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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Shinsaibashi Station

Shinsaibashi Station (心斎橋駅, Shinsaibashi-eki) is a metro station on the Osaka Metro located in Shinsaibashi, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan.

Lines

For the purpose of fare calculation, Shinsaibashi Station is treated as the same station as Yotsubashi Station on the Yotsubashi Line.

History

  • May 20, 1933 - The Midōsuji Line from transient Umeda Station to Shinsaibashi Station opened.
  • December 11, 1996 - The Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line from Kyobashi to Shinsaibashi was opened, and the line was renamed the Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line.
  • August 29, 1997 - The Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line from Shinsaibashi to Taisho and from Tsurumi-ryokuchi and Kadoma-minami were opened.

It was announced in 2014 that the Midōsuji Line will get platform screen doors installed at the station.

Layout

This station has an island platform with two tracks for each line. The one for the Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line is fenced with platform gates.

Midōsuji Line (M19)
1  Midōsuji Line for Namba, Tennōji and Nakamozu
2  Midōsuji Line for Umeda, Shin-Ōsaka and Minoh-kayano
Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line (N15)
1  Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line for Morinomiya, Kyobashi and Kadomaminami
2  Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line for Taisho

Surroundings

References

  1. ^ "Osaka subway's Sennichimae Line to have platform screen doors installed in every station Chinese translation to follow". Asian Public Transport. February 13, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.

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