The line between Katamachi and Shijonawate was opened by the Naniwa Railway in 1895 for visiting the shrine in Jigen-ji Temple (Daito City) and Shijonawate-jinja Shrine at the western foot of Mt. Iimori in the northern part of the Ikoma Mountain Range.
片町-四条畷間は、浪速鉄道が生駒山地北部の飯盛山西麓にある慈眼寺(大東市)・四條畷神社への参詣鉄道として1895年に開業させたもの。