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Keihanna Line

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Native name
  
けいはんな線

Operator
  
Kintetsu Railway

Locale
  
Higashi-osaka, Ikoma

Owner
  
Kintetsu Railway

Stations
  
8

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Type
  
Rapid transitCommuter rail

System
  
Kintetsu RailwayOsaka Municipal Subway

Opened
  
October 1, 1986; 30 years ago (1986-10-01)

Depot(s)
  
Higashi-HanazonoTomigaoka

Rolling stock
  
7000 series EMUs7020 series EMUsOsaka Municipal Subway 20 series EMUsOsaka Municipal Subway 24 series EMUs

Terminis
  
Nagata Station, Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka Station

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The Keihanna Line (けいはんな線, Keihanna-sen) 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 (京都), Osaka (大阪), and Nara (奈良), however the line is written in hiragana.

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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 (the station numbers coming from the Chūō Line).

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History

  • September 16, 1977 - Higashi-Osaka Ikoma Railway Co. (東大阪生駒鉄道, Higashiōsaka-Ikoma Tetsudō) was founded.
  • April 1, 1986 - Kintetsu merged with Higashi-Osaka Ikoma Railway Co.
  • October 1, 1986 - The Higashi-Osaka Line (東大阪線, Higashiōsaka-sen) from Nagata to Ikoma was opened and through operation to Osakako on the Chūō Line was started.
  • December 18, 1997 - The through operation was extended to Cosmosquare.
  • July 28, 1998 - Nara Ikoma Rapid Transit Railway Co., Ltd. (奈良生駒高速鉄道株式会社, Nara-Ikoma Kōsoku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) was founded.
  • October, 2000 - The construction of the Keihanna New Line (京阪奈新線, Keihanna Shinsen) started.
  • January, 2005 - The Keihanna New Line extension was officially named the "Keihanna Line (けいはんな線, Keihanna-sen)".
  • March 27, 2006 - The line from Ikoma to Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka was opened and the Higashi-Osaka Line was renamed the Keihanna Line.

    • References

    Keihanna Line Wikipedia
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