Moreover, Shinkeihan Railway conceived a project to construct the Nagoya Express Railway, which would extend from Baba in Otsu City to Nagoya City across the Suzuka Mountains; however, due to the financial crisis (the Showa Depression) the project became a dead issue.
さらに京阪では、その大津市馬場から鈴鹿山脈を越えて名古屋市に至る名古屋急行電鉄の建設計画も持っていたが、恐慌のため立ち消えとなった。