Through negotiations among the parties concerned, it was decided that Kintetsu and Keihan should construct a line up to Aramoto Station and Osaka City a line in the urban area, on the condition that through-service would be provided between the two lines.
話し合いの結果、近鉄と京阪は荒本駅までを、都心部は大阪市がそれぞれ建設して相互直通運転することとなった。