Sennichimae Line

Published on : 26/06/2017
by : Japan Experience

The Sennichimae Line of the Osaka Municipal Subway connects Nodahanshin in the north west and Minami-Tatsumi in the south east of Osaka via Namba, DenDen Town and Tsuruhashi.

The Sennichimae Line (color-coded pink) is an Osaka subway line operated by Osaka Municipal Subway running approximately 13km between Nodahanshin in the north west and Minami-Tatsumi in the south east of Osaka.

The Sennichimae Line has 14 stations and was built in stages from 1969 to 1981.

From Nodahanshin the Sennichimae Line runs south to Sakuragawa Station, then east to Shin-Fukae, then south again to Minami-Tatsumi.

Sennichimae Line Stations

Nodahanshin Station | Tamagawa Station | Awaza Station | Nishi-Nagahori Station | Sakuragawa Station

| Shin-Fukae Station | Shoji Station | Kita-Tatsumi Station | Minami-Tatsumi Station

Notable Stations

Nippombashi Station

Nippombashi (日本橋; S17) connects with the Sakaisuji Line of the Osaka subway and the Kintetsu Line. Nippombashi is the station to access DenDen Town, the electronics mecca of Osaka (the equivalent of Akihabara in Tokyo) in the Nipponbashi district of the city.

Namba Station

Namba Station (難波; S16) in Namba central Osaka connects with the Midosuji Line and the Yotsubashi Line and is a major dining, entertainment and shopping hub in Osaka. Namba has four main stations all connected: JR Namba Station, Osaka Namba Station, Nankai Namba Station and Namba Municipal Subway Station. Connections from Namba Station include the Nankai Main Line to Koyasan, the Kintetsu Line to Kintetsu Nagoya Station in Nagoya and Kintetsu Nara Station in Nara, and the JR Kansai Main Line, which connects JR Namba Station and JR Nagoya Station with local trains. The Hanshin Namba Line has trains from Namba to Amagasaki Station.

Tsuruhashi Station

Tsuruhashi Station (鶴橋; S19) is the station in the heart of Osaka's Korea Town with several arcades (shotengai) packed with stores selling Korean food as well as many Korean restaurants. Tsuruhashi Station intersects with the Osaka Loop Line and the Kintetsu Line to Nara and Nagoya.

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