From 2009, when the Hanshin Nishi-Osaka Line of Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. is extended to Kintetsu Nanba Station (which is scheduled to be called the Hanshin Nanba Line after its inauguration), the Hankyu Railway will be the only large private railway company in the Kansai District that has no line in the area of Chuo Ward, Osaka City (although some of the trains on the Kyoto Line (Hankyu) go to Chuo Ward by using the track of the Osaka Municipal Subway's Sakaisuji Line).
阪神電気鉄道阪神西大阪線が近鉄難波駅まで開業する2009年以降は（開業後は阪神なんば線に改称）、関西では唯一大阪市中央区(大阪市)に路線がない大手私鉄となる（但し京都線の車両自体は堺筋線を介して中央区に乗り入れているものもある）。