Cosmosquare Station

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Cosmosquare Station (コスモスクエア駅, Kosumosukuea-eki^?) is a train station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line and Nankō Port Town Line (New Tram) in Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan. This station serves as the starting terminus of both lines. It is the stop that services the Cosmosquare Complex.

Contents 1 Lines 2 History 3 Layout 3.1 Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line 3.2 Nankō Port Town Line 4 Stations next to Cosmosquare 5 External links

[edit] Lines

• Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line (Station Number: C10)
• Nankō Port Town Line (Station Number: P09)

[edit] History

• The station opened to rail traffic on December 18, 1997 on the Osaka Port Transport System Techno Port Line.
• On July 1, 2005, Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau took over management of the station
• A mini aquarium was installed on the subway platform at one time. Due to excessive maintenance costs and the relatively few users of the station, it was removed
• A different train approach melody was used on the station, playing a sound similar to that of an ocean wave. On March 27, 2007, the melody was changed to the standard approach melody used on the Chuo Line.

[edit] Layout

[edit] Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line

• There is an island platform and two tracks on the third basement.

1	■Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line	for Osakako, Hommachi, Tanimachi Yonchome, Morinomiya, Nagata, Ikoma and Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka
2	■Osaka Municipal Subway Chuo Line	Terminus

[edit] Nankō Port Town Line

• On the level above the Chūō Line, there is an island platform with glass walls on both side and two tracks on the second basement.

3, 4

■Nankō Port Town Line

for Nakafuto and Suminoekōen

[edit] Stations next to Cosmosquare

«		Service	»
Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line (C10)
Terminus		-	Osakako (C11)
Nanko Port Town Line (New Tram) (P09)
Terminus		-	Trade Center-mae (P10)

[edit] External links

• Cosmosquare Station

v • d • e Stations on the Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line and the Kintetsu Keihanna Line (Yumehanna) Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line Cosmosquare - Ōsakakō - Asashiobashi - Bentenchō - Kujō - Awaza - Hommachi - Sakaisuji-Hommachi - Tanimachi Yonchōme - Morinomiya - Midoribashi - Fukaebashi - Takaida - Nagata Kintetsu Keihanna Line Nagata - Aramoto - Yoshita - Shin-Ishikiri- Ikoma - Shiraniwadai - Gakken Kita-Ikoma - Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka

v • d • e Stations on the Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau Nankō Port Town Line Cosmosquare - Trade Center-mae - Nakafuto - Port Town-nishi - Port Town-higashi - Ferry Terminal - Nankō-higashi - Nankōguchi - Hirabayashi - Suminoekōen