The is a
railway
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
line operated by
Kintetsu Railway
, referred to as and officially Kinki-Nippon Railway, is a Japanese passenger railway company, managing infrastructure and operating passenger train service. Its railway system is the largest in Japan, excluding Japan Railways Group. The railw ...
. There are through trains to the
Chūō Line of
Osaka Municipal Subway
The is a major rapid transit system in the Osaka metropolitan area of Japan, operated by the Osaka Metro Company, Ltd. It serves the city of Osaka and the adjacent municipalities of Higashiosaka, Kadoma, Moriguchi, Sakai, Suita, and Yao. O ...
. The line name derives from a
kanji
are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...
acronym formed from , , and , but the name is written in
hiragana
is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...
.
The line is the sole Kintetsu line with a
third rail
A third rail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a track (r ...
electrification system. Before 2015, it was the only Kintetsu line that had
station numbers (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.
Stations
References
External links
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Official route overview
Nara Ikoma Rapid Railway
{{Kintetsu Lines
Lines of Kintetsu Railway
Osaka Metro
Rail transport in Osaka Prefecture
Rail transport in Nara Prefecture
Standard-gauge railways in Japan
Railway lines opened in 1986
1986 establishments in Japan