Sennichimae_Line

Sennichimae Line

Sennichimae Line

Metro line in Osaka prefecture, Japan


The Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line (千日前線, Sennichimae-sen) is an underground rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan. It is one of the lines of Osaka Metro. It links the northwestern district of Fukushima-ku and the southeastern district of Ikuno-ku with the central commercial and entertainment district of Namba. The line is paralleled by the underground Kintetsu Namba Line/Hanshin Namba Line connection line in its central section. Its official name is Rapid Electric Tramway Line No. 5 (高速電気軌道第5号線), while the Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau refers to it as Osaka City Rapid Railway Line No. 5 (大阪市高速鉄道第5号線), and in MLIT publications, it is written as Line No. 5 (Sennichimae Line) (5号線(千日前線)). Station numbers are indicated by the letter S.

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Platform screen doors are located at all of the stations. The first station, Minami-Tatsumi, had them installed on March 14, 2014 and operation started in April. The final station, Nodahanshin, had them installed and operating in December.[2][3] All platforms are long enough for eight-car trains however a part of each platform has been blocked off, since only four-car trains are needed to carry the amount of traffic on the line. In 2013 the line carried on average 181,238 passengers per day.[4]

History

  • 16 April 1969 – Nodahanshin – Sakuragawa (opening)
  • 25 July 1969 – Tanimachi Kyūchōme – Imazato (opening)
  • 10 September 1969 – Imazato – Shin-Fukae (opening)
  • 11 March 1970 – Sakuragawa – Tanimachi Kyūchōme (opening)
  • 2 December 1981 – Shin-Fukae – Minami-Tatsumi (opening)

Stations

All stations are in Osaka.

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Rolling stock

Current

As there is no dedicated rolling stock depot on the Sennichimae Line, trains are transferred to Morinomiya Depot on the Chūō Line via a connecting track at Awaza.

Former

  • 50 series (1969–1994)
  • 100 series (later version) (1979–1989)
  • 30 series (1991–1995)

References

  1. Hitachi Review. Hitachi. 3 March 2014. p. 75. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  2. 可動式ホーム柵の設置について [About platform doors] (in Japanese). Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  3. 路線別で探す 千日前線 (in Japanese). Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau. Retrieved August 6, 2014.

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