 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Pakutora mutsetse uyu, Kintetsu zvino yakanga yava nedambudziko nokuti Shima Line, iyo yakatanga paToba Station, yakanga isina kubatana nedzimwe nzira dzakakura dzechitima dzeKintetsu dzakatambanuka kusvika paUjiyamada Station muIse. Uyezve, nzira yechitima uye magetsi anoshandiswa paShima Line akanga akasiyana neakawanda emigwagwa yeKintetsu, kusanganisira Yamada Line yaiva pedyo iyo yakaguma paUjiyamada. Kwenguva yakati, Kintetsu yakapa basa rebhazi pakati peUjiyamada neToba, asi mukupera kwema1960 vakasarudza kuti zvakanga zvakakodzera kugadzira kubatana kwechitima pakati pezviviri netariro yokukwezva vatengi kubva kuWorlds Fair ya1970 yaizouya muOsakakupfurikidza nokupa basa rakananga rechitima kunharaunda yacho. Izvi ndizvo zvakakonzera kuvakwa kweToba Line, uye kuitira kuti pave nebasa rakananga pakati peShima Line, iyo iri kuvakwa Toba Line, iyo Yamada Line, nekupfuura, Shima Line yakavharwa kwemwedzi mina mukupera kwa1969 uye kutanga kwa1970 kuti ichinje gauge uye kaviri voltage kusvika ku1,500 V DC kuti ienderane nemimwe mitsara yeKintetsu yaizobatana nayo. Zvimwe zvigadziridzo zvakawedzerwa zvakadai seATS system, mutsva wekushandura network, uye zvinyoro zvinyoro. Shima Line yakagadziridzwa neToba Line yakanga ichangovakwa yakavhurwa pamwe chete muna March 1970, uye Kintetsu yakatanga kumhanya nezvitima zvishoma zvinokurumidza kubva nokuKashikojima panguva chaiyo yokutanga kweWorlds Fair. Kuwedzera kwakasimba kwevatakurwi pamutsetse uyu kwakatungamirirawo Kintetsu kuisa mari mumabhizimisi akasiyana-siyana ezvokushanyirwa muIse-Shima, zvikurukuru pamutsetse weShima. 