Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line

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Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line
Series 70 linear motor EMU heading to Kadoma-Minami
Line number:	7
Line length:	15.0 km
Gauge:	1435 mm
Voltage:	1500 =
Maximum speed:	70 km/h
Legend JR West (JR-W): Osaka Loop Line 0.0 N11 Taishō Shirinashi River Hanshin: Hanshin Namba Line (opening in spring 2009) Hanshin: Dome-mae 0.6 N12 Dome-mae Chiyozaki Kizu River 1.6 N13 Nishi-Nagahori Sennichimae Line (S14) 2.2 N14 Nishi-Ōhashi Yotsubashi Line Yotsubashi (Y14) 2.7 N15 Shinsaibashi Midōsuji Line (M19) 3.4 N16 Nagahoribashi Sakaisuji Line (K16) 4.0 N17 Matsuyamachi Tanimachi Line (T24) 4.4 N18 Tanimachi Rokuchōme JR-W: Osaka Loop Line 5.7 N19 Tamatsukuri Chūō Line (C19) 6.7 N20 Morinomiya Hirano River 7.8 N21 Osaka Business Park Neya River JR-W: JR Tōzai Line Keihan: Keihan Main Line 8.5 N22 Kyōbashi JR-W: Osaka Loop Line Keihan: Keihan Main Line JR-W: Katamachi (Gakkentoshi) Line JR-W: Osaka Higashi Line Imazatosuji Line (I18) 10.2 N23 Gamō Yonchōme Jōtō Canal 11.4 N24 Imafuku-Tsurumi 12.5 N25 Yokozutsumi Imazatosuji Line Tsurumi-ryokuchi-kita depot Tsurumi depot 13.7 N26 Tsurumi-ryokuchi 15.0 N27 Kadomaminami

The Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line (長堀鶴見緑地線, Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Sen^?) is a line of the Osaka Municipal Subway, the underground rapid transit system in Osaka, Japan. It was the first linear motor metro line built in Japan.

Contents 1 History 2 Stations 3 Statistics 4 External links

[edit] History

The line is named after Nagahori-dori, a major avenue which it follows through central Osaka, and the Tsurumi-ryokuchi, a park in northeastern Osaka which hosted the International Flower and Greenery Exposition in 1990. The line was built in part to provide access to the park during the exhibition. Its first segment opened on March 31, 1990 between Kyōbashi and Tsurumi-ryokuchi, at which time it was called the Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line.

Under its original plan, the line would have provided access to the Osaka prefectural government offices near Osaka Castle. However, the presence of underground artifacts around the castle area made this plan impractical, and the line was thus shifted farther south, which also provided a better connection with the Chūō Line. On December 11, 1996, the line was opened as far as Shinsaibashi in downtown Osaka, and renamed the Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line.

On August 29, 1997, the line was further extended westward to Taishō and eastward to Kadoma-minami. A further extension westward from Taishō is currently under review.

[edit] Stations

Station		Location
N11	Taishō
N12	Dome-mae Chiyozaki (Kyocera Dome Osaka)	Nishi-ku, Osaka
N13	Nishi-Nagahori
N14	Nishi-Ōhashi
N15	Shinsaibashi	Chūō-ku, Osaka
N16	Nagahoribashi
N17	Matsuyamachi
N18	Tanimachi Rokuchōme
N19	Tamatsukuri	Tennōji-ku, Osaka
N20	Morinomiya	Chūō-ku, Osaka
N21	Osaka Business Park
N22	Kyōbashi	Miyakojima-ku, Osaka
N23	Gamō Yonchōme	Jōtō-ku, Osaka
N24	Imafuku-Tsurumi
N25	Yokozutsumi	Tsurumi-ku, Osaka
N26	Tsurumi-ryokuchi
N27	Kadomaminami	Kadoma

[edit] Statistics

• Line color: yellow green
• Symbol letter: N

[edit] External links

• Adoption of Linear Motor Propulsion System for Subway Fan Site

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