Yotsubashi Line

Yotsubashi Line
Yotsubashi Line 23 series EMU
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Osaka Municipal Subway
Locale	Osaka, Japan
Termini	Nishi-Umeda Suminoekōen
Stations	11
Line number	3
Operation
Opened	May 10, 1942
Owner	Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau
Depot(s)	Midorigi
Rolling stock	23 series EMUs
Technical
Line length	11.4 km (7.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	750 V DC, third rail
Operating speed	70 km/h (45 mph)
Route map

Route map

Connecting lines of Osaka Municipal Subway are unless noted Hankyū Takarazuka Main Line Midosuji Line Shin-Osakaextension reviewed Nishinakajima-Minamigata Hankyū Kobe Main Line, Hankyū Kyoto Main Line Jūsōextension reviewed Yodo River Nakatsu (Hankyu) Umeda Freight Line Nakatsu (Midosuji Line) Kita-Umedaextension reviewed Umeda (left: JR West Signal Box, right: Hankyū) Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line) (JR Kobe Line, JR Takarazuka Line)/Osaka Osaka Loop Line Umeda: M16 Umeda (Hanshin Main Line) T20: Higashi-Umeda 0.0 Y11 Nishi-Umeda Tanimachi Line Kitashinchi JR West: JR Tōzai Line Dōjima River Keihan Nakanoshima Line Watanabebashi Tosabori Riveer 1.3 Y12 Higobashi Yodoyabashi 2.2 Y13 Hommachi(M18) Chūō Line (C16) Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line Shinsaibashi: N15 3.2 Y14 YotsubashiShinsaibashi: M19 Sennichimae Line (S16) Kintetsu Namba Line and Hanshin Namba Line Osaka Namba 4.1 Y15 Namba(M20) JR Namba Nankai Main Line and Nankai Kōya Line Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) 5.3 Y16 Daikokuchō(M21) Osaka Loop Line Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) Midosuji Line 6.6 Y17 Hanazonochō 7.7 Y18 Kishinosato 9.0 Y19 Tamade 10.1 Y20 Kitakagaya Midorigi Depot 11.8 Y21 Suminoekōen Nankō Port Town Line (New Tram) (P18)   of Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau

The Yotsubashi Line (四つ橋線, Yotsubashi-sen) is an underground rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, operated by the Osaka Municipal Subway. The line connects Umeda, Hommachi, Yotsubashi, Namba, Daikokuchō and Suminoe, and runs parallel to the Midōsuji Line from Daikokuchō to Nishi-Umeda. Its official name is Rapid Electric Tramway Line No. 3 (高速電気軌道第3号線), while the Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau refers to it as Osaka City Rapid Railway Line No. 3 (大阪市高速鉄道第3号線), and in MLIT publications, it is written as Line No. 3 (Yotsubashi Line) (3号線（四つ橋線）). Station numbers are indicated by the letter Y.^[1]

Stations

Rolling stock

Current

• 23 series (since 1990)

All trains are based at Midorigi Depot.

Former

• 400 series (1942–1969)
• 1000 series (1956–1971)
• 1100 series (1958–1979)
• 1200 series (1958–1980)
• 50 series (1960–1980)
• 30 series (1972–1996)

History

• May 10, 1942 - Daikokuchō - Hanazonochō (opening)
• Construction stopped during World War II.
• June 1, 1956 - Hanazonochō - Kishinosato (opening)
• May 31, 1958 - Kishinosato - Tamade (opening)
• October 1, 1965 - Daikokuchō - Nishi-Umeda (opening)
• November 9, 1972 - Tamade - Suminoekōen (opening)

Plans

A northward extension to Jūsō Station is under review.^[2]

See also

• List of railway electrification systems in Japan

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yotsubashi Line.

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