History
- The section between Kitaōji and Kyoto was completed on May 29, 1981.
- The line was extended from Kyoto to Takeda on June 11, 1988.
- Through services from Kitaōji to Shin-Tanabe on the Kintetsu Kyoto Line started on August 28, 1988.
- The line was extended from Kitaōji to Kitayama on October 24, 1990.
- Oike Station was renamed Karasuma Oike Station on May 22, 1997, prior to the inauguration of the Tōzai Line running beneath the east-west Oike Street (御池通, Oike-dōri?).
- The line was extended from Kitayama to Kokusaikaikan on June 3, 1997.
- Express services from Kokusaikaikan to Kintetsu Nara in Nara started on March 15, 2000.
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