Sennichimae Line
# Sennichimae Line

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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.

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. 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.

## 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 | 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 | | Ikuno-ku |
| S 24 | Minami-Tatsumi | 南巽 | 13.1 | | Ikuno-ku |

## 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)
