In particular, Kansai Kyuko Railway Co., Ltd, the successor of Sangu Kyuko Electric Railway, successfully connected Osaka City and Nagoya City, two cities not too near nor too far apart (189.5 km in the railway length), through railways, although a train change was required at Ise-Nakagawa Station.
その中でも、参宮急行電鉄が転じた関西急行鉄道は途中での乗り換え（伊勢中川駅）こそあるものの、大阪市と名古屋市という中距離の2大都市間（当時の営業キロで、189.5km）を電車で結ぶことに成功した。