-404: Is for trains headed to Ōsaka Namba and Kintetsu Nara . ↑Kasuganomichi ↑Kasuganomichi ↓Motomachi ↑ Kasuganomichi ↓ Motomachi Hankyu Railway’s station was established in 1936, and as its terminal within the city, was initially referred to as “Kobe”. The original station building was noted for its Art Deco architecture and a grand arch through which trains passed on their approach to

72-516: The VAL system used on the Lille Metro , which opened in 1983. Originally, before the 2006 extension to the airport, the loop section was single track and operated only counter-clockwise trains. On 2 February 2006, the line was extended by 4.3 km (2.7 mi) to the new Kobe Airport , built on an artificial island near Port Island. In an announcement in 2018, a proposal was made to extend

84-752: The Port Island Line to 8-car operation following an increase in ridership. Minatojima Station, Iryō Center Station and K Computer Mae Stations were renamed on July 1, 2011, from Shimin Byōin Mae Station, Sentan Iryō Center Mae Station and Port Island Minami Station respectively. Following the decommissioning of K computer , K Computer Mae station was again renamed as Keisan Kagaku Center station in June 2021. Sannomiya Station Kobe-Sannomiya Station ( 神戸三宮駅 , Kōbe-Sannomiya-eki ) , or simply Sannomiya Station ( 三宮駅 , Sannomiya-eki ) ,

96-549: The latter (except those shared with the former) are with prefix " PL ". The main section between Sannomiya and the airport is entirely double track , but the remaining of the loop has not been rebuilt so that the three stations with PL prefix still serve only one way. All stations are located in Chūō-ku , Kobe. Opened in 1981, the Port Liner was the world's first driverless urban transit system , more than two years ahead of

108-621: The privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. The Hokushin Line started operation on 2 April 1988. On 17 January 1995, the station was affected by the Great Hanshin earthquake , with all services halted. Operations resumed on the Hokushin Line from 18 January, subway services resumed from 16 February, and Sanyo Shinkansen services resumed from 8 April 1995. From

120-487: The station; this was damaged beyond repair in the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and was replaced by a temporary structure, which remained in use until 2020. A new high-rise building is now under construction, mimicking the design of the original station building, but lacking the arch over the tracks. This station has two island platforms with three tracks elevated close to JR Sannomiya Station. ↑ Kasuganomichi (Kobe Line) ↓ Hanakuma (Kobe Kosoku Line) This station has

132-541: Was extended and a new ticket gate was opened on the north side. The station was damaged by the Great Hanshin earthquake on 17 January 1995 and all services were suspended. Service was temporarily restored between this station and Kōsoku Kōbe on 1 February 1995, and full restoration of Hanshin Line services would be achieved on 26 June 1995. This station has a combination bay/island platform serving three tracks below ground level. Tracks 1 and 3 are for through-trains running between Umeda and Sanyo Himeji , while track 2

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144-542: Was newly built for the San'yō Shinkansen and is connected with the city center by the Kobe Municipal Subway . Two side platforms serving two tracks. Both platforms have platform screen doors . One side platform serving one track and one island platform serving two tracks (one of which is single ended). The Shinkansen station opened on 15 March 1972. The subway station opened on 18 June 1985. With

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