Sennichimae Line

Sennichimae Line

Sennichimae Line 25 series EMU
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System Osaka Municipal Subway
Locale Osaka
Termini Nodahanshin
Minami-Tatsumi[1]
Stations 14
Line number 5
Operation
Opened April 16, 1969
Operator(s) Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau
Depot(s) Morinomiya (located on Chūō Line)
Technical
Line length 12.6 km (7.8 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification 750 V DC, third rail
Operating speed 70 km/h (43 mph)
Route map

The Sennichimae Line (千日前線 Sennichimae-sen) is an underground rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan. It is one of the lines of the Osaka Municipal Subway system operated by the Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau. It links the northwestern district of Fukushima-ku and the southeastern district of Ikuno-ku with the central commercial and entertainment district of Namba. Its official name is Rapid Electric Tramway Line No. 5 (高速電気軌道第5号線), while the Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau refers to it as Osaka City Rapid Railway Line No. 5 (大阪市高速鉄道第5号線), and in MLIT publications, it is written as Line No. 5 (Sennichimae Line) (5号線（千日前線）). Station numbers are indicated by the letter S.

Platform screen doors are located at all of the stations. The first station, Minami-Tatsumi, had them installed on March 14, 2014 and operation started in April. The final station, Nodahanshin, had them installed and operation started in December.[2][3]

Stations

No. Station[4] Japanese Distance
(km)		 Transfers Location
S11 Nodahanshin 野田阪神 0.0 Fukushima-ku, Osaka
S12 Tamagawa 玉川 0.6 JR West: Osaka Loop Line - Noda
S13 Awaza 阿波座 1.9 Chūō Line (C15) Nishi-ku, Osaka
S14 Nishi-Nagahori 西長堀 2.9 Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line (N13)
S15 Sakuragawa 桜川 3.8 Hanshin: Hanshin Namba Line Naniwa-ku, Osaka
S16 Namba 難波 4.9 Chūō-ku, Osaka
S17 Nippombashi 日本橋 5.6
S18 Tanimachi Kyūchōme 谷町九丁目 6.6 Tennōji-ku, Osaka
S19 Tsuruhashi 鶴橋 7.7
  • JR West: Osaka Loop Line
  • Kintetsu: Osaka Line, Nara Line
S20 Imazato 今里 9.2 Imazatosuji Line (I21) Higashinari-ku, Osaka
S21 Shin-Fukae 新深江 10.1
S22 Shōji 小路 11.1 Ikuno-ku, Osaka
S23 Kita-Tatsumi 北巽 12.0
S24 Minami-Tatsumi 南巽 13.1

Rolling stock

Current

As there is no dedicated rolling stock depot on the Sennichimae Line, trains are forwarded to Morinomiya Depot on the Chūō Line via a connecting track at Awaza.

Former

History

References

  1. ↑ Hitachi Review. Hitachi. 3 March 2014. p. 75. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Osaka subway's Sennichimae Line to have platform screen doors installed in every station Chinese translation to follow". Asian Public Transport. February 13, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  3. ↑ 可動式ホーム柵の設置について [About platform doors] (in Japanese). Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ 路線別で探す　千日前線 (in Japanese). Osaka Municipal Transportation Buereau. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
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