Midosuji Line

{| {{Railway line header}} {{UKrail-header2|Route diagram|#e5171f}} {{BS-table}} {{BS||||Connections are of [[Osaka Municipal Subway]] lines unless otherwise noted}} {{BS|tKBHFa|5.9|M08 [[Senri-Chūō Station|Senri-Chūō]]|}} {{BS3||tKRZ|BHFq|||[[Osaka Monorail Main Line]]}} {{BS5|||teABZrg|exBHFq|exKBHFr||''(temporary) Senri-Chūō / Expo Central Gate''||}} {{BS|TUNNELe|||right: ''Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway: Expo Line''|}} {{BS|BHF|3.9|M09 [[Momoyama-dai Station|Momoyama-dai]]|}} {{BS3|KDSTl|ABZrf|||Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway Momoyamadai Depot|}} {{BS|BHF|1.9|M10 [[Ryokuchi-kōen Station|Ryokuchi-kōen]]|}} {{BS|BRÜCKEa|||}} {{BS|hBHF|0.0|M11 [[Esaka Station|Esaka]]|boundary of [[Osaka Municipal Subway]]/[[Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway]]}} {{BS|hBHF|2.0|M12 [[Higashi-Mikuni Station|Higashi-Mikuni]]|}} {{BS5|||hSTR||eABZrg|||[[Osaka Higashi Line]] (projected)}} {{BS7|hKRZhu|hSTRq|hSTRq|hKRZhu|hBHFq|KRZh|hSTRq|||[[Tōkaidō Shinkansen]] and [[Sanyō Shinkansen]]}} {{BS7|hSTR|extSTRrg|extKBHFr|hBHF||BHF||2.9|M13 [[Shin-Osaka Station|Shin-Osaka]]|[[Tōkaidō Main Line]] ([[JR Kyoto Line]])}} {{BS7|hSTR|extSTR||hSTR||STR||||}} {{BS7|hSTRlf|xtKRZh|STRlg|hBHF||STR||3.6|M14 [[Nishinakajima-Minamigata Station|Nishinakajima-Minamigata]]|}} {{BS7||xtKRZ|ABZdg|hKRZ|BHFq|KRZu||||[[Hankyu Kyoto Line]] ([[Minamikata Station (Osaka)|Minamikata]])}} {{BS7||extHST|HST|hSTR||STR||||[[Hankyu Kobe Line]]. [[Hankyu Takarazuka Line|Takarazuka Line]], [[Hankyu Kyoto Line|Kyoto Line]] ([[Juso Station|Juso]])}} {{BS7||extSTR|WBRÜCKEa|hWSTR|WASSERq|WBRÜCKEa|||[[Yodo River]]|}} {{BS7||extSTR|hHST|hTUNNELa||hSTR||||[[Nakatsu Station (Hankyu)|Nakatsu]] (Hankyu)|}} {{BS7||extSTR|hSTR|tBHF||hSTR||5.4|M15 [[Nakatsu Station (Osaka Municipal Subway)|Nakatsu]]|}} {{BS7|hSTRlg|extSTR|hSTRlf|tKRZh|hSTRlg|hSTR||||Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line, [[JR Kobe Line]], [[Fukuchiyama Line|JR Takarazuka Line]])}} {{BS7|hSTR|extBHF||tSTR|hSTR|hSTR||||Kita-Umeda}} {{BS7|hSTR|extSTR||tSTR|hKBHFe|hSTR||||[[Hankyu Kobe Line]]. [[Hankyu Takarazuka Line|Takarazuka Line]], [[Hankyu Kyoto Line|Kyoto Line]] (Umeda)}} {{BS7|hABZ3lf|xtKRZh|hBHFq|tKRZh|hSTRq|hABZ3rf|hSTRq|||[[Osaka Station|Osaka]]: [[Osaka Loop Line]]}} {{BS7|tSTRq|xtKRZt|tKBHFr|tBHF|tSTRrg|||6.4|M16 [[Umeda Station|Umeda]]|left: [[Hanshin Main Line]]}} {{BS5|tKBHFxa||tSTR|tBHF||||[[Yotsubashi Line]] [[Nishi-Umeda Station|Nishi-Umeda]] (Y11), [[Tanimachi Line]] [[Higashi-Umeda Station|Higashi-Umeda]] (T20)}} {{BS5|tKRZt|tBHFq|tKRZt|tSTRlf||||[[JR Tōzai Line]] ([[Kitashinchi Station|Kitashinchi]])}} {{BS5|tWSTR|WASSERq|tWSTR|WASSERq|WASSERq|||Dojima River}} {{BS5|tWSTR|WASSERq|tWSTR|WASSERq|WASSERq|||Tosabori