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Hankyu Railway
Six-track section near Umeda terminal; Nakatsu Station in the center
Overview
Parent company
Hankyu Hanshin Holdings(Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group)
Headquarters
Osaka, Japan
Locale
Kansai region, Japan
Dates of operation
1910 (established in 1907)–
Technical
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Length
138.4 km (86.0 mi)
Other
Website
http://www.hankyu.co.jp/global/en/
Hankyu Corporation (阪急電鉄株式会社, Hankyū Dentetsu kabushiki gaisha, lit.'Hankyu Electric Railway Stock Company'), trading as Hankyu Railway (阪急電鉄, Hankyū Dentetsu, lit.'Hankyu Electric Railway'), is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group (which includes H2O Retailing Corporation and Toho Co., the creator of Godzilla). The railway's main terminal is at Umeda Station in Osaka. The signature color of Hankyu cars is maroon.[1]
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, is well known as a division of the Hankyu railway company; all of its members are employed by Hankyu.
^会社概要 [Company Overview] (in Japanese). Osaka, Japan: Hankyu Corporation. 2002. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved Nov 9, 2012.
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