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

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

History

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  • 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

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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

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References

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  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.

34°40′30.08″N 135°30′1.11″E / 34.6750222°N 135.5003083°E / 34.6750222; 135.5003083