Station

Nakanoshima (Osaka)

中之島

Nakanoshima (Osaka)
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Train service

No publicly available departure data for this station.

Location

History

Nakanoshima Station opened on 19 October 2008 as the western terminus of the Keihan Nakanoshima Line. The station lies under Nakanoshima 5-chōme in Kita-ku, Osaka, beside the Osaka International Convention Center, whose name it also carries as a secondary designation. It was built with one island platform serving three tracks at basement level two; the unusual three-track layout reflects the curved approach, which prevented a conventional 1-platform/4-track terminus like Yodoyabashi. The station's walls were the first in a Japanese underground station to use timber, echoing the line's "water and wood" design theme. A connection to the planned Naniwasuji Line is under construction in the existing concourse, with services there expected from spring 2031.

Notes

A cutter head from the shield machine used on the line's final tunnel section between Naniwabashi and Ōebashi is preserved as a monument at the end of the platform.

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