Senri-Chūō Station

Senri-Chūō 千里中央
Senri-Chūō Station
Location	Shinsenri Higashimachi, Toyonaka, Osaka （大阪府豊中市新千里東町一丁目5-4） Japan
Operated by	Kita-Osaka Kyūkō Railway Osaka Monorail
Line(s)	Kitakyū Namboku Line Osaka Monorail Main Line
Other information
Station code	M08, 15
History
Opened	September 14, 1970

Senri-Chūō Station (千里中央駅 Senri-Chūō-eki) is a train station on the Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway (which links directly into the Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line) and Osaka Monorail located in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan. It is the main train station in Senri New Town, and also called "Senchū (せんちゅう)".

Lines

• Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway Namboku Line (Station Number: M08)
• Osaka Monorail Main Line (Station Number: 15)

Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway Namboku Line

Platform of the Namboku Line, Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway in Senri-Chūō Station.

Layout

• There is an island platform on the second basement serving two tracks.

1, 2

■ Kitakyu Namboku Line

for Esaka and the Midosuji Line (Shin-Osaka, Umeda, Namba, Tennoji and Nakamozu)

Music

arrival announcement

• "Funiculì Funiculà" a Napolitan song relating with rail transit
• "Home! Sweet Home!" composed by Henry Bishop, lyrics by John Howard Payne^[1]

departure announcement

• Spring: "Spring Song" from "Song Without Words" Book 5, Op.62 by Felix Mendelssohn^[2]
• Summer: Minuet from "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2 by Georges Bizet^[3]
• Autumn (Fall): "Autumn Leaves" by Joseph Kosma^[4]
• Winter: "Takibi" composed by Shigeru Watanabe, lyrics by Seika Tatsumi^[5]
• Last train for Esaka: "Auld Lang Syne" a Scots poem^[6]

Osaka Monorail Main Line

Layout

• There is an elevated island platform serving two lines.

1	■ Main Line	for Bampaku-kinen-koen (Expo '70 Commemoration Park), Minami-Ibaraki, Kadomashi and Saito-nishi
2	■ Main Line	for Hotarugaike and Osaka International Airport

Surroundings

• Hankyu Oasis
• Senchu Pal
• Senri Selcy
• Senri Hankyu
• Senri Daimaru Plaza
• Yamada Denki LABI Senri
• Yomiuri Bunka Center
• Senri Hankyu Hotel
• Bus stops for Hankyu Bus Co., Ltd.
• Expressway bus stop

• for Niigata
• for Toyama
• for Nagano
• for Shinjuku, Shibuya and Ikebukuro
• for Yokohama, Tokyo, Tokyo Disney Resort, Nishi-Funabashi, Kaihin-Makuhari and Chiba
• for Kochi
• for Matsuyama and Yawatahama
• for Yamaguchi and Shimonoseki
• for Kitakyushu and Fukuoka
• for Nagasaki
• for Kagoshima
• for Shizuoka and Shimizu

Stations next to Senri-Chūō

«		Service	»
Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway Namboku Line (M08)
Terminus		-	Momoyamadai (M09)
Osaka Monorail Main Line (15)
Shoji (14)		-	Yamada (16)

References

1. YouTube. November 28, 2009. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
2. YouTube. April 07, 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
3. YouTube. July 26, 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
4. YouTube. October 31, 2009. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
5. YouTube. February 27, 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
6. YouTube. December 18, 2010. Retrieved 2013-01-11.

External links

34°48′37″N 135°29′43″E / 34.810251°N 135.495153°ECoordinates: 34°48′37″N 135°29′43″E / 34.810251°N 135.495153°E (Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway Namboku Line) 34°48′27″N 135°29′43″E / 34.807466°N 135.495194°E (Osaka Monorail Main Line)