The 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 , , and , 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 numberss (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

• Official route overview

• Nara Ikoma Rapid Railway