Shinsaibashi Station

Shinsaibashi 心斎橋
Osaka Municipal Subway station
Midosuji Line platform
General information
Operated by	Osaka Municipal Subway
Line(s)	Midosuji Line Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line
Connections	Yotsubashi Line at Yotsubashi
Other information
Station code	M19 (Midosuji Line) N15 (Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line)
History
Opened	1933 (Midosuji Line) 1996 (Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line)

Shinsaibashi Station (心斎橋駅, Shinsaibashi-eki) is a metro station on the Osaka Municipal Subway located in Shinsaibashi, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan.

Lines

• Osaka Municipal Subway
  • Midōsuji Line (Station number: M19)
  • Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line (Station number: N15)
  • Yotsubashi Line (Yotsubashi Station, Station number: Y14)

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.

Layout

Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line platform

Station sign (Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line)

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

• Daimaru
  • North Building
  • Head Building
  • South Building
• Tokyu Hands
• Amerikamura
• Shinsaibashisuji Shopping Arcade
• Crysta Nagahori
• OPA
• Camera Naniwa
• Hotel Nikko Osaka

Stations next to Shinsaibashi

«		Service	»
Osaka Municipal Subway
Midōsuji Line (M19)
Hommachi (M18)		-	Namba (M20)
Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line (N15)
Nishiohashi (N14)		-	Nagahoribashi (N16)