Keihanna Line
The Keihanna Line is a railway line operated by Kintetsu Railway. There are through trains to the Chūō Line of Osaka Municipal Subway. The line name derives from a kanji acronym formed from Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara, but the name is written in hiragana.
The line is the sole Kintetsu line with a third rail electrification system. Before 2015, it was the only Kintetsu line that had station numbers.
History
- 16 September 1977 - Higashi-Osaka Ikoma Railway Co. was founded.
- 1 April 1986 - Kintetsu merged with Higashi-Osaka Ikoma Railway Co.
- 1 October 1986 - The Higashi-Osaka Line from Nagata to Ikoma was opened and through operation to Osakako on the Chūō Line was started.
- 18 December 1997 - The through operation was extended to Cosmosquare.
- 28 July 1998 - Nara Ikoma Rapid Transit Railway Co., Ltd. was founded.
- October 2000 - The construction of the Keihanna New Line started.
- 31 January 2005 - The Keihanna New Line extension was officially named the "Keihanna Line".
- 27 March 2006 - The line from Ikoma to Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka was opened and the Higashi-Osaka Line was renamed the Keihanna Line.
Stations