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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	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.MiSoL ASP会員サービス・アプリケーション概要 It is operated by Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau. Its first service, the Midōsuji Line from Umeda to Shinsaibashi, opened in 1933.

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:

Electric motored
- 10 Series: Midōsuji Line
- 20 Series: Chūō Line
- 21 Series: Midōsuji Line
- 22 Series: Tanimachi Line
- 23 Series: Yotsubashi Line
- 24 Series: Chūō Line
- 25 Series: Sennichimae Line
- 30 Series: Tanimachi Line
- 66 Series: Sakaisuji Line

Linear motored
- 70 Series: Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line
- 80 Series: Imazatosuji Line

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	4Including Esaka Station	N/A
Red	Line 1	Midōsuji Line	M	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	1997Owned by OTS between Cosmosquare Station and Osakakō Station	-	2.4/1.5	2Including Osakakō Station	N/A
	Line 4	Chūō Line (Yumehanna)		1961Between Osakakō Station and Nagata Station	2005	15.5/9.6	13	95,995
	Via trackage rights	Kintetsu Keihanna Line (Yumehanna)		1986	2006	18.8/11.7	8Including Nagata Station	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	11Including Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme Station	N/A
	Via trackage rights	Hankyū Kyoto Line	-	1969Between Awaji Station and Kawaramachi Station	-	41.1/25.5	22Including Awaji Station	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	1997Owned by OTS between Cosmosquare Station and Trade Center-mae Station	-	0.7/0.4	2Including Trade Center-mae Station	7,106
Cerulean blue	-	Nankō Port Town Line	P	1981Between Trade Center-mae Station and Suminoekoen Station	2005	7.2/4.5	9	24,083

Rates

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

Notes

External links

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Ōsaka Metro

http://www.kotsu.city.osaka.jp/foreign/english/subway/img/map.pdf - Osaka Municipal Subway route map (a PDF reader is required)
- Map of Osaka subway system overlayed on city geography

v • d • e 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	Osaka • Umeda • Tennōji • Namba • Kyōbashi • Shin-Osaka • Uehommachi • Kyoto • Sannomiya
Miscellaneous	ICOCA • PiTaPa • Rail transport in Japan • Travel planning and fare information

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Contents

Rolling stock

Lines

Rates

See also

Notes

External links