Keihanna Line

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.^[2]

Keihanna Line
Kintetsu 7020 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
Line number	C
Locale	Osaka Prefecture (Higashiōsaka) Nara Prefecture (Ikoma and Nara City)
Termini	Nagata Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka
Stations	8
Color on map	(#65c03a)
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)[1]
History
Opened	1 October 1986; 38 years ago (1986-10-01)
Last extension	27 March 2006; 19 years ago (2006-03-27)
Technical
Line length	18.8 km (11.7 mi)
Number of tracks	Double-track
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)
Signalling	Automatic closed block
Train protection system	WS-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 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 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. (東大阪生駒鉄道, 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, 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.
• 31 January 2005 - The Keihanna New Line extension was officially named the "Keihanna Line (けいはんな線, 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 Yumeshima via the Osaka Metro Chūō Line ↑
No.	Station	Distance (km)	Connections	Location
C 23	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	A Kintetsu-Nara Line G Ikoma Line Y 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