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INTERVIEW: Keihan to Gain Yumeshima Connection after Casino Resort Opening

INTERVIEW: Keihan to Gain Yumeshima Connection after Casino Resort Opening

Keihan Holdings President Yoshihiro Hirakawa speaks in an interview in Osaka on Aug. 19.
Keihan Holdings President Yoshihiro Hirakawa speaks in an interview in Osaka on Aug. 19.

   Osaka, Aug. 27 (Jiji Press)--Keihan Electric Railway Co. will be able to provide access to Yumeshima after the opening of a casino resort on the artificial island in Osaka Bay, the Keihan group chief said in a recent interview.
   Keihan Holdings Co. plans to extend the Keihan Nakanoshima Line, currently running between Temmabashi Station and Nakanoshima Station in the city of Osaka, to Kujo Station on Osaka Metro Co.'s Chuo Line, the only train line in the western Japan city that provides direct access to Yumeshima, where the 2025 World Exposition is being held.

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