Hankyu Kobe Main Line

E357801

commuter rail line railway line

The Hankyu Kobe Main Line is a major private railway line in the Kansai region of Japan that links Osaka with Kobe, serving as an important commuter and intercity route.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Hankyu Kobe Main Line canonical	18
Hankyu Kobe Line	8
Hankyu Kobe Line system	1
Hankyu Kobe Main Line at Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi	1
Hankyu Kōbe Main Line	1
Hankyu Railway Kobe Line	1
Hankyu Railway Kobe Lines	1
Hankyū Kōbe Line	1
阪急神戸本線	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2301767 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hankyu Kobe Main Line
Context triple: [Hankyu Kyoto Main Line, connectsToLine, Hankyu Kobe Main Line]

A. Hanshin Kobe Kosoku Line
The Hanshin Kobe Kosoku Line is a commuter railway line in Kobe, Japan, forming part of the region’s urban rail network and providing through-services that connect multiple private railway operators.
B. Hanshin Main Line
The Hanshin Main Line is a major commuter railway line in Japan’s Kansai region, connecting Osaka and Kobe and serving as a key corridor for urban and intercity travel.
C. Hankyu Senri Line
The Hankyu Senri Line is a commuter railway line in the Osaka area of Japan operated by Hankyu Railway, serving suburban communities and connecting them to central Osaka.
D. Hanshin Mukogawa Line
The Hanshin Mukogawa Line is a short commuter railway branch line in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, providing local transit service as part of the Hanshin Electric Railway network.
E. Osaka Higashi Line
The Osaka Higashi Line is a railway line in Osaka, Japan, operated by JR West that runs north–south through the eastern part of the city, connecting major hubs and suburban areas.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hankyu Kobe Main Line
Target entity description: The Hankyu Kobe Main Line is a major private railway line in the Kansai region of Japan that links Osaka with Kobe, serving as an important commuter and intercity route.

A. Hanshin Kobe Kosoku Line
The Hanshin Kobe Kosoku Line is a commuter railway line in Kobe, Japan, forming part of the region’s urban rail network and providing through-services that connect multiple private railway operators.
B. Hanshin Main Line
The Hanshin Main Line is a major commuter railway line in Japan’s Kansai region, connecting Osaka and Kobe and serving as a key corridor for urban and intercity travel.
C. Hankyu Senri Line
The Hankyu Senri Line is a commuter railway line in the Osaka area of Japan operated by Hankyu Railway, serving suburban communities and connecting them to central Osaka.
D. Hanshin Mukogawa Line
The Hanshin Mukogawa Line is a short commuter railway branch line in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, providing local transit service as part of the Hanshin Electric Railway network.
E. Osaka Higashi Line
The Osaka Higashi Line is a railway line in Osaka, Japan, operated by JR West that runs north–south through the eastern part of the city, connecting major hubs and suburban areas.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commuter rail line ⓘ railway line ⓘ
category	Rail transport in Hyogo Prefecture ⓘ Rail transport in Osaka Prefecture ⓘ Standard gauge railways in Japan ⓘ
connects	Kobe ⓘ linked to: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan Osaka ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary ⓘ
electrified	yes ⓘ
endPoint	Kobe-Sannomiya Station ⓘ linked to: Hanshin Kobe-Sannomiya Station
gauge	1,435 mm ⓘ
hasBranchConnection	Hankyu Imazu Line ⓘ Hankyu Itami Line ⓘ Hankyu Kobe Kosoku Line ⓘ linked to: Hankyu Railway Kobe Kosoku Line
hasThroughServicesWith	Hankyu Kyoto Main Line (via Juso) ⓘ linked to: Hankyu Kyoto Main Line Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line (via Juso) ⓘ linked to: Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line
importance	major commuter corridor between Osaka and Kobe ⓘ
locatedIn	Japan ⓘ Kansai region ⓘ
majorStation	Ashiya-kawa Station ⓘ Juso Station ⓘ Kobe-Sannomiya Station ⓘ linked to: Hanshin Kobe-Sannomiya Station Mikage Station ⓘ Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station ⓘ Oji-koen Station ⓘ Rokko Station ⓘ Umeda Station ⓘ
numberOfTracks	2 tracks (Juso – Kobe-Sannomiya section) ⓘ 4 tracks (Umeda – Juso section) ⓘ
operator	Hankyu Corporation ⓘ linked to: Hankyu Railway Hankyu Railway ⓘ
ownedBy	Hankyu Corporation ⓘ linked to: Hankyu Railway
ownerType	private railway company ⓘ
partOfNetwork	Hankyu Railway Kobe Lines ⓘ linked to: Hankyu Kobe Main Line
primaryUse	commuter transport ⓘ
railwaySystem	Hankyu Railway network ⓘ linked to: Hankyu Railway lines
regionServed	Hyogo Prefecture ⓘ Osaka Prefecture ⓘ
secondaryUse	intercity transport ⓘ
servesCity	Kobe ⓘ Osaka ⓘ
serviceType	commuter rail ⓘ intercity rail ⓘ
startingPoint	Umeda Station ⓘ
status	in operation ⓘ
terminus	Kobe-Sannomiya Station ⓘ linked to: Hanshin Kobe-Sannomiya Station Umeda Station ⓘ
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hankyu Kyoto Main Line → connectsToLine → Hankyu Kobe Main Line ⓘ

JR Kobe Line → parallelTo → Hankyu Kobe Main Line ⓘ

Hankyu Railway → mainLine → Hankyu Kobe Main Line ⓘ

Hankyu Railway → line → Hankyu Kobe Main Line ⓘ

Hankyu Rokko Station → lineServed → Hankyu Kobe Main Line ⓘ

Yodogawa-ku, Osaka → servedByRailwayLine → Hankyu Kobe Main Line ⓘ

Sannomiya → transportConnection → Hankyu Kobe Line ⓘ