Chūō Line (Osaka)

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Chūō Line (Osaka)
Chūō Line 20 series EMU
Line length:	17.9 km
Gauge:	1435 mm
Voltage:	750 =
Maximum speed:	70 km/h
Legend Osaka City: Nankō Port Town Line (P09) 0.0 C10 Cosmosquare 2.4 C11 Ōsakakō 3.9 C12 Asashiobashi 5.5 C13 Bentenchō JR West: Osaka Loop Line Hanshin: Hanhsin Namba Line (in spring 2009) 6.8 C14 Kujō Kizu River Subway: Sennichimae Line (S13) 8.3 C15 Awaza Subway: Yotsubashi Line (Y13) 9.4 C16 Hommachi Subway: Midōsuji Line (M18) Subway: Sakaisuji Line (K15) 10.1 C17 Sakaisuji-Hommachi Higashi-Yokobori River Subway: Tanimachi Line (T23) 11.1 C18 Tanimachi Yonchōme 12.4 C19 Morinomiya Subway: Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line (N20) JR West: Osaka Loop Line JR West: Morinomiya depot Subway: Morinomiya depot and workshop Hirano River Subway: Imazatosuji Line (I20) 13.6 C20 Midoribashi 14.7 C21 Fukaebashi JR West: Osaka Higashi Line (Takaida-Chūō) 16.1 C22 Takaida Subway Chūō Line 17.9 C23 Nagata Kintetsu: Keihanna Line Ikoma Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka

The Chūō Line (大阪市営地下鉄中央線, Ōsaka-shiei-chikatetsu Chūō-sen^?) is one of the lines of Osaka Municipal Subway, the rapid transit system in Osaka City, Japan.

The line runs east-westerly under Chūō Avenue (中央大通, Chūō Ōdōri^?).

Together with the through operation to the Kintetsu Keihanna Line, the two lines have a unified nickname "Yumehanna" (ゆめはんな, "Yumehanna"^?).

On July 1, 2005, Osaka City bought the Technoport Line (テクノポート線, Technoport Line^?) from Cosmosquare to Osakakō of its subsidiary Osaka Port Transport System Co., Ltd. (大阪港トランスポートシステム, Osaka Port Transport System Co., Ltd.^?), reducing fare to increase traffic. The section became a part of the Chūō Line, however is still owned by OTS.

[edit] History

• December 11, 1961 - Ōsakakō - Bentenchō, as Osaka Subway Line 4
• October 31, 1964 - Bentenchō - Hommachi temporary station
• September 30, 1967 - Tanimachi Yonchōme - Morinomiya
• July 29, 1968 - Morinomiya - Fukaebashi
• July 1, 1969 - The present Hommachi Station
• December 26, 1969 - Named "Chūō Line", Hommachi - Tanimachi Yonchōme
• April 5, 1985 - Fukaebashi - Nagata
• October 1, 1986 - The Kintetsu Higashi-Osaka Line opened, with through operation to Ōsakakō
• December 18, 1997 - Ōsakakō - Cosmosquare, as OTS Technoport Line with through operatio
• July 1, 2005 - The OTS Technoport Line became part of the Chūō Line
• March 27, 2006 - Kintetsu extended its Higasi-Osaka Line to Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka, renamed to the Keihanna Line

[edit] Stations

Station		Location
C10	Cosmosquare	Suminoe-ku, Osaka
C11	Ōsakakō	Minato-ku, Osaka
C12	Asashiobashi
C13	Bentenchō
C14	Kujō	Nishi-ku, Osaka
C15	Awaza
C16	Hommachi	Chūō-ku, Osaka
C17	Sakaisuji-Hommachi
C18	Tanimachi Yonchōme
C19	Morinomiya
C20	Midoribashi	Higashinari-ku, Osaka
C21	Fukaebashi
C22	Takaida	Higashiosaka
C23	Nagata

[edit] Statistics

• Distance: 17.9 km
• Gauge: 1,435 mm
• Voltage: 750 V DC, third rail
• Line color: green
• Symbol letter: C

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