Private company
Logo: 神戸新交通株式会社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Railway company in Kobe, Japan
Kōbe New Transit (神戸新交通株式会社, Kōbe Shinkōtsū Kabushiki Kaisha) is the third-sector semipublic company that runs Port Island Line ("Port Liner") and Rokkō Island Line ("Rokkō Liner") automated guideway transit (AGT) systems in Kobe, Japan. When opened in 1981, the Port Liner was the world's first fully automated transport system. In the Surutto KANSAI stored-fare system, the company is represented by the mark KS on the back of farecards.2 It is headquartered in Minatojima.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Kōbe New Transit (神戸新交通株式会社, Kōbe Shinkōtsū Kabushiki Kaisha) is the third-sector semipublic company that runs Port Island Line ("Port Liner") and Rokkō Island Line ("Rokkō Liner") automated guideway transit (AGT) systems in Kobe, Japan. When opened in 1981, the Port Liner was the world's first fully automated transport system.2
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Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.
What Kobe New Transit reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
July 18, 1977: Company established
February 5, 1981: Port Island Line (Port Liner) began operation. The first practical AGT in Japan.
February 21, 1990: Rokkō Island Line (Rokkō Liner) began operation.
February 2, 2006: Port Liner extended to Kobe Airport.
From Wikipedia’s article on Kobe New Transit, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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