Keihan Katano Line

The Nihongo|Katano Line|交野線|Katano-sen is a 6.9km length railway line of a Japanese private railway company Keihan Electric Railway, in northern Osaka Prefecture from Hirakatashi Station on the Keihan Main Line southbound to Kisaichi Station.

History

The line was built and opened by an independent railway company, Nihongo|Shigi-Ikoma Electric Railway|信貴生駒電鉄|Shigi Ikoma Dentetsu in 1929. The company aimed to build a line to connect its main line, present Ikoma Line of Kintetsu. The company cancelled the plan by financial reason, and commissioned the operation to Keihan. Later the operator changed, namely in 1939 Nihongo|Katano Electric Railway|交野電気鉄道|Katano Denki Tetsudō, Nihongo|Keihanshin Express Electric Railway|京阪神急行電鉄|Keihanshin Kyūkō Dentetsu in 1945, finally in 1949 present Keihan Electric Railway.

The line had been single-tracked, but in 1992 the second tracks completed.

Operation

In the line all trains stop all stations. Several trains through to Keihan Main Line are operated on weekdays, as rapid trains. They are exceptionally named "Hikoboshi" and "Orihime", unlike other anonymous rapids of Keihan trains. ;Nihongo|Local|普通|Futsū (L):Between Hirakatashi and Kisaichi. No through service to Keihan Main Line. Exclusively in daytime of weekdays and all day of holidays;Nihongo|Sub Express|準急|Junkyū "Hikoboshi" "(H)":In the weekday evenings, from ja-stalink|Temmabashi for Kisaichi, stops at Kyōbashi, Moriguchi-shi, all stations from Kayashima to Hirakata-shi on the Keihan Main Line, and all stations on the Katano Line;Nihongo|K-Limited Express|K特急|K Tokkyū "Orihime" "(O)":In the weekday mornings, from Kisaichi for Yodoyabashi, stops at all stations on the Katano Line to Hirakata-shi, then Kyōbashi, Temmabashi, and Kitahama on Keihan Main Line

tations

All stations are in Osaka Prefecture.

**1: From Temmabashi
**2: To Yodoyabashi

Rolling stock

EMUs on the line are 4 or 5-car sets.;10000 series:4-car, operated as conductor-less. Newest EMU series of Keihan;2600 series:4-car;1900 series:5-car, retiring