Keihan Katano Line

Keihan Katano Line
Keihan 10000 series EMU
Overview
Native name	京阪交野線
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Osaka Prefecture
Termini	Hirakatashi Kisaichi
Stations	8
Operation
Opened	10 July 1929
Owner	Keihan Electric Railway
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 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 Iwafuneabandoned in 1948 Mori Signal Box1987 - 1992 6.1 Kawachi-Mori 6.9 Kisaichi

The Keihan Katano Line (京阪交野線, Keihan Katano-sen^?) is a 6.9 km railway line in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keihan Electric Railway. It connects Hirakatashi Station on the Keihan Main Line with Kisaichi Station.

All trains stop all stations. There is no through service to Keihan Main Line.

Until 15 March 2013, several trains through to Keihan 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.

All stations are in Osaka Prefecture.

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

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. The company aimed to build a line to connect its main line, the present-day Ikoma 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, and Keihan Electric Railway on 1 December 1949.