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Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line
70 series linear motor EMU heading to Kadoma-MinamiOverview Type Rapid transit System Osaka Municipal Subway Termini Taisho
Kadoma-minamiStations 17 Line number 7 Operation Opened March 31, 1990 Operator(s) Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau Depot(s) Tsurumi Technical Line length 15.0 km Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Electrification 1,500 V DC, overhead line Operating speed 70 km/h (43 mph) Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line Legend
0.0 N11 Taishō 
Osaka Loop Line 
Shirinashi River 
Hanshin Namba Line
0.6 N12 Dome-mae Chiyozaki Dome-mae 
Hanshin Namba Line Kizu River 
1.6 N13 Nishi-Nagahori 
Sennichimae Line (S14)2.2 N14 Nishiōhashi Yotsubashi Line 
Yotsubashi (Y14) 
2.7 N15 Shinsaibashi Midōsuji Line (M19)3.4 N16 Nagahoribashi Sakaisuji Line (K16)4.0 N17 Matsuyamachi 
Tanimachi Line (T24)
4.4 N18 Tanimachi Rokuchōme 
JR-W: Osaka Loop Line 
5.7 N19 Tamatsukuri 
Chūō Line (C19)
6.7 N20 Morinomiya 
Osakajōkōen 
Daini Neya River 
7.8 N21 Osaka Business Park 
Neya River 
JR Tōzai Line 
Keihan Main Line 
8.5 N22 Kyōbashi 
Osaka Loop Line Keihan Main Line Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line)
Osaka Higashi Line Imazatosuji Line (I18)10.2 N23 Gamō Yonchōme Jōtō Canal 11.4 N24 Imafuku-Tsurumi 12.5 N25 Yokozutsumi Imazatosuji Line 
Tsurumi-ryokuchi-kita depot 
Tsurumi depot 13.7 N26 Tsurumi-ryokuchi 
15.0 N27 Kadoma-minami The Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line (長堀鶴見緑地線 Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Sen) is a line of the Osaka Municipal Subway, the underground rapid transit system in Osaka, Japan. It was the first linear motor rapid transit line constructed in Japan.
History
The line is named after Nagahori-dori, a major avenue which it follows through central Osaka, and the Tsurumi-ryokuchi, a park in northeastern Osaka which hosted the International Flower and Greenery Exposition in 1990. The line was built in part to provide access to the park during the exhibition. Its first segment opened on March 31, 1990 between Kyōbashi and Tsurumi-ryokuchi, at which time it was called the Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line (鶴見緑地線 Tsurumi-ryokuchi Sen).
Under its original plan, the line would have provided access to the Osaka prefectural government offices near Osaka Castle. However, the presence of underground artifacts around the castle area made this plan impractical, and the line was thus shifted farther south, which also provided a better connection with the Chūō Line. On December 11, 1996, the line was opened as far as Shinsaibashi in downtown Osaka, and renamed the Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line.
On August 29, 1997, the line was further extended westward to Taishō and eastward to Kadoma-minami. A further extension westward from Taishō into Tsurumachi is currently under review.
Over the course of fiscal 2010, the 16 stations within Osaka City were outfitted with automatic platform gates, similar to those already in-use on the Imazatosuji Line. At Taishō, the first station to be so outfitted, the gates started operation on July 7, 2010. The final station, Kadoma-minami, is scheduled to have them installed over the course of October 2011, to be operational by the end of the month.[1]
Stations
Station Location N11 Taishō Taisho-ku, Osaka N12 Dome-mae Chiyozaki (Kyocera Dome Osaka) Nishi-ku, Osaka N13 Nishi-Nagahori N14 Nishiōhashi N15 Shinsaibashi Chūō-ku, Osaka N16 Nagahoribashi N17 Matsuyamachi N18 Tanimachi Rokuchōme N19 Tamatsukuri Tennōji-ku, Osaka N20 Morinomiya Chūō-ku, Osaka N21 Osaka Business Park N22 Kyōbashi Miyakojima-ku, Osaka N23 Gamō Yonchōme Jōtō-ku, Osaka N24 Imafuku-Tsurumi N25 Yokozutsumi Tsurumi-ku, Osaka N26 Tsurumi-ryokuchi N27 Kadoma-minami Kadoma References
- ^ "平成２２年度 長堀鶴見緑地線に可動式ホーム柵を設置します". 05-31-2010. http://www.kotsu.city.osaka.jp/news/news/h22/platform-screen-doors.html. Retrieved 10-05-2011.
Categories:- Osaka Municipal Subway
- Rail transport in Osaka Prefecture
- Standard gauge railways in Japan
- Linear motor metros
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