:Midōsuji Line
{{short description|Metro line in Osaka Prefecture, Japan}}
{{More citations needed|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox rail line
| box_width =
| name = Osaka Metro Midōsuji Line
| linenumber = 1
| color = {{rcr|Osaka Metro|m}}
| mapcolor = {{rcb|Osaka Metro|m|box}} Red (#{{rcr|Osaka Metro|m}})
| logo = Osaka Metro Midosuji line symbol.svg
| logo_width = 50
| image = 大阪市交通局30000系電車31607F.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| caption = A Midōsuji Line 30000 series (right) and 21 series (left) train at Shin-Osaka Station in September 2021
| type = Rapid transit
| system = Osaka Metro
| status =
| locale = Osaka
| start = Esaka
| end = Nakamozu
| stations = 20
| routes =
| daily_ridership = 1,295,420 (daily 2015){{Cite web|url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001179750.pdf|title=平成27年 大都市交通センサス 近畿圏報告書|website=P:84|publisher=国土交通省|access-date=2018-09-28|archive-date=2018-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929041225/http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001179750.pdf|url-status=live}}
| open = {{start date and age|1933|05|20|df=y}}
| lastextension = {{start date and age|1987|04|18|df=y}}
| close =
| owner = {{plainlist|
- Osaka Metro (2018–present)
- Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (1933–2018)
|}}
| operator =
| character =
| depot = Nagai, Nakamozu
| stock = {{plainlist|
|}}
| linelength_km = 24.5
| tracklength_km = 24.5
| tracks = Double-track
| gauge = {{RailGauge|sg|allk=on}}
| electrification = {{750 V DC}} (third rail)
| speed_km/h = 70
| signalling = Automatic closed block
| trainprotection = WS-ATC, TASC
| elevation =
| map = frameless
| map_state =
}}
{{routemap
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Connections are of Osaka Metro lines
unless otherwise noted
\hKBHFa~~8.4~~M06 {{STN|Minō-Kayano|x}}
\htSTRa
\tBHF~~7.3~~M07 {{STN|Minō-Semba-Handaimae|x}}
\tKBHFa~~5.9~~M08 {{STN|Senri-Chūō|x}}
\\tKRZh\hBHFq~~Osaka Monorail Main Line
\\\etABZg+l\exBHFq\exKBHFeq~~(temporary) Senri-Chūō / Expo Central Gate
\tSTRe~~ ~~ ~~right: Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway: Expo Line
\BHF~~3.9~~M09 {{STN|Momoyama-dai|x}}
KDSTaq\ABZgr~~ ~~ ~~Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway Momoyamadai Depot
\BHF~~1.9~~M10 {{STN|Ryokuchi-kōen|x}}
\hSTRa
\hBHF~~0.0~~M11 {{STN|Esaka|x}}~~ ~~{{BSsplit|Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway|Osaka Municipal Subway|line=1}}
\hBHF~~2.0~~M12 {{STN|Higashi-Mikuni|x}}
\\\hSTR\\eABZg+l~~ ~~ ~~Osaka Higashi Line (projected)
\hKRZhu\hSTRq\hSTRq\hKRZhu\hBHFq!~HUBa\KRZh\hSTRq~~ ~~ ~~Tōkaidō Shinkansen and Sanyō Shinkansen
\hSTR\extSTR+l\extKBHFeq\hBHF!~HUBaq\leer!~HUBtg\BHF!~HUBeq\~~2.9~~M13 {{STN|Shin-Osaka|x}}~~Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line)
\hSTRl\xtKRZh\hSTR+r\hSTR\\STR\
\\extSTR\hSTRe\hBHF!~HUBaq\leer!~HUBlg\STR\~~3.6~~M14 {{STN|Nishinakajima-Minamigata|x}}
\\xtKRZ\ABZg+lr\hKRZ\BHFq!~HUBe\KRZo\~~ ~~ ~~Hankyu Kyoto Line ({{STN|Minamikata|x|Osaka}})
\\extHST\HST\hSTR\\STR\~~ ~~ ~~Hankyu Kobe Line. Takarazuka Line, Kyoto Line (Juso)
\\extSTR\hKRZWa\hKRZW\WASSERq\hKRZWa\~~Yodo River
\\extSTR\hHST\htSTRa\\hSTR\~~ ~~ ~~{{STN|Nakatsu|x|Hankyu}} (Hankyu)
\\extSTR\hSTR\tBHF\\hSTR\~~5.4~~M15 {{STN|Nakatsu|x|Osaka Municipal Subway}}
