Keihanna Line

Keihanna Line
Keihanna Line
	Kintetsu 7000 series trainset on the Keihanna Line
Overview
Other name(s)	Yumehanna
Native name	けいはんな線
Owner	Kintetsu Railway; Nara Ikoma Rapid Railway;
Locale	Osaka Prefecture (Higashiosaka); Nara Prefecture (Ikoma and Nara);
Termini	Nagata; Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka
Stations	8
Service
Type	Rapid transit; Commuter rail;
System	Kintetsu Railway; Osaka Metro;
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;
Daily ridership	61,538 daily (FY2016)
History
Opened	October 1, 1986; 34 years ago
Technical
Line length	18.8 km (11.7 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC; Third rail;
Operating speed	95 km/h (59 mph)

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), 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 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[]

↑ Through-service to/from Cosmosquare Station via the Osaka Metro Chūō Line ↑
No.	Station	Distance (km)	Connections	Location
C23	Nagata 長田	0.0	Osaka Metro Chūō Line	Higashiosaka, Osaka
C24	Aramoto 荒本	1.2	Osaka Monorail Main Line (proposed extension)
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)	Ikoma	Nara Prefecture
C28	Shiraniwadai 白庭台	15.3
C29	Gakken Kita-Ikoma 学研北生駒	16.1
C30	Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka 学研奈良登美ヶ丘	18.8		Nara

References[]

^ "路線別駅別乗降人員" (PDF). Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2017.

External links[]

Official website
Nara Ikoma Rapid Railway (in Japanese)

[1] "路線別駅別乗降人員" (PDF). Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2017.

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