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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Cosmosquare Station

Cosmosquare Station (コスモスクエア駅, Kosumosukuea-eki) is a metro station on the Osaka Metro Chūō Line and Nankō Port Town Line (New Tram) in Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan. This station serves as the starting terminus of the Nankō Port Town Line.

Lines

The underground subway platform at Cosmosquare Station on the Chūō Line (July 2014).
Osaka Metro

History

Line map from February 2004, highlighting the OTS-operated sections of the Chūō Line and Nankō Port Town Line in the thickest line.
  • The station opened to rail traffic on December 18, 1997 as the then-westernmost station on the Osaka Municipal Subway network, and was managed by Osaka Port Transport System Co., Ltd. [ja]. The name "Cosmosquare" was selected in a public poll conducted in 1988 for residents of Osaka, relating to the development of "Techno Port Osaka" on the artificial islands of the Osaka Bay area.
  • On July 1, 2005, Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau took over management of the station; Osaka Metro would subsequently take over management of the station on April 1, 2018.
  • A mini aquarium was installed on the subway platform at one time. Due to excessive maintenance costs and the relatively few users of the station, it was removed.
  • A different train approach melody was used on the station, playing a sound similar to that of an ocean wave. On March 27, 2007, the melody was changed to the standard approach melody that is used on the metro.
  • A potential extension to the artificial island of Yumeshima was first discussed in the 1990s as part of Osaka's unsuccessful bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Yumesaki Tunnel, which opened on August 1, 2009, was built with space for the Chūō Line to extend westward to Yumeshima (this segment now called the OTS North Technoport Line [ja]), which opened on 19 January 2025 in advance of Expo 2025 to be held at said site.

Layout

1F Street Level Exit/Entrance
B1F Mezzanine One-way faregates, ticket/ICOCA/PiTaPa machines, station agent
B2F Platform 3 Nankō Port Town Line toward Nakafuto and Suminoekōen (Trade Center-mae)
Island platform, doors will open on the left/right
Platform 4 Nankō Port Town Line toward for Nakafuto and Suminoekōen (Trade Center-mae)
B3F Platform 1 Chūō Line toward Hommachi, Tanimachi Yonchome, Morinomiya, Nagata, Ikoma, and Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka (Osakako)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 Chūō Line toward Yumeshima

Surrounding area

34°38′35″N 135°24′45″E / 34.64306°N 135.41250°E / 34.64306; 135.41250

References

  1. ^ "Chuo Line Subway | Japan Experience". www.japan-rail-pass.com. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  2. ^ "Subway Top Page|Osaka Metro". Osaka Metro. Retrieved 2024-04-14.