The is a
railway
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line operated by
Kintetsu Railway
, referred to as , 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 railway network connects Osaka, Nara, Ky ...
. There are through trains to the
Chūō Line of
Osaka Municipal Subway. The line name derives from a
kanji
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acronym formed from , , and , but the name is written in
hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contras ...
.
The line is the sole Kintetsu line with a
third rail
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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
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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
*
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