Tanimachi Kyūchōme Station

Tanimachi Kyūchōme 谷町九丁目
Central gate
General information
Location	Ikutamamaemachi, Tennoji, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市天王寺区生玉前町） Japan
Coordinates
Operated by	Osaka Municipal Subway
Line(s)	Tanimachi Line Sennichimae Line
Other information
Station code	T25, S18
History
Opened	1968

Tanimachi Kyūchōme Station (谷町九丁目駅, Tanimachi Kyūchōme-eki) is a railway station on the two lines of Osaka Municipal Subway in Ikutamamaemachi, Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan. Nicknamed "Tani Kyū (たにきゅう)", the station connects to Osaka Uehommachi Station on the Kintetsu Lines.

Lines

• Osaka Municipal Subway
  • Tanimachi Line (T25)
  • Sennichimae Line (S18)
• Kintetsu (Osaka Uehommachi Station)
  • Osaka Line (D03)
  • Namba Line, Nara Line (A03)

Service pattern

The typical hourly off-peak service from this station is as follows.

Tanimachi Line

• 12 trains to Miyakojima, of which:
  • 6 continue to Dainichi
• 12 trains to Fuminosato, of which:
  • 6 continue to Yaominami

Sennichimae Line

• 8 trains (every 7.5 minutes) to Nodahanshin
• 8 trains (every 7.5 minutes) to Minami-Tatsumi

Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks for the Tanimachi Line on the first basement, and an island platform serving two tracks for the Sennichimae Line on the second basement. The platform for the Sennichimae Line is fenced with platform gates on both side.

Platforms

Tanimachi Line

1	■ Tanimachi Line	for Tennoji, Fuminosato, and Yaominami
2	■ Tanimachi Line	for Higashi-Umeda, Miyakojima, and Dainichi

Sennichimae Line

1	■ Sennichimae Line	for Tsuruhashi and Minami-Tatsumi
2	■ Sennichimae Line	for Namba, Awaza, and Nodahanshin

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tanimachi Line (T25)
Tanimachi Rokuchome (T24)		-	Shitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka (T26)
Sennichimae Line (S18)
Nippombashi (S17)		-	Tsuruhashi (S19)

History

The station opened on December 17, 1968 as a stop on Line 2. It became an interchange station on July 25, 1969 when it became the terminus of the section of Line 5 between here and Imazato. Later that year, on December 6, Lines 2 and 5 were named the Tanimachi and Sennichimae Lines respectively. On March 11, 1970, the section of the Sennichimae line between here and Sakuragawa opened, allowing trains to run to Nodahanshin.

Surrounding area

• Ikukunitama Shrine
• Kozugu
• International House, Osaka
• Seifu Junior/Senior High School
• Uenomiya Junior/Senior High School
• Meisei Junior/Senior High School
• Uehommachi Hi-Hi Town
• Kintetsu Group Holdings Headquarters
• Kintetsu Department Store Uehommachi
• Sheraton Miyako Hotel Osaka

Buses

Tanimachi Kyuchome (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)

• Route 73 for Deto Bus Terminal via Uehommachi Rokuchome and Katsuyama Sanchome / for Namba

Uehommachi Rokuchome (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)

see Osaka Uehommachi Station

References

This article incorporates material translated from 谷町九丁目駅 (Tanimachi Kyūchōme-eki), retrieved December 31, 2009.