Kaigan Line

Kaigan Line
	A Kobe Municipal Subway 5000 series train in 2016
Overview
Other name(s)	Yumekamome
Native name	海岸線
Type	Rapid transit
System	Kobe Municipal Subway
Status	Operational
Locale	Kobe
Termini	Sannomiya-Hanadokeimae; Shin-Nagata
Stations	10
Operation
Opened	7 June 2001
Owner	Kobe Municipal Transportation Bureau
Operator(s)	Kobe Municipal Transportation Bureau
Technical
Line length	7.9 km (4.9 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	70 km/h (43 mph)[1]
Route map
	Kobe subway lines

The Kaigan Line (海岸線, Kaigan-sen, literally "Beach Line"), also known as the "Yumekamome" (夢かもめ), is one of two lines of the Kobe Municipal Subway. Trains of the line are propelled by linear motors. This is the third linear motor rapid transit line to be built in Japan.

Stations

No.	Name	Japanese	Inter-station distance (km)	Total distance (km)	Transfers
K01	Sannomiya-Hanadokeimae	三宮・花時計前	-	0.0	Seishin-Yamate Line (Sannomiya: S03) Hankyu Kobe Line Kōbe Kōsoku Line (Sannomiya) Hanshin Main Line (Sannomiya) Port Island Line (Sannomiya: P01) Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line) (Sannomiya (JR))
K02	Kyukyoryuchi-Daimarumae	旧居留地・大丸前	0.5	0.5	Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line) (Motomachi) Hanshin Main Line Kōbe Kōsoku Line (Motomachi)
K03	Minato Motomachi	みなと元町 (ワコーレ和田興産前)	0.8	1.3
K04	Harborland	ハーバーランド (デュオこうべ前)	1.0	2.3	Tōkaidō Main Line, Sanyō Main Line (JR Kobe Line) (Kobe) Kōbe Kōsoku Line (Kosoku Kobe)
K05	Chūō-Ichibamae	中央市場前	1.4	3.7
K06	Wadamisaki	和田岬 (三菱神戸病院前)	0.9	4.6	Sanyō Main Line (Wadamisaki Line)
K07	Misaki-Kōen	御崎公園	1.1	5.7
K08	Karumo	苅藻 (三ツ星ベルト前)	0.8	6.5
K09	Komagabayashi	駒ヶ林 (三国志のまち・アグロガーデン前)	0.8	7.3
K10	Shin-Nagata	新長田 (鉄人28号前)	0.6	7.9	Seishin-Yamate Line (S09) Sanyō Main Line (JR Kobe Line)

Rolling stock

5000 series (since 2001)

All trains are based at Misaki-Kōen Depot.

History

The line opened on 7 July 2001.

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References

Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 154. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

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[terada2013-1] Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 154. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.