Kintetsu

...A private railway company with the longest operating kilometres of any private railway company, at 594.2km (1997), covering six prefectures from Aichi to Osaka. Abbreviated as Kintetsu. Its main lines include standard gauge lines between Namba and Kashikojima (Osaka Line, Yamada Line, etc.), between Fuse and Kintetsu Nara (Nara Line), between Ise-Nakagawa and Kintetsu Nagoya (Nagoya Line), and between Kyoto and Kashihara-Jingu-mae (Kyoto Line, etc.), as well as 1067mm gauge lines between Osaka Abenobashi and Yoshino (Minami Osaka Line) and between Ibi and Kuwana (Yoro Line).

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kintetsu" is listed below.

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…愛知県から大阪府に至る6府県に594.2km(1997)と私鉄最長の営業キロ数をもつ民営鉄道会社。近鉄と略称。おもな路線には難波～賢島（かしこじま）間(大阪線･山田線ほか)，布施～近鉄奈良間(奈良線)，伊勢中川～近鉄名古屋間(名古屋線)，京都～橿原神宮前間(京都線ほか)の標準軌間線および大阪阿部野橋～吉野間(南大阪線)，揖斐（いび）～桑名間(養老線)の1067mm軌間線がある。…

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