Keihanna Line

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Keihanna Line
Kintetsu 7020 series trainset on the Keihanna Line
Overview
Other name(s)Yumehanna
Native nameけいはんな線せん
Owner
Line numberC
Locale
Termini
Stations8
Color on map     (#65c03a)
Service
Type
System
Operator(s)Kintetsu Railway
Depot(s)
  • Higashi-Hanazono
  • Tomigaoka
Rolling stock
Daily ridership61,538 daily (FY2016)[1]
History
Opened1 October 1986; 37 years ago (1986-10-01)
Last extension27 March 2006; 18 years ago (2006-03-27)
Technical
Line length18.8 km (11.7 mi)
Number of tracksDouble-track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC (Third rail)
Operating speed95 km/h (59 mph)
SignallingAutomatic closed block
Train protection systemWS-ATC
Route map

Legend
km
Osaka Metro Chūō Line
0.0
 Nagata
1.2
 Aramoto
3.0
 Yoshita
4.5
 Shin-Ishikiri
Ikoma Tunnel (
4.737 mi
7.623 km
)
Nara Line
 Ishikiri
Kusaezaka
Shin-Ikoma Tunnel
Osaka Prefecture
Nara Prefecture
10.2
 Ikoma Ikoma Cable Line
Ikoma Line
11.2
 Higashi-Ikoma
Nara Line
Higashi-Hanazono Depot
15.3
 Shiraniwadai
16.1
 Gakken Kita-Ikoma
Kita-Yamato Tunnel
Tomigaoka Depot
17.9
Tomigaoka Junction
18.8
 Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka

The Keihanna Line (けいはんな線せん, 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 (京きょう都と), Osaka (大だい阪ばん), and Nara (奈良りょう), but the name is written in hiragana.[2]

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

  • 16 September 1977 - Higashi-Osaka Ikoma Railway Co. (東大阪ひがしおおさか生駒いこま鉄道てつどう, Higashiōsaka-Ikoma Tetsudō) was founded.
  • 1 April 1986 - Kintetsu merged with Higashi-Osaka Ikoma Railway Co.
  • 1 October 1986 - The Higashi-Osaka Line (東大阪線ひがしおおさかせん, Higashiōsaka-sen) from Nagata to Ikoma was opened and through operation to Osakako on the Chūō Line was started.[3]
  • 18 December 1997 - The through operation was extended to Cosmosquare.
  • 28 July 1998 - Nara Ikoma Rapid Transit Railway Co., Ltd. (奈良なら生駒いこま高速こうそく鉄道てつどう株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ, Nara-Ikoma Kōsoku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) was founded.
  • October 2000 - The construction of the Keihanna New Line (京阪奈けいはんな新しん線せん, Keihanna Shinsen) started.
  • 31 January 2005 - The Keihanna New Line extension was officially named the "Keihanna Line (けいはんな線せん, Keihanna-sen)".[4]
  • 27 March 2006 - The line from Ikoma to Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka was opened and the Higashi-Osaka Line was renamed the Keihanna Line.[5]

Stations

↑ Through-service to/from Cosmosquare via the Osaka Metro Chūō Line ↑
No. Station Distance (km) Connections Location
 C 23  Nagata
長田ながた 		0.0

Osaka Metro:
Chūō Line

Higashiosaka, Osaka
 C24  Aramoto
荒本あらもと 		1.2 Osaka Monorail Main Line (proposed extension)
 C25  Yoshita
吉田よしだ 		3.0
 C26  Shin-Ishikiri
新しん石切いしきり 		4.5
 C27  Ikoma
生駒いこま 		10.2
Ikoma Nara Prefecture
 C28  Shiraniwadai
白庭台しらにわだい 		15.3
 C29  Gakken Kita-Ikoma
学研がっけん北きた生駒いこま 		16.1
 C30  Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka
学研がっけん奈良なら登美とみヶ丘おか 		18.8 Nara

References

  1. ^ "路線ろせん別べつ駅えき別べつ乗降じょうこう人員じんいん" (PDF). Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau. 8 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  2. ^ "地下鉄ちかてつ中央ちゅうおう線せん・近鉄きんてつ東大阪ひがしおおさか線せん・近鉄きんてつけいはんな線せん統一とういつ愛称あいしょうが決定けっていしました" [Subway Chuo Line, Kintetsu Higashi-Osaka Line, and Kintetsu Keihanna Line Unified Nicknames Decided] (PDF). kintetsu.jp (in Japanese). 26 October 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  3. ^ "近鉄きんてつけいはんな線せんの一部いちぶ編成へんせいに20周年しゅうねん記念きねんステッカー" [20th anniversary stickers for some trains on the Kintetsu Keihanna Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 22 September 2016. Archived from the original on 26 September 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  4. ^ "京阪奈けいはんな新しん線せんの正式せいしき名称めいしょうが「けいはんな線せん」に決きまりました" [The official name of the Keihanna New Line has been decided as "Keihanna Line"] (PDF). kintetsu.jp (in Japanese). 1 January 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  5. ^ "「けいはんな線せん」の開業かいぎょう日びを来年らいねん３月がつ２７日にちに決定けっていしました" [The opening date of the "Keihanna Line" has been set for March 27 next year.] (PDF). kintetsu.jp (in Japanese). 4 August 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

External links

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