History of The Keihanna Line
- September 16, 1977 - Higahi-Osaka Ikoma Railway Co. (東大阪生駒鉄道?) was founded.
- April 1, 1986 - Kintetsu marged Higashi-Osaka Ikoma Railway Co.
- October 1, 1986 - The Higahi-Osaka Line (東大阪線?) from Nagata to Ikoma was opened and the through operation to Osakako Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Chuo Line started.
- December 18, 1997 - The through operation was extended to Cosmosquare Station.
- July 28, 1998 - Nara Ikoma Rapid Transit Railway Co., Ltd. (奈良生駒高速鉄道株式会社?) was founded.
- October, 2000 - The construction of the Keihanna New Line (京阪奈新線?) started.
- January, 2005 - The line was officially named "the Keihanna Line (けいはんな線?)".
- March 27, 2006 - The line from Ikoma to Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka was opened and the Higashi-Osaka Line was renamed the Keihanna Line.
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