It was decided that, after the completion of the line, the venture company would become the railway operator owning the facilities while Kintetsu would be the railway operator operating the line, based on the so-called "scheme of separating infrastructure and operation," and in 2000 the construction work started.
完成後は同社が施設を保有する鉄道事業者、近鉄が運営にあたる鉄道事業者となる上下分離方式をとることになり、2000年に着工された。