Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme Station
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is located in Tenjimbashi Rokuchome, Kita-ku,
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. Nicknamed "Ten-roku", it is located on the
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, the
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and the
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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 (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...
with two tracks for each line. ;Tanimachi Line (T18) ;Sakaisuji Line (K11) and Hankyu Railway Senri Line


1970 gas explosion

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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