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This article explains in an easy-to-understand way that even elementary school students can understand why the Kizu-Matsuiyamate section of the JR Gakuen Toshi Line (Katamachi Line) is single track. Originally the line was transferred from Naniwa Railway to Kansai Railway, and was then nationalized, and before the war most of it was single track and non-electrified. During the postwar era of the Japan National Railways, electrification and double tracking were implemented within Osaka Prefecture, and it became a designated electric train section. From the end of the Japan National Railways era to the time when JR was launched, electrification work was carried out on the entire Gakuen Toshi Line, and the non-electrified sections disappeared. However, double tracking was not implemented for the entire line, and it remains single track within Kyoto Prefecture. Recently, it has been assumed that the route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen will pass through Matsuiyamate Station, but there has been no talk of double tracking. <Image source> - Geospatial Information Authority of Japan map