Keihanna Line

Keihanna Line
Keihanna Line
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	Kintetsu 7000 series trainset on the Keihanna Line
Overview
Native name	けいはんな線
Owner	Kintetsu Railway; Nara Ikoma Rapid Railway;
Locale	Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan; Ikoma, Nara, Japan; Nara, Nara, Japan;
Termini	Osaka; Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka;
Stations	8
Service
Type	Rapid transit; Commuter rail;
System	Kintetsu Railway; Osaka Municipal Subway;
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Railway
Depot(s)	Higashi-Hanazono; Tomigaoka;
Rolling stock	7000 series EMUs; 7020 series EMUs; Osaka Municipal Subway 20 series EMUs; Osaka Municipal Subway 24 series EMUs;
History
Opened	October 1, 1986; 38 years ago
Technical
Line length	18.8 km (11.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	95 km/h (59 mph)

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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.

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).

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.

Stations on the Keihanna Line

↑ Through-service to/from Cosmosquare Station via the Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line ↑
No.	Station	Distance (km)	style="border-bottom:solid 2px #Template:Kintetsu color"\|Connections	Location
C23	Osaka 長田	0.0	Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line	Higashiosaka	Osaka Prefecture
C24	Aramoto 荒本	1.2
C25	Yoshita 吉田	3.0
C26	Shin-Ishikiri 新石切	4.5
C27	Ikoma 生駒	10.2	Nara Line, Ikoma Line Ikoma Cable Line - Toriimae Station	Ikoma	Nara Prefecture
—	Higashi-Ikoma Signal Station 東生駒信号場	11.2
C28	Shiraniwadai 白庭台	15.3
C29	Gakken Kita-Ikoma 学研北生駒	16.1
—	Tomigaoka Signal Station 登美ヶ丘信号場	17.9
C30	Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka 学研奈良登美ヶ丘	18.8		Nara

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