River}} {{BS5|tKRZt|tBHFq|tKRZt|tSTRq|tSTRq|||[[Keihan Nakanoshima Line]] ([[Ōebashi Station|Ōebashi]])|}} {{BS5|tBHF||tBHF|tKBHFl|tSTRq|7.7|M17 [[Yodoyabashi Station|Yodoyabashi]]|left: [[Higobashi Station|Higobashi]] / right: [[Keihan Main Line]]}} {{BS5|tBHF||tBHF|||8.6|M18 [[Hommachi Station|Hommachi]]|Yotsubashi Line (Y13)}} {{BS5|tKRZt|tBHFq|tKRZt|||||[[Chūō Line (Osaka)|Chūō Line]] (C16)}} {{BS5|tSTR||tSTR|||||}} {{BS5|tKRZt|tBHFq|tKRZt|||||[[Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line]] (N15)}} {{BS5|tBHF||tBHF|||9.6|M19 [[Shinsaibashi Station|Shinsaibashi]]|Yotsubashi Line ([[Yotsubashi Station|Yotsubashi]]: Y14)}} {{BS5|tSTR||tSTR|||||}} {{BS5|tKRZt|tBHFq|tKRZt|||||[[Sennichimae Line]] (S16)}} {{BS5|tKRZt|tKBHFl|tKRZt|||||[[Kintetsu Namba Line]] ([[Osaka Namba Station|Osaka Namba]])
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gradually extended over the next few decades, completing its current length in 1987, making it the second-longest subway line in Osaka after the [[Tanimachi Line]] (excluding the Kita-Osaka Kyūkō Railway extension of the Midōsuji Line). *May 20, 1933 - Umeda (temporary station) - Shinsaibashi (opening). Trains started running in single car formation. *October 6, 1935 - Umeda Station (present station) opened. *October 30, 1935 - Shinsaibashi - Namba (opening). Trains started running in 2-car formation. *April 21, 1938 - Namba - Tennōji (opening). Trains started running in 3-car formation. *Construction stopped during [[World War II]]. *December 20, 1951 - Tennōji - Shōwachō (opening) *October 5, 1952 - Shōwachō - Nishitanabe (opening) *August 1, 1953 - Trains started running in 4-car formation. *April 1, 1957 - Trains started running in 5-car formation. *May 1, 1958 - Trains started running in 6-car formation. *July 1, 1960 - Nishitanabe - Abiko (opening) *June 1, 1963 - Trains started running in 8-car formation. *September 1, 1964 - Umeda - Shin-Osaka (opening) *August 29, 1968 - [[Osaka Municipal Subway 30 series|30 series]] [[Electric multiple unit|EMU]]s began operation. *February 24, 1970 - Shin-Osaka - Esaka together with [[Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway]] (Kitakyu) (opening). This section of track was the first in the Midōsuji Line to utilize [[Automatic Train Control]] instead of [[Automatic Train Stop]]. *April 1, 1971 - [[Centralized traffic control]] introduced. *February 16, 1976 - [[Osaka Municipal Subway 10 series|10 series]] EMUs begin operation. *April 18, 1987 - Abiko - Nakamozu (opening). Refurbishment of stations to accommodate 9-car trainsets began. *August 24, 1987, Refurbishment of stations complete, hence all trains were regrouped into 9-car formation. *May 14, 1991 - [[Osaka Municipal Subway 21 series|21 series]] EMUs