is the terminus railway station of the

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Yotsubashi Line The is an underground rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, operated by Osaka Metro. The line connects Umeda, Hommachi, Yotsubashi, Namba, Daikokuchō and Suminoe, and runs parallel to the Midōsuji Line from Daikokuchō to Nishi-Umeda. Its offic ...

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, Kita-ku,

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Co., Ltd. and the two Hilton Plazas.

Connecting lines from Nishi-Umeda

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, M16) ** ( Higashi-Umeda Station, T20) * (JR West) ** Tokaido Main Line (

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) ** JR Tōzai Line (

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) * Hankyu Railway (Umeda Station) ** Kobe Line ** Takarazuka Line ** Kyoto Line *

Main Line (Umeda Station) When using regular tickets of Osaka Metro, Surutto Kansai cards, and IC cards (

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), it is limited to 30 minutes to change to the Midosuji Line and the Tanimachi Line.

Layout

*There is an

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with two tracks on the third basement. On the second basement, north ticket gate is used for exit, center ticket gate for entrance, and south ticket gate for both entrance and exit.

Surroundings

*Diamor Osaka *

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(operated by Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc.) *South Gate Building ** Daimaru Umeda **Hotel Granvia Osaka **

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Osaka *Osaka City Bus terminal *Expressway bus terminal *Osaka Marubiru *Osaka Garden City **Herbis OSAKA ***the

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Osaka **Herbis ENT ***Osaka Shiki Theatre ***Billboard Live Osaka *the Hilton Plaza East ** Hilton Osaka **Junkudo Umeda *the Hilton Plaza West *the Mainichi Shimbun Building (the

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) *Osaka Ekimae Buildings **Osaka Central Post Office *Breezé Tower **Sankei Hall Breezé **

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*Dojima Underground Shopping Center (Dotica) *Dojima Avanza **Junkudo Osaka

External links

Official Site - Yotsubashi Line

Official Site - Yotsubashi Line

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nishi-Umeda Railway stations in Osaka Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1965 Osaka Metro stations Umeda