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Keihanna Line

The 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 , , and , 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 s (the station numbers coming from the Chūō Line).

History

  • 16 September 1977 - was founded.
  • 1 April 1986 - Kintetsu merged with Higashi-Osaka Ikoma Railway Co.
  • 1 October 1986 - 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 - was founded.
  • October 2000 - The construction of the started.
  • 31 January 2005 - The Keihanna New Line extension was officially named the "".
  • 27 March 2006 - The line from Ikoma to Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka was opened and the Higashi-Osaka Line was renamed the Keihanna Line.

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