History
Part of the line was first built and opened in 1915 onward by an independent railway operator Ise Electric Railway (伊勢電気鉄道, Ise Denki Testudō?) with rail gauge 1.067m. After a complex history it was absorbed to Sangū Kyūkō Electric Railway (参宮急行電鉄, Sangū Kyukō Dentetsu?), a predecessor of Kintetsu.
After the acquisition of a connection to Osaka, it had long been forcing passengers to change trains due to the difference of gauges.
In 1959 the disastrous Ise-wan Typhoon destroyed the line and Kintetsu decided to convert to 1.435m gauge (standard gauge) with the restruction, the standard of the company to enable direct operation between Osaka and Nagoya. Today a number of Limited Express trains between Osaka and Nagoya, and between Nagoya and Ise and Shima area are operated.
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