Kōbe Rapid Railway (神戸高速鉄道 Kōbe kōsoku-tetsudō) is a special railway company in central Kobe. It does not run its own services but provides the necessary infrastructure for four private railway lines (Hankyu Kobe Line (Hankyu), Hanshin Main Line (Hanshin), Arima Line (Kobe Electric Railway) and Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line (Sanyo ) to be able to run trains through Kobe.

Kobe Rapid Railway has two lines.

• Tozai Line (east-west)
• Namboku Line (north-south)