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TRAM ROUTES
Operator: 神戸市交通局 (Kōbe Municipal Transportation Bureau)
| 1 | 板宿 (Itayado) - 東尻池二 (Higashi-Shiriike-2) - 和田岬 (Wadamisaki) - 神戸駅前 (Kōbe Station) - 大倉山 (Ōkurayama) - 湊川公園 (Minatogawa-kōen) - 東尻池二 (Higashi-Shiriike-2) - 板宿 (Itayado) [Loop route, counterclockwise] |
| 2 | 板宿 (Itayado) - 東尻池二 (Higashi-Shiriike-2) - 湊川公園 (Minatogawa-kōen) - 大倉山 (Ōkurayama) - 神戸駅前 (Kōbe Station) - 和田岬 (Wadamisaki) - 東尻池二 (Higashi-Shiriike-2) - 板宿 (Itayado) [Loop route, clockwise] |
| 3 | 須磨駅 (Suma Station) - 鷹取町 (Takatori-chō) - 東尻池二 (Higashi-Shiriike-2) - 松原 (Matsubara) - 神戸駅前 (Kōbe Station) - 三宮 (Sannomiya) - 大倉山 (Ōkurayama) - 湊川公園 (Minatogawa-kōen) - 東尻池二 (Higashi-Shiriike-2) - 鷹取町 (Takatori-chō) - 須磨駅 (Suma Station) [Loop route, counterclockwise] |
| 4 | 須磨駅 (Suma Station) - 鷹取町 (Takatori-chō) - 東尻池二 (Higashi-Shiriike-2) - 湊川公園 (Minatogawa-kōen) - 大倉山 (Ōkurayama) - 三宮 (Sannomiya) - 神戸駅前 (Kōbe Station) - 松原 (Matsubara) - 東尻池二 (Higashi-Shiriike-2) - 鷹取町 (Takatori-chō) - 須磨駅 (Suma Station [Loop route, clockwise] |
| 5 | 石屋川 (Ishiyagawa) - 将軍通 (Shōgun-dōri) - 大倉山 (Ōkurayama) - 神戸駅前 (Kōbe Station) - 和田岬 (Wadamisaki) - 東尻池二 (Higashi-Shiriike-2) - 湊川公園 (Minatogawa-kōen) - 大倉山 (Ōkurayama) - 将軍通 (Shōgun-dōri) - 石屋川 (Ishiyagawa) [Loop route, clockwise] |
| 6 | 石屋川 (Ishiyagawa) - 将軍通 (Shōgun-dōri) - 三宮 (Sannomiya) - 神戸駅前 (Kōbe Station) - 兵庫駅 (Hyōgo Station) |
| 7 | 石屋川 (Ishiyagawa) - 将軍通 (Shōgun-dōri) - 大倉山 (Ōkurayama) - 湊川公園 (Minatogawa-kōen) - 東尻池二 (Higashi-Shiriike-2) - 和田岬 (Wadamisaki) - 神戸駅前 (Kōbe Station) - 大倉山 (Ōkurayama) - 将軍通 (Shōgun-dōri) - 石屋川 (Ishiyagawa) [Loop route, counterclockwise] |
| 8 | 税関前 (Zeikan-mae) - 三宮 (Sannomiya) - 大倉山 (Ōkurayama) - 湊川公園 (Minatogawa-kōen) - 東尻池二 (Higashi-Shiriike-2) |
| 9 | 将軍通 (Shōgun-dōri) - 三宮 (Sannomiya) - 神戸駅前 (Kōbe Station) - 湊川公園 (Minatogawa-kōen) - 東尻池二 (Higashi-Shiriike-2) |
| 10 | 脇浜町 (Wakinohama-chō) - 三宮 (Sannomiya) - 神戸駅前 (Kōbe Station) - 湊川公園 (Minatogawa-kōen) - 平野 (Hirano) |
| 11 | 兵庫駅 (Hyōgo Station) - 平野 (Hirano) |
| 12 | 脇浜町 (Wakinohama-chō) - 三宮 (Sannomiya) - 神戸駅前 (Kōbe Station) - 和田岬 (Wadamisaki) - 東尻池二 (Higashi-Shiriike-2) - 湊川公園 (Minatogawa-kōen) - 神戸駅前 (Kōbe Station) - 三宮 (Sannomiya) - 脇浜町 (Wakinohama-chō) [Loop route, clockwise] |
| 13 | 脇浜町 (Wakinohama-chō) - 三宮 (Sannomiya) - 神戸駅前 (Kōbe Station) - 湊川公園 (Minatogawa-kōen) - 東尻池二 (Higashi-Shiriike-2) - 和田岬 (Wadamisaki) - 神戸駅前 (Kōbe Station) - 三宮 (Sannomiya) - 脇浜町 (Wakinohama-chō) [Loop route, anticlockwise] |
| 14 | 将軍通 (Shōgun-dōri) - 大倉山 (Ōkurayama) - 湊川公園 (Minatogawa-kōen) - 東尻池二 (Higashi-Shiriike-2) - 鷹取町 (Takatori-chō) |
| 15 | 三宮 (Sannomiya) - 神戸駅前 (Kōbe Station) - 和田岬 (Wadamisaki) - 東尻池二 (Higashi-Shiriike-2) - 板宿 (Itayado) |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban tramways: 35.6 km.
HISTORY
- Electric tramways: 5 Apr. 1910 - 13 March 1971.
- Subway: 13 March 1977 - today.
- Kobe New Transit (Automated guideway transit): 5 Feb. 1981 - today.
GAUGE
- Tramways: 1435 mm.
- Subway: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Demery, L.W., Forty, R., DeGroote, R. and Higgins, J.W. Electric railways of Japan - Vol.2: Central Japan. London: Light Rail Transit Association, 1985.
- 金治勉 (Kanaji, T.) 神戸市電が走った街 今昔 (City quarters through which Kobe's tramways ran - Past and present) Tokyo: JTB, 2001.
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