Osaka Municipal Subway

Osaka Municipal Subway
Background
Locale	Osaka City, Higashiosaka, Kadoma, Moriguchi, Sakai, Suita, and Yao
Transit type	Electrified Metro Railway
Number of lines	8
Number of stations	125
Daily ridership	2,293,257 [1]
Operation
Began operation	1933
Operator(s)	Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
System map
	; Map of Osaka Municipal Subway

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Osaka Municipal Subway (大阪市営地下鉄, Ōsaka-shiei chikatetsu^?) is the metro network in the city of Osaka, Japan, forming an integral part of the extensive mass transit system of Greater Osaka (Kansai region), having 125 out of the 1,108 rail stations (2007) in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto region.^[1] In 2010 the greater Osaka region had 13 million rail passengers daily (see Transport in Keihanshin) of which the Osaka subway accounts for 2.29 million.^[2] It is operated by Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau. Its first service, the Midōsuji Line from Umeda to Shinsaibashi, opened in 1933.

[edit] Rolling stock

Osaka Municipal Subway rolling stock is divided into conventional electric motored trains and linear motored trains.

[edit] Electric motored

10 series: Midōsuji Line
20 series: Chūō Line
21 series ("New 20 series"): Midōsuji Line
22 series ("New 20 series"): Tanimachi Line
23 series ("New 20 series"): Yotsubashi Line
24 series ("New 20 series"): Chūō Line (A variant of the 24 series is used on the Chūō Line in Osaka Port Transport System livery.)
25 series ("New 20 series"): Sennichimae Line
30 series: Tanimachi Line (from 1967) and (formerly) Midōsuji Line (30 series trains on the Midōsuji Line were withdrawn in 1993.)
66 series: Sakaisuji Line
30000 series: Tanimachi Line

[edit] Linear motored

70 series: Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line
80 series: Imazatosuji Line

[edit] Lines

Eight subway lines are currently operated.

Color & icon	Name		Mark	First section opened	Last ex- tension	Length km/miles	Stations
	Via trackage rights	Kitakyū Namboku Line	M	1970	1970	5.9/3.7	4^{[Note 1]}
	Line 1	Midōsuji Line	M	1933	1987	24.5/15.2	20
	Line 2	Tanimachi Line	T	1967	1983	28.1/17.5	26
	Line 3	Yotsubashi Line	Y	1942	1970	11.4/7.1	11
	Line 4	Chūō Line (Yumehanna)	C	1997^{[Note 2]}	-	2.4/1.5	2^{[Note 3]}
	Line 4	Chūō Line (Yumehanna)		1961^{[Note 4]}	2005	15.5/9.6	13
	Via trackage rights	Kintetsu Keihanna Line (Yumehanna)		1986	2006	18.8/11.7	8^{[Note 5]}
	Line 5	Sennichimae Line	S	1969	1981	12.6/7.8	13
	Via trackage rights	Hankyu Senri Line	-	1969	-	13.6/8.5	11^{[Note 6]}
	Via trackage rights	Hankyu Kyoto Line	-	1969^{[Note 7]}	-	41.1/25.5	22^{[Note 8]}
	Line 6	Sakaisuji Line	K	1969	1993	8.5/5.3	10
	Line 7	Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line	N	1990	1997	15.0/9.3	16
	Line 8	Imazatosuji Line	I	2006	-	11.9/7.4	11
Automated people mover
	-	Nankō Port Town Line	P	1997^{[Note 9]}	-	0.7/0.4	2^{[Note 10]}
	-	Nankō Port Town Line	P	1981^{[Note 11]}	2005	7.2/4.5	9

[edit] Notes

^ Including Esaka Station
^ Owned by Osaka Port Transport System between Cosmosquare Station and Osakakō Station
^ Including Osakakō Station
^ Between Osakakō Station and Nagata Station
^ Including Nagata Station
^ Including Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme Station
^ Between Awaji Station and Kawaramachi Station
^ Including Awaji Station
^ Owned by Osaka Port Transport System between Cosmosquare Station and Trade Center-mae Station
^ Including Trade Center-mae Station
^ Between Trade Center-mae Station and Suminoekoen Station

In addition, there several line extensions and one new line planned and under review.

Color	Name		Mark	Start	Terminus	Length km/miles
	Line 3	Yotsubashi Line	Y	Nishi-Umeda	Jūsō	2.9/1.8
	Line 5	Sennichimae Line	S	Minami-Tatsumi	towards Mito	(TBD)
	Line 7	Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line	N	Taishō	Tsurumachi Yonchōme (vicinity)	5.5/3.4
	Line 8	Imazatosuji Line	I	Imazato	Yuzato Rokuchōme	6.7/4.2
(TBD)	Line 9	Shikitsu–Nagayoshi Line (provisional)	-	Suminoekōen	Kire-Uriwari	6.9/~4.3

[edit] Fares

Ticket machines and fare maps at Shinsaibashi Station

Osaka Municipal Subway charges fares of between 200 yen and 360 yen for single rides for adult passengers based on distance traveled. Some discount fares exist.

section	Rates (yen)
Section 1 (1–3 km)	adults: 200 yen children: 100 yen
Section 2 (4–7 km)	adults: 230 yen children: 120 yen
Section 3 (8–13 km)	adults: 270 yen children: 140 yen
Section 4 (14–19 km)	adults: 310 yen children: 160 yen
Section 5 (20–25 km)	adults: 360 yen children: 180 yen

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ōsaka Metro

http://www.kotsu.city.osaka.jp/foreign/english/index.html - Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau
http://www.kotsu.city.osaka.jp/foreign/english/subway/img/map.pdf - Osaka Municipal Subway route map (a PDF reader is required)

[2] Including Esaka Station

[3] Owned by Osaka Port Transport System between Cosmosquare Station and Osakakō Station

[4] Including Osakakō Station

[5] Between Osakakō Station and Nagata Station

[6] Including Nagata Station

[7] Including Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme Station

[8] Between Awaji Station and Kawaramachi Station

[9] Including Awaji Station

[10] Owned by Osaka Port Transport System between Cosmosquare Station and Trade Center-mae Station

[11] Including Trade Center-mae Station

[12] Between Trade Center-mae Station and Suminoekoen Station

[0] MiSoL ASP会員サービス・アプリケーション概要

[1] ttp://www.mlit.go.jp/kisha/kisha07/01/010330_3/01.pdf

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Osaka Municipal Subway

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[edit] Rolling stock

[edit] Electric motored

[edit] Linear motored

[edit] Lines

[edit] Notes

[edit] Fares

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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