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Keihan Katano Line
A Keihan 10000 series EMU on the Keihan Katano Line
Overview
Native name	京阪交野線
Owner	Keihan Electric Railway
Locale	Osaka Prefecture
Termini	Hirakatashi Kisaichi
Stations	8
Service
Type	Commuter rail
History
Opened	10 July 1929
Technical
Line length	6.9 km (4.3 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Minimum radius	162 m
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	90 km/h (55 mph)
Route map Legend Nakanoshima Keihan Main Line /Nakanoshima Line Temmabashi Keihan Main Line 0.0 Hirakatashi Keihan Main Line 1.0 Miyanosaka 1.7 Hoshigaoka 2.5 Murano 3.4 Kōzu 4.4 Katano-shi Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line)/Kawachi-Iwafune 5.9 Keihanshin Iwafune abandoned in 1948 Mori Signal Box 1987 - 1992 6.1 Kawachi-Mori 6.9 Kisaichi

TheKeihan Katano Line (京阪交野線,Keihan Katano-sen) is a 6.9 km railway line in northernOsaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by theprivate railway companyKeihan Electric Railway. It connectsHirakatashi Station on theKeihan Main Line withKisaichi Station.^[1]

All trains stop at all stations, except as noted below. There is no through service to Keihan Main Line.

Until 15 March 2013, several trains through toKeihan Main Line were operated on weekdays, as rapid trains. They were named "Hikoboshi" and "Orihime", unlike other Keihan line rapid trains which were not named.

Rapid Express (快速急行,Kaisoku Kyūkō)

Operated weekday nights, fromNakanoshima for Kisaichi, stopped at Watanabebashi, Ōebashi and Naniwabashi on theNakanoshima Line, then Temmabashi, Kyōbashi, Moriguchishi, Neyagawashi, Kōrien and Hirakatashi on the Keihan Main Line, and all stations on the Katano Line

Commuter Rapid Express (通勤快急,Tsūkin Kaikyū)

Operated weekday mornings, from Kisaichi for Nakanoshima, stopped at all stations on the Katano Line to Hirakatashi, then Kōrien, Neyagawashi, Kyōbashi and Temmabashi on the Keihan Main Line, then Naniwabashi, Ōebashi and Watanabebashi on the Nakanoshima Line

All stations are inOsaka Prefecture.

Trains on the line are formed as 4- or 5-carelectric multiple unit (EMU) sets.

• 10000 series 4-car EMUs
• 13000 series 4-car EMUs (since 9 June 2012)

Former

• 1900 series 5-car EMUs
• 2600 series 4-car EMUs

The line was built and opened by an independent railway company, Shigi-Ikoma Electric Railway (信貴生駒電鉄,Shigi Ikoma Dentetsu) in 1929.^{[citation needed]} The company aimed to build a line to connect its main line, the present-dayIkoma Line, but cancelled the plan for financial reasons, and transferred the operation to Keihan. The operator was renamed Katano Electric Railway (交野電気鉄道,Katano Denki Tetsudō) in 1939, Keihanshin Express Electric Railway (京阪神急行電鉄,Keihanshin Kyūkō Dentetsu) in May 1945, andKeihan Electric Railway on 1 December 1949.^[2]

From 9 June 2012, new13000 series 4-car EMUs were introduced on the line.^[3]

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