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.

Shinsaibashi Station

心斎橋駅
Osaka Metro station
General information
Operated by Osaka Metro
Line(s)
Platforms2 island platforms (1 for each line)
Tracks4 (2 for each line)
Connections Yotsubashi Line (Yotsubashi  Y 14 )
Other information
Station code M 19   N 15 
History
Opened20 May 1933 (Midosuji Line)
11 December 1996 (Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line)
Services
Preceding station Osaka Metro Following station
Hommachi
 M 18 
towards Esaka
Midōsuji Line Namba
 M 20 
towards Nakamozu
Nishiōhashi
 N 14 
towards Taishō
Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line Nagahoribashi
 N 16 
Location
Shinsaibashi Station is located in Osaka Prefecture
Shinsaibashi Station
Shinsaibashi Station
Location within Osaka Prefecture
Shinsaibashi Station is located in Japan
Shinsaibashi Station
Shinsaibashi Station
Shinsaibashi Station (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 Senri-Chūō
Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line (N15)
1  Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line for Morinomiya, Kyobashi and Kadomaminami
2  Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line for Taisho

Surroundings

References

34°40′30.08″N 135°30′1.11″E


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