\hSTR+r\extSTR\hSTRl\tKRZh\hSTR+r\hSTR\~~ ~~ ~~Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line, JR Kobe Line, JR Takarazuka Line)
\hSTR\extHST\\tSTR\hSTR\hSTR\~~ ~~ ~~Kita-Umeda
\hSTR\extSTR\\tSTR\hKBHFe!~HUBa\hSTR\~~ ~~ ~~Hankyu Kobe Line. Takarazuka Line, Kyoto Line (Umeda)
\hABZql\xtKRZh\hBHFq!~HUBa\tKRZh\hSTRq!~HUB\hABZqr\hSTRq~~ ~~ ~~{{STN|Osaka|x}}: Osaka Loop Line
\tSTRq\xtKRZt\tKBHFeq!~HUBtl\tBHF!~HUBq\tSTR+l!~HUBtr\\~~6.4~~M16 {{STN|Umeda|x}}~~left: Hanshin Main Line
\extSTR\leer!~HUB\tSTR\tBHF!~HUBe\~~ ~~ ~~Tanimachi Line {{STN|Higashi-Umeda|x}} (T20)
\tKBHFxa!~HUBaq\leer!~HUBtr\tSTR\tSTRl\tSTRq~~ ~~ ~~Yotsubashi Line {{STN|Nishi-Umeda|x}} (Y11)
\tKRZto\tBHFq!~HUBe\tKRZto\tSTRq\tSTRq~~ ~~ ~~JR Tōzai Line ({{STN|Kitashinchi|x}})
\tKRZW\WASSERq\tKRZW\WASSERq\WASSERq~~ ~~ ~~Dojima River
\tKRZW\WASSERq\tKRZW\WASSERq\WASSERq~~ ~~ ~~Tosabori River
\tKRZto\tBHFq!~HUBa\tKRZto\tSTRq\tSTRq~~ ~~ ~~Keihan Nakanoshima Line ({{STN|Ōebashi|x}})
\tBHF\leer!~HUBlf\tBHF!~HUBq\tKBHFaq!~HUBeq\tSTRq~~7.7~~M17 {{STN|Yodoyabashi|x}}~~left: {{STN|Higobashi|x}} / right: Keihan Main Line
\tBHF!~HUBa\\tBHF!~HUBa\\~~8.6~~M18 {{STN|Hommachi|x}}~~Yotsubashi Line (Y13)
\tKRZto!~HUBlf\tBHFq!~HUBq\tKRZto!~HUBrf\\~~ ~~ ~~Chūō Line (C16)
\tSTR\\tSTR\\
\tKRZto\tBHFq!~HUBa\tKRZto\\~~ ~~ ~~Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line (N15)
\tBHF!~HUBaq\leer!~HUBtg\tBHF!~HUBeq\\~~9.6~~M19 {{STN|Shinsaibashi|x}}~~Yotsubashi Line ({{STN|Yotsubashi|x}}: Y14)
\tSTR\\tSTR\\
\tKRZto\tBHFq!~HUBa\tKRZto\\~~ ~~ ~~Sennichimae Line (S16)
\tKRZto!~HUBrg\tKBHFaq!~HUBtg\tKRZto!~HUBtf\leer!~HUBq\leer!~HUBlg~~ ~~ ~~Kintetsu Namba Line ({{STN|Osaka Namba|x}}); Hanshin Namba Line (Osaka Namba)
\tBHF!~HUBe\\tBHF!~HUBe\\leer!~HUB~~10.5~~M20 {{STN|Namba|x}}~~Yotsubashi Line (Y15)
\tSTR2\tSTRc3\tSTR\\hKBHFa!~HUBe~~ ~~ ~~Nankai Main Line, Nankai Kōya Line
\tSTRc1\tSTR+4\tSTR\\hLSTR
\tKRWg+l\tKRWgr\
\tXBHF-L\tXBHF-R\~~11.7~~M21 {{STN|Daikokuchō|x}}~~Yotsubashi Line (Y16)
\\tSTRr\tKRZh\hSTR+r\hLSTR
\hSTR+l\hSTRq\tKRZh!~lBHF!~HUBa\hKRZhu\hSTRr~~ ~~ ~~Nankai ({{STN|Shin-Imamiya|x}}); Nankai Line and Kōya Line
\\tSTR!~HUBlf\hBHF!~HUBeq~~ ~~ ~~Osaka Loop Line, Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) (Shin-Imamiya)
\\\mtKRZ\mhKRZ\uBHFq~~ ~~ ~~Hankai Tramway Hankai Line ({{STN|Minami-Kasumichō|x}})
\tBHFq!~HUBa\tKRZto\hKRZt~~ ~~ ~~Sakaisuji Line (K19)
\leer!~HUBlf\tBHF!~HUBeq\hSTR~~12.9~~M22 {{STN|Dōbutsuen-mae|x}}
\\tSTR\hSTRe
\tSTR+l\tSTRq\tKRZto\KRZt\tBHFq!~HUBa~~ ~~ ~~Tanimachi Line (T27)
\mtKRZ\uKBHFeq!~HUBrg\tBHF!~HUBq\INT-L!~HUBq\KINTa-R!~HUBrf~~13.9~~M23 {{STN|Tennōji|x}}~~Hankai Uemachi Line {{STN|Tennōji-ekimae|x}}
\tLSTR\KBHFa!~HUBe\tSTR\STR\hSTRa~~ ~~ ~~{{STN|Osaka Abenobashi|x}}
\\hSTRa\tSTR\ABZgl\hKRZ~~ ~~ ~~Osaka Loop Line
\\hSTR\tSTR\ABZgl\hKRZ~~ ~~ ~~Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)
\\hSTR\tSTR\KRWl\hKRWg+r
\tLSTR\hSTRl\tKRZh\hSTRq\hKRZhu~~ ~~ ~~Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line
\tSTRl\tSTRq\tKRZto\tHSTq\hKRZt~~ ~~ ~~Tanimachi Line (T29: Fuminosato)
\\\tBHF\\hLSTR~~15.7~~M24 {{STN|Shōwachō|x|Osaka}}
\tBHF~~17.0~~M25 {{STN|Nishitanabe|x}}
\KDSTaq\tSTRaq\tABZgr\\hLSTR~~Nagai Maintenance Base
\\hSTR+l\tKRZh\hSTRq\hSTRr~~/Nagai Depot
\hBHF!~HUBaq\tBHF!~HUBeq\~~18.3~~M26 {{STN|Nagai|x|Osaka}}~~Hanwa Line
\hSTRr\tBHF\~~19.5~~M27 {{STN|Abiko|x|Osaka}}
\exKDSTaq\extSTRaