is a

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located in the city of

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. It consists of the underground station operated by

Osaka Metro The is a major rapid transit system in the Osaka Metropolitan Area of Japan, operated by the Osaka Metro Company, Ltd. It serves the city of Osaka and the adjacent municipalities of Higashiosaka, Kadoma, Moriguchi, Sakai, Suita, and Yao. O ...

and the elevated above-ground station operated by the

Osaka Monorail The is a monorail system in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by . At long, it is the second longest monorail system in the world after the Chongqing Monorail and the longest monorail system in Japan. It links the three campuses of ...

Lines

Dainichi Station is a

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of the underground

Tanimachi Line The is a rapid transit line of Osaka Metro, running from Dainichi Station in Moriguchi to Yaominami Station in Yao through Osaka. Its official name is , while the Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau refers to it as , and in MLIT publicati ...

, and is located 28.1 km from the opposing terminus of the line at

Yaominami Station is one of the termini of the Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line located in Yao, Osaka, Japan. It is numbered "T36". Station layout There is an island platform with two tracks on the ground level. Osaka-subway-T36-Yaominami-station-platform.jpg, Pla ...

. The elevated

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is 19.9 kilometers from

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Station layout

The station has one underground

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serving two tracks and fenced with platform gates. The monorail station also has an island platform with platform gates.

Platforms

3F B3F

Station building layout

File:Subway Platform of Dainichi Station.JPG, Tanimachi Line platforms File:Osaka_Monorail_Dainichi_Station_Ticket_Gate.JPG, Osaka Monorail ticket gates

Adjacent stations

History

* February 8, 1983: the Tanimachi Line subway station opened. * August 22, 1997: Osaka Monorail Main Line opened. * September 2001: the Sanyo Electric Dainichi factory closes. * April 12, 2004: Dainichi station reopens on the former site of the Sanyo Factory * September 21, 2006: New 2nd floor ticket window is added * September 29, 2006: AEON Dainichi Shopping Center opens. * November 21, 2011: AEON Dainichi Shopping Center is renamed AEON Mall Dainichi.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the Osaka Metro station was used by an average of 33,719 passengers daily and the Osaka Monorail station by 5,242 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

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References

External links

Official Site - Tanimachi Line

Official Site - Tanimachi Line
Osaka Metro stations Railway stations in Japan opened in 1983 Railway stations in Japan opened in 1997 Moriguchi, Osaka {{Osaka-railstation-stub