Kintetsu Keihanna Line

Keihanna Line
Kintetsu 7000 Series trainset on the Keihanna Line
Overview
Type	Commuter rail Rapid transit
Locale	Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture Ikoma and Nara, Nara Prefecture
Termini	Nagata Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka
Stations	8
Operation
Opened	October 1, 1986
Owner	Kintetsu Corporation Nara Ikoma Rapid Railway Co., Ltd.
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Corporation
Depot(s)	Higashi-Hanazono, Tomigaoka
Rolling stock	7000 series EMU 7020 series EMU Osaka Municipal Subway 20 series EMU Osaka Municipal Subway 24 series EMU
Technical
Line length
No. of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC, third rail
Operating speed

Route map

Legend Subway: Chūō Line 0.0 C23 Nagata 1.2 C24 Aramoto 3.0 C25 Yoshita 4.5 C26 Shin-Ishikiri Ikoma Tunnel 4737m Nara Line Ishikiri Kusaezaka (closed) Shin-Ikoma Tunnel x20px x20px Osaka/Nara boundary Ikoma Cable Line Toriimae 10.2 C27 Ikoma Ikoma Line 11.2 Higashi-Ikoma Signal Station Higashi-Ikoma Nara Line Higashi-Hanazono Depot 15.3 C28 Shiraniwadai 16.1 C29 Gakken Kita-Ikoma Kita-Yamato Tunnel Tomigaoka Depot 17.9 Tomigaoka Signal Station 18.8 C30 Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka

The Keihanna Line (けいはんな線, Keihanna-sen) is a railway line operated by Kintetsu Corporation. 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

No.	Station	km	Connections	Location
C23	Nagata 長田	0.0	Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line (through to Cosmosquare)	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