Yodoyabashi Station
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Yodoyabashi 淀屋橋 | |
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| Location | Kitahama Sanchome, Chūō, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市中央区北浜三丁目） Japan |
| Coordinates | 34°41′32″N 135°30′04″E / 34.692317°N 135.501004°E |
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Yodoyabashi Station (淀屋橋駅, Yodoyabashi-eki) is a railway station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line and the Keihan Railway Keihan Main Line. It is the nearest station to Osaka City Hall.
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Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line
Yodoyabashi 淀屋橋 | |
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| Osaka Municipal Subway | |
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| General information | |
| Other names | Osaka City Hall (市役所前) |
| Operated by | Osaka Municipal Subway |
| Line(s) | Midōsuji Line |
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| Other information | |
| Station code | M17 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1933 |
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The subway station is an island platform with two tracks on the 2nd basement. Ticket gates are located in the north, the center-north, the center-south and the south on the 1st basement. The Keihan Main Line is close to the north gates.
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
| B1F | Mezzanine | Ticket gates, ticket/ICOCA/PiTaPa machines, station agent, restrooms Passageways to Keihan Main Line platforms |
| B2F Platform level |
Platform 1 | Midosuji Line towards Nakamozu (Hommachi) → |
| Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 2 | ← Midosuji Line towards Esaka (Umeda) (Through service to Senri-Chūō on the Kitakyu Namboku Line) | |
| 1 | ■ Midosuji Line | for Namba, Tennoji and Nakamozu |
| 2 | ■ Midosuji Line | for Umeda, Shin-Osaka and Senri-Chūō |
Keihan Railway Keihan Main Line
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| Operated by | Keihan Electric Railway |
| Line(s) | Keihan Main Line |
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| Station code | KH01 |
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| Opened | 1963 |
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Keihan station has an island platform serving four tracks on the 2nd basement. Ticket gates are located on the 1st basement, and named in order from the east to west, East Gates 2, East Gates 1, Central Gates, West Gates and West Exit Gates 0. The Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line is close to the West Gates and the West Exit Gates 0.
The following ticket gates are open during the following hours.[1][2]
- East Gates 1 - only on weekday rush-hours (7:30–9:50, 17:10–21:15)
- East Gates 2 - only on weekday mornings (7:30–9:50)
- West Exit Gates 0 - (7–21 on weekdays and Saturdays, 8–19 on Sandays, Japanese national holidays, obon period and year-change period)
In addition, West Gates are used only for exit till 9 on weekdays.
| 1 | ■ Keihan Line | for Hirakatashi, Chushojima, Sanjo and Demachiyanagi (8 car-length) not in use in off-peak hours every day used for local trains and semi-express trains on weekday rush hours used only for deadhead trains on Saturdays and holidays |
| 2 | ■ Keihan Line | for Hirakatashi, Chushojima, Sanjo and Demachiyanagi (7 car-length) not in use in off-peak hours every day used for local trains and semi-express trains in the rush hours |
| 3 | ■ Keihan Line | for Hirakatashi, Chushojima, Sanjo and Demachiyanagi (8 car-length) mainly used for sub express trains and express trains |
| 4 | ■ Keihan Line | for Hirakatashi, Chushojima, Sanjo and Demachiyanagi (8 car-length) mainly used for limited express trains used for the midnight express train for Kuzuha (departing at 0:20) |
Establishments around the station
- Osaka City Hall
- Nakanoshima Park
- Ōebashi Station (Keihan Railway Nakanoshima Line)
- the headquarters of Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
- the headquarters of Nippon Life Insurance Company
- the headquarters of Mizuno Corporation
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Osaka building
- the headquarters of Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.
- Bank of Japan Osaka branch
- The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Osaka branch
- the headquarters of Resona Holdings
- Mizuho Bank Osaka branch
- The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
- Osaka Suijō Bus Yodoyabashi Pier
Adjacent stations
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| Osaka Municipal Subway | ||||
| Midōsuji Line (M17) | ||||
| Umeda (M16) | - | Hommachi (M18) | ||
| Keihan Railway (KH01) | ||||
| Keihan Main Line | ||||
| Terminus | All types | Kitahama (KH02) | ||
References
- ^ Yodoyabashi Station map (in English) - Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd., as of October 20, 2011
- ^ 淀屋橋駅構内図 (in Japanese) - Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd., as of March 25, 2013
| Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway Namboku Line |  | |
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| Osaka Metro Midosuji Line | ||
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