Midōsuji Line
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| Midōsuji Line | |
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 Series 20 train with red line,
the colour of Midōsuji Line |
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| Line number: | 1 |
| Gauge: | 1435 mm |
| Voltage: | 750 = |
| Maximum speed: | 70 km/h |
The Midōsuji Line (御堂筋線 Midōsuji-sen?) is one of the Osaka Municipal Subway lines, the rapid transit system in Osaka City, Japan. Constructed under Midōsuji, a north-south major street, the line is the oldest line of the Osaka subway system and the second oldest in Japan, following the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.
North of Nakatsu it runs above ground in the median of Shin-midōsuji, an elevated freeway.
The section between Senri-chūō and Esaka is owned and operated by Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway (北大阪急行電鉄 Kita Osaka Dentetsu?), but is seamless to the passengers except with respect to fare calculations.
[edit] History
The Midōsuji Line was the first subway line in Osaka and the first government-operated subway line in Japan. Its construction was partly an effort to give work to the many unemployed people in Osaka during the early 1930s. The initial tunnel from Umeda and Shinsaibashi, dug entirely by hand, opened in 1933 after being initially plagued by cave-ins and water leakage caused by the poor composition of the earth below northern Osaka and the equally poor engineering skills of the work crew. The first cars were hauled onto the line by manpower and pack animals from the National Railway tracks near Umeda.[citation needed]
Although the line only operated with single cars at first, its stations were designed from the outset to handle trains of up to eight cars. The line was gradually extended over the next few decades, completing its current length in 1987.
- May 20, 1933 - Umeda (temporary station) - Shinsaibashi (opening)
- October 6, 1935 - Umeda Station (present station) opens.
- October 30, 1935 - Shinsaibashi - Namba (opening)
- April 21, 1938 - Namba - Tennōji (opening)
- Construction stopped during World War II.
- December 20, 1951 - Tennōji - Shōwachō (opening)
- October 5, 1952 - Shōwachō - Nishitanabe (opening)
- July 1, 1960 - Nishitanabe - Abiko (opening)
- September 1, 1964 - Umeda - Shin-Osaka (opening)
- February 24, 1970 - Shin-Osaka - Esaka together with Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway (Kitakyu) (opening)
- April 18, 1987 - Abiko - Nakamozu (opening)
[edit] Stations
For connections and distances, see route diagram.
| Station | Location | |
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| Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway Namboku Line | ||
| M08 | Senri-Chūō | Toyonaka |
| M09 | Momoyama-dai | Suita |
| M10 | Ryokuchi-kōen | Toyonaka |
| Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line | ||
| M11 | Esaka | Suita |
| M12 | Higashi-Mikuni | Yodogawa-ku, Osaka |
| M13 | Shin-Osaka | |
| M14 | Nishinakajima- Minamigata |
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| M15 | Nakatsu | Kita-ku, Osaka |
| M16 | Umeda | |
| M17 | Yodoyabashi | Chūō-ku, Osaka |
| M18 | Hommachi | |
| M19 | Shinsaibashi | |
| M20 | Namba | |
| M21 | Daikokuchō | Naniwa-ku, Osaka |
| M22 | Dōbutsuen-mae | Nishinari-ku, Osaka |
| M23 | Tennōji | Abeno-ku, Osaka |
| M24 | Shōwachō | |
| M25 | Nishitanabe | |
| M26 | Nagai | Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka |
| M27 | Abiko | |
| M28 | Kita-Hanada | Kita-ku, Sakai |
| M29 | Shinkanaoka | |
| M30 | Nakamozu | |
[edit] Statistics
- Distance: 24.5 km (not including Kitakyu); 30.4 km (including Kitakyu)
- Voltage: 750 V DC, third rail
- Line color: red
- Line symbol: M
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