History
The Nagano Line was constructed and opened as the sole line of Kayō Railway (河陽鉄道, Kayō Tetsudō?) who aimed to connect inland town Kawachinagano to Kashiwara on the Kansai Main Line (then of Kansei Railway (関西鉄道, Kansei Tetsudō?, also read as Kwansei, Kansai)). The successor Osaka Railway (II) decided and built its own line directly to Osaka, branching from Dōmyōji. The company then opened a line diverting from Furuichi to Nara Prefecture, to complete present Minami-Osaka Line. Thus the line to Kawachi-Nagano became a branch line, present Nagano Line.
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