This is a video of trains arriving and departing one after another at Shinkaichi Station on the Kobe Kousoku Line of the Hanshin and Hankyu trains in Japan (on a holiday at the end of the year, in the evening, from 5pm to 7pm). The video shows the Hankyu Kobe Line express and local Hankyu trains that turn around at Shinkaichi Station, the direct express and limited express trains of the Hanshin Electric Railway, and the Sanyo Electric Railway (direct express, local and local trains) that run from Himeji.
The Hankyu Railway was running a wrapped train called "Tom and Jerry Train." (The first one is next to the Sanyo Electric Railway.)
The Sanyo Electric Railway also operated a train with a headmark commemorating Vissel Kobe's consecutive J1 League championships and Emperor's Cup victory, which was a double crown in the season.
The Hankyu Railway also ran a train with a "first shrine visit" headmark. (Photo taken at the end of 2024)
The Hanshin Electric Railway's "Local Train to Hanshin Kobe Sannomiya" departing from Sumaura Park was also seen.
Hankyu Limited Express trains turn back directly to Osaka-Umeda Station on the middle track (platforms 2 and 3) of the 2-platform, 3-track platform, while other trains bound for Kobe-Sannomiya, Osaka-Umeda, and Himeji arrive and depart on the tracks at either end (platforms 1 and 4).
Although it is a Hankyu station where Hankyu Limited Express trains also turn back, the announcements are the same as at Hanshin Electric Railway stations.
Hankyu Limited Express trains bound for Shinkaichi usually turn back directly at platforms 2 and 3 to head for Osaka-Umeda, but there have also been occasions when another Hankyu Limited Express train bound for Shinkaichi arrived at platform 4 while the station was stopped at platforms 2 and 3. That train turns back on the main line on the Himeji side, enters the station after the trains at platforms 2 and 3 have departed, and becomes a local train bound for Osaka-Umeda.
*Currently, this section of the track is owned by the Kobe Rapid Railway, and both Hanshin and Hankyu operate it as the Hanshin Kobe Rapid Line (Motomachi to Nishidai) and the Hankyu Kobe Rapid Line (Kobe-Sannomiya to Shinkaichi). (Sanyo Railway also enters)
00:00 1 from Himeji-bound platform
00:22 Sanyo Vissel Kobe Double Crown Headmark (Arrival)
00:36 Hankyu-Sanyo Line 1 (Hankyu Tom and Jerry 1)
00:56 Hankyu-Sanyo Line 2
01:14 Sanyo Vissel Kobe Double Crown Headmark (Departure)
01:47 All trains
03:30 Hankyu New Year's visit Headmark 1a (Arrival)
04:03 All trains
04:52 Hankyu New Year's visit Headmark 1b (Departure)
05:28 Hankyu New Year's visit Headmark 2a (Arrival)
05:48 All trains
06:46 Hankyu New Year's visit Headmark 2b (Departure)
07:17 Hankyu-Sanyo Line 3
07:40 All trains
13:06 From the platform for Osaka Umeda
14:09 Hankyu/Sanyo trains in a row 4
14:31 All trains
17:54 Hanshin Electric Railway local train, bound for Hanshin Kobe Sannomiya 1
19:27 All trains
21:02 Hankyu Tom and Jerry train 2
21:52 All trains
25:05 Hankyu New Year's visit headmark 3a (arrival)
25:40 All trains
26:46 Hankyu New Year's visit headmark 3b (departure)
27:39 Hankyu New Year's visit headmark 4a (arrival)
28:39 All trains
30:25 Hankyu New Year's visit headmark 4b (departure)
31:15 All trains
32:09 Hanshin Electric Railway local train, bound for Hanshin Kobe Sannomiya 2
33:52 Sanyo Expo wrapping / 2 from Himeji-bound platform
35:18 A Hankyu train arrives at platform 4
37:08 All trains
37:55 A Hankyu train enters platform 2 from the Himeji side
38:43 All trains
39:05 Local train bound for Hankyu Osaka Umeda
39:45 All trains