Dōbutsuen-mae Station

Exit 5, near Tsutenkaku (2013)

Dōbutsuen-mae Station, Midosuji Line

Dōbutsuen-mae Station (動物園前駅 Dōbutsuenmae-eki, Shinsekai) is a railway station on the Osaka Municipal Subway in Nishinari-ku, Osaka, Japan. The name in English means "in front of the zoo". It is one of the nearest stations to the Tennōji Zoo and Tsutenkaku.

Lines

• Osaka Municipal Subway
  • Midōsuji Line (M22)
  • Sakaisuji Line (K19)
• West Japan Railway (JR West) (Shin-Imamiya Station)
  • Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)
  • Osaka Loop Line
• Nankai Electric Railway (NK03: Shin-Imamiya Station)
  • Nankai Main Line
  • Kōya Line
• Hankai Tramway (HN52: Shin-Imamiya-Ekimae Station)
  • Hankai Line

Layout

Midōsuji Line

• There are two side platforms with two tracks.

1	■ Midōsuji Line	for Tennōji and Nakamozu
2	■ Midōsuji Line	for Namba, Umeda, Shin-Osaka and Senri-Chūō

Sakaisuji Line

• There is an island platform with two tracks under the Midosuji Line.

1	■ Sakaisuji Line	to Tengachaya
2	■ Sakaisuji Line	for Nippombashi, Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchome, Awaji, Kita-Senri and Takatsuki-shi

Surroundings

• Shinsekai
  • Tsutenkaku
  • Jan Jan Yokocho
  • SpaWorld
• Tennoji Park
  • Tennoji Zoo
  • Osaka Municipal Museum of Art
• Imamiya-ebisu
• Nishinari Police Station
• Kamagasaki
  • Tobita Shinchi

Bus

Subway Dobutsuen-mae (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)

• Route 7: for Abenobashi / for Sumiyoshigawa-nishi
• Route 48: for Abenobashi / for Subway Suminoekoen
• Route 52: for Abenobashi / for Namba
• Route 80: for Abenobashi / for Tsurumachi Yonchome

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line (M22)
Daikokuchō (M21)		-	Tennōji (M23)
Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line (K19)
Ebisuchō (K18)		Local		Tengachaya (K20)
Ebisuchō (K18)		Semi-Express		Tengachaya (K20)
Extra Limited Express "Hozu": Does not stop at this station

External links

• (Japanese) Dobutsuen-Mae Station from Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau website

Coordinates: 34°38′56″N 135°30′16″E / 34.648816°N 135.504411°E