begin operation. *1993 - All trains on the Midōsuji Line are fully air-conditioned after the withdrawal of the 30 series and the [[Kitakyū 2000 series]] the same year. *December 9, 1995 - Refurbishment of stations to accommodate 10-car trainsets began. *September 1, 1996 - Refurbishment of stations completed, hence all trains were regrouped into 10-car formation. * December 2011 - [[Osaka Municipal Subway 30000 series|30000 series]] trains scheduled to enter service. == Stations == For connections and distances, see route diagram. {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #e5171f;"|Station !style="border-bottom:solid 3px #e5171f;"|Location |- !M11 |{{ja-stalink|Esaka}} |[[Suita, Osaka|Suita]] |- !M12 |{{ja-stalink|Higashi-Mikuni}} |rowspan="3"|[[Yodogawa-ku, Osaka]] |- !M13 |{{ja-stalink|Shin-Osaka}} |- !M14 |{{ja-stalink|Nishinakajima-Minamigata|Nishinakajima-
Minamigata}} |- !M15 |{{ja-stalink|Nakatsu|Nakatsu|Osaka Municipal Subway}} |rowspan="2"|[[Kita-ku, Osaka]] |- !M16 |{{ja-stalink|Umeda}} |- !M17 |{{ja-stalink|Yodoyabashi}} |rowspan="4"|[[Chūō-ku, Osaka]] |- !M18 |[[Hommachi Station|Hommachi]] |- !M19 |{{ja-stalink|Shinsaibashi}} |- !M20 |{{ja-stalink|Namba}} |- !M21 |{{ja-stalink|Daikokuchō}} |[[Naniwa-ku, Osaka]] |- !M22 |{{ja-stalink|Dōbutsuen-mae}} |[[Nishinari-ku, Osaka]] |- !M23 |{{ja-stalink|Tennōji}} |rowspan="3"|[[Abeno-ku, Osaka]] |- !M24 |{{ja-stalink|Shōwachō|Shōwachō|Osaka}} |- !M25 |{{ja-stalink|Nishitanabe}} |- !M26 |{{ja-stalink|Nagai|Nagai|Osaka}} |rowspan="2"|[[Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka]] |- !M27 |{{ja-stalink|Abiko|Abiko|Osaka}} |- !M28 |{{ja-stalink|Kitahanada}} |rowspan="3"|[[Kita-ku, Sakai]] |- !M29 |{{ja-stalink|Shinkanaoka}} |- !M30 |{{ja-stalink|Nakamozu}} |} {{-}} ===Current=== * 10 series (from 1976) (transferred from [[Tanimachi Line]]) * 21 series (from 1991) * [[Kitakyū 8000 series]] (from 1987) ===Former=== [[File:Osaka subway founder100.jpg|thumb|A preserved 100 series car, November 2006]] [[File:Osaka subway 30 series 3520 c 1987.jpg|thumb|30 series on the Midōsuji Line, c.1987]] * 100 series (1933–1969) * 200 series (1935–1969) * 300 series (1938–1969) * 400 series (1943–1969) * 500 series (1949–1969) * 600 series (1951–1969) * 1000 series (1953–1969) * 1100 series (1957–1969) * 1200 series (1958–1969) * 50 series (1960–1969) (50 series and 30 series trains also ran on the [[Tanimachi Line]].) * 30 series (1968–1993) * Kitakyū 7000/8000 series (1970–1988) * Kitakyū 2000 series (1970–1993) == External links == * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WOgnTb_f2I Preview of the new 30000 series trains for Midōsuji Line] {{Osaka transit}} {{coord missing|Osaka Prefecture}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Midosuji Line}}