Sennichimae Line

Sennichimae Line
Sennichimae Line
	Sennichimae Line 25 series EMU
Overview
Line number	5
Locale	Osaka
Termini	Nodahanshin; Minami-Tatsumi;
Stations	14
Color on map	(#E44D93)
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Osaka Metro
Operator(s)	Osaka Metro (2018–present) ; Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (1969–2018)
Depot(s)	Morinomiya (located on Chūō Line)
Rolling stock	25 series
History
Opened	16 April 1969; 55 years ago
Last extension	2 December 1981; 42 years ago
Technical
Line length	12.6 km (7.8 mi)
Track length	13.1 km (8.1 mi)
Number of tracks	Double-track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC (third rail)
Operating speed	70 km/h (43 mph)
Signalling	Cab signalling
Train protection system	CS-ATC, ATO
Route map
Route map

The Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line (千日前線, Sennichimae-sen) is an underground rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan. It is one of the lines of Osaka Metro. It links the northwestern district of Fukushima-ku and the southeastern district of Ikuno-ku with the central commercial and entertainment district of Namba. The line is paralleled by the underground Kintetsu Namba Line/Hanshin Namba Line connection line in its central section. Its official name is Rapid Electric Tramway Line No. 5 (高速電気軌道第5号線), while the Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau refers to it as Osaka City Rapid Railway Line No. 5 (大阪市高速鉄道第5号線), and in MLIT publications, it is written as Line No. 5 (Sennichimae Line) (5号線（千日前線）). Station numbers are indicated by the letter S.

Sennichimae Line

Legend

km

actual

fare base

JR West Tōzai Line

Ebie

Noda

Hanshin Main Line

0.0

0.0

Nodahanshin

JR West Tōzai Line

Noda

JR West Osaka Loop Line

0.6

0.6

Tamagawa

Dōjima River (old Yodo River)

Tosabori River

1.9

1.9

Awaza

Chūō Line

Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line

2.8

2.9

Nishi-Nagahori

Hanshin Namba Line

Shiomibashi

Nankai Kōya Line

3.7

3.8

Sakuragawa

JR Namba

JR West Kansai Line
(Yamatoji Line)

Yotsubashi Line

Osaka Namba

4.5

4.9

Namba

Midōsuji Line

Nankai Kōya Line
& Nankai Main Line

Kintetsu Nippombashi

5.2

5.6

Nippombashi

Sakaisuji Line

Tanimachi Line

6.1

6.6

Tanimachi Kyūchōme

Osaka Uehommachi

7.2

7.7

Tsuruhashi

JR West Osaka Loop Line

8.7

9.2

Imazato

Imazatosuji Line

9.6

10.1

Shin-Fukae

Kintetsu Railway Nara Line &
Kintetsu Osaka Line

10.6

11.1

Shōji

11.5

12.0

Kita-Tatsumi

12.6

13.1

Minami-Tatsumi

Platform screen doors are located at all of the stations. The first station, Minami-Tatsumi, had them installed on March 14, 2014 and operation started in April. The final station, Nodahanshin, had them installed and operating in December.^[2]^[3] All platforms are long enough for eight-car trains however a part of each platform has been blocked off, since only four-car trains are needed to carry the amount of traffic on the line. In 2013 the line carried on average 181,238 passengers per day.^[4]

History

16 April 1969 – Nodahanshin – Sakuragawa (opening)
25 July 1969 – Tanimachi Kyūchōme – Imazato (opening)
10 September 1969 – Imazato – Shin-Fukae (opening)
11 March 1970 – Sakuragawa – Tanimachi Kyūchōme (opening)
2 December 1981 – Shin-Fukae – Minami-Tatsumi (opening)

Stations

All stations are in Osaka.

No.	Station^[5]	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
S 11	Nodahanshin	野田阪神	0.0	Hanshin: Main Line – Noda H JR Tōzai Line – Ebie	Fukushima-ku
S 12	Tamagawa	玉川	0.6	O Osaka Loop Line – Noda	Fukushima-ku
S 13	Awaza	阿波座	1.9	Chūō Line (C15)	Nishi-ku
S 14	Nishi-Nagahori	西長堀	2.9	Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line (N13)	Nishi-ku
S 15	Sakuragawa	桜川	3.8	Hanshin: Hanshin Namba Line	Naniwa-ku
S 16	Namba	難波・なんば	4.9	Midōsuji Line (M20) Yotsubashi Line (Y15) Nankai: Nankai Main Line, Koya Line A Kintetsu Namba Line – Ōsaka Namba Hanshin: Hanshin Namba Line – Ōsaka Namba Q Yamatoji Line (Kansai Line)	Chūō-ku
S 17	Nippombashi	日本橋	5.6	Sakaisuji Line (K17) A Kintetsu Namba Line – Kintetsu Nippombashi	Chūō-ku
S 18	Tanimachi Kyūchōme	谷町九丁目	6.6	Tanimachi Line (T25) D Osaka Line A Kintetsu-Namba Line A Kintetsu-Nara Line – Osaka Uehommachi	Tennōji-ku
S 19	Tsuruhashi	鶴橋	7.7	O Osaka Loop Line D Osaka Line A Kintetsu-Nara Line	Tennōji-ku
S 20	Imazato	今里	9.2	Imazatosuji Line (I21)	Higashinari-ku
S 21	Shin-Fukae	新深江	10.1		Higashinari-ku
S 22	Shōji	小路	11.1		Ikuno-ku
S 23	Kita-Tatsumi	北巽	12.0
S 24	Minami-Tatsumi	南巽	13.1

Rolling stock

Current

25 series (since 1991)

As there is no dedicated rolling stock depot on the Sennichimae Line, trains are transferred to Morinomiya Depot on the Chūō Line via a connecting track at Awaza.

Former

50 series (1969–1994)
100 series (later version) (1979–1989)
30 series (1991–1995)

References

^ Hitachi Review. Hitachi. 3 March 2014. p. 75. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
^ "Osaka subway's Sennichimae Line to have platform screen doors installed in every station Chinese translation to follow". Asian Public Transport. February 13, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
^ 可動式ホーム柵の設置について [About platform doors] (in Japanese). Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
^ "路線別経常収支" (PDF).
^ 路線別で探す千日前線 (in Japanese). Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau. Retrieved August 6, 2014.

[1] Hitachi Review. Hitachi. 3 March 2014. p. 75. Retrieved 6 August 2014.

[Sennichimae_Line_doors-2] "Osaka subway's Sennichimae Line to have platform screen doors installed in every station Chinese translation to follow". Asian Public Transport. February 13, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.

[Sennichimae_Line_doors2-3] 可動式ホーム柵の設置について [About platform doors] (in Japanese). Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau. Retrieved January 28, 2016.

[4] "路線別経常収支" (PDF).

[路線別で探す_千日前線-5] 路線別で探す千日前線 (in Japanese). Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau. Retrieved August 6, 2014.

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