Tanimachi Kyūchōme Station

Tanimachi Kyūchōme
谷町九丁目

Central gate
Location Ikutamamaemachi, Tennoji, Osaka, Osaka
(大阪市天王寺区生玉前町)
Japan
Coordinates Coordinates: 34°40′1.72″N 135°30′57.03″E / 34.6671444°N 135.5158417°E / 34.6671444; 135.5158417
Operated by Osaka Municipal Subway
Line(s)
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

Service pattern

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

Tanimachi Line

Sennichimae Line

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

Buses

Tanimachi Kyuchome (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)
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.

    This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, December 16, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.