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is located in Tenjimbashi Rokuchome, Kita-ku,

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...

, Japan. Nicknamed, "Ten-roku", it is located on the Osaka Metro

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 publicat ...

, the Sakaisuji Line and the

Hankyu Railway , trading as , is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Gro ...

Senri Line (also through trains to the Kyoto Line). Until 1969 there was the terminal station of the Hankyū Senri Line named Tenjinbashi Station (天神橋駅) which opened in 1925. When the Sakaisuji Line subway opened, the station was replaced by the underground Tenjimbashisuji 6-chome Station. The station building (Ten-Roku Hankyu Building) and platforms remained until 2009, when the building was demolished to make way for high-rise condominiums. The world's largest covered shopping street, known as the Tenjimbashisuji Shotengai, begins at Ten-roku. It is long.

Layout

There is an

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

with two tracks for each line. ;Tanimachi Line (T18) ;Sakaisuji Line (K11) and Hankyu Railway Senri Line

Gas explosion incident

On April 8, 1970, a gas explosion occurred during the construction of the Tanimachi Line at this station, killing 79 people and injuring 420. The gas leaked out from a detached joint and filled the tunnel and exploded, creating a fire pillar of over 10 meters and destroying 495 houses and buildings.

Stations next to Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchome

References

External links

The Tenjimbashisuji Shotengai

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from Hankyu Railway website *
Tenjimashisuji Rokuchōme Station - Sakiasuji Line
from Osaka Metro website *
Tenjimashisuji Rokuchōme Station - Sakiasuji Line
from Osaka Metro website *
Tenjimashisuji Rokuchōme Station - Tanimachi Line
from Osaka Metro website *
Tenjimashisuji Rokuchōme Station - Tanimachi Line
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