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Shinsaibashi Station

心斎橋駅

General information

Operated by

Line(s)

Platforms

2 island platforms (1 for each line)

Tracks

4 (2 for each line)

Connections

Other information

Station code

M 19 N 15

History

Opened

20 May 1933 (Midosuji Line)
11 December 1996 (Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line)

Services

Preceding station	Osaka Metro	Following station
Hommachi M 18 towards Esaka		Midōsuji Line		Namba M 20 towards Nakamozu
Nishiōhashi N 14 towards Taishō		Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line		Nagahoribashi N 16 towards Kadoma-minami

Location
Shinsaibashi Station Location within Osaka Prefecture Shinsaibashi Station Shinsaibashi Station (Japan)

Shinsaibashi Station (心斎橋駅, Shinsaibashi-eki) is a metro station on the Osaka Metro located in Shinsaibashi, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan.

For the purpose of fare calculation, Shinsaibashi Station is treated as the same station as Yotsubashi Station on the Yotsubashi Line.

May 20, 1933 - The Midōsuji Line from transient Umeda Station to Shinsaibashi Station opened.
December 11, 1996 - The Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line from Kyobashi to Shinsaibashi was opened, and the line was renamed the Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line.
August 29, 1997 - The Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line from Shinsaibashi to Taisho and from Tsurumi-ryokuchi and Kadoma-minami were opened. A moving walkway was also installed to link Shinsaibashi with the neighbouring Yotsubashi Station.

It was announced in 2014 that the Midōsuji Line will get platform screen doors installed at the station.^[1]

This station has an island platform with two tracks for each line. The one for the Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line is fenced with platform gates.

Midōsuji Line (M19)

Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line (N15)