Osaka Municipal Subway

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Osaka Municipal Subway
Locale Osaka City, Higashiosaka, Kadoma, Moriguchi, Sakai, Suita, and Yao
Transit type Electrified Metro Railway
Began operation 1933
System length 129.9km
No. of lines Eight
No. of stations 101
Daily ridership 2,260,000[1]
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Operator(s) Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau

Osaka Municipal Subway (大阪市営地下鉄 Ōsaka-shiei chikatetsu?) is the metro network in the city of Osaka, Japan, an integral part of the extensive mass transit system of Greater Osaka (Kansai region), having 101 out of the 1,108 rail stations (2003) in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto region.[1] It is operated by Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau. Its first service, the Midōsuji Line from Umeda to Shinsaibashi, opened in 1933.

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[edit] Rolling stock

The Osaka Municipal Subway uses rolling stock built between 1967 and 2005. All lines are worked by a single type of stock except the Midōsuji, the Tanimachi, and the Chūō Lines. The latest rollout of stock is 80 Series for the Imazatosuji Line on November 2005. The subway rolling stock is mainly divided in two categories, one consisting of conventional electric motored trains and the other of linear motored trains.

Summary of current rolling stock:

[edit] Lines

There are eight subway lines operated now.

Osaka Municipal Subway lines and services
Color Name Label / letter First section
opened		 Last ex-
tension		 Length
km/miles		 Stations served Journeys

per annum (000's)
Red Via trackage rights Kitakyū Namboku Line M 1970 1970 5.9/3.7 4[2] N/A
Line 1 Midōsuji Line 1933 1987 24.5/15.2 20 459,170
Purple Line 2 Tanimachi Line T 1967 1983 28.1/17.5 26 187,610
Blue Line 3 Yotsubashi Line Y 1942 1970 11.4/7.1 11 114,610
Green Line 4 Chūō Line (Yumehanna) C 1997[3] - 2.4/1.5 2[4] N/A
1961[5] 2005 15.5/9.6 13 95,995
Via trackage rights Kintetsu Keihanna Line (Yumehanna) 1986 2006 18.8/11.7 8[6] N/A
Pink Line 5 Sennichimae Line S 1969 1981 12.6/7.8 13 71,905
Brown Via trackage rights Hankyū Senri Line - 1969 - 13.6/8.5 11[7] N/A
Hankyū Kyoto Line 1969[8] - 41.1/25.5 22[9] N/A
Line 6 Sakaisuji Line K 1969 1993 8.5/5.3 10 119,720
Yellow green Line 7 Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line N 1990 1997 15.0/9.3 16 54,750
Golden orange Line 8 Imazatosuji Line I 2006 - 11.9/7.4 11 N/A
Cerulean blue - Nankō Port Town Line P 1997[10] - 0.7/0.4 2[11] 7,106
1981[12] 2005 7.2/4.5 9 24,083

[edit] Rates

Ticket machines and fare maps at Shinsaibashi Station
Ticket machines and fare maps at Shinsaibashi Station

Osaka Municipal Subway charges a fare between 200 yen and 350 yen for single ride of an adult passenger based on travel distance. There exist some discount programs as well.

km Rates (yen)
1-3
  • adults: 200 yen
  • children: 100 yen
4-7
  • adults: 230 yen
  • children: 120 yen
8-13
  • adults: 270 yen
  • children: 140 yen
14-19
  • adults: 310 yen
  • children: 160 yen
20-25
  • adults: 350 yen
  • children: 180 yen

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ MiSoL ASP会員サービス・アプリケーション概要
  2. ^ Including Esaka Station
  3. ^ Owned by OTS between Cosmosquare Station and Osakakō Station
  4. ^ Including Osakakō Station
  5. ^ Between Osakakō Station and Nagata Station
  6. ^ Including Nagata Station
  7. ^ Including Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme Station
  8. ^ Between Awaji Station and Kawaramachi Station
  9. ^ Including Awaji Station
  10. ^ Owned by OTS between Cosmosquare Station and Trade Center-mae Station
  11. ^ Including Trade Center-mae Station
  12. ^ Between Trade Center-mae Station and Suminoekoen Station

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Mass transit in Greater Osaka
Osaka Municipal lines
Subway: ●Chūō • ●Imazatosuji • ●Midōsuji • ●Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi • ●Sennichimae • ●Sakaisuji • ●Tanimachi • ●Yotsubashi  People mover: ●New Tram
JR lines ("Urban Network")
Akō • ●Hanwa • ●Gakkentoshi • ●Kosei • ●Nara • ●Osaka Loop • ●Osaka Higashi • ●Takarazuka • ●Tōkaidō/Sanyō (Biwako - Kyoto - Kobe) • ●Tōzai • ●Yamatoji • ●Yumesaki
Other networks
Hankyū (10) • Hanshin (3) • Keihan (6) • Kintetsu (16) • Kitakyū (1) • Nankai (9) • Osaka Monorail • Semboku Rapid
Around Osaka
Hankai • Hokushin Kyūkō • Kobe New Transit (2) • Kobe Rapid (3) • Kobe Subway (2) • Kyoto Subway (2) • Noseden (2) • Randen (2) • Sanyō (2) • Shintetsu (4)
Terminals
Miscellaneous