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.[1]

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
  • Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line platform
    Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line platform
  • Station sign (Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line)
    Station sign (Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line)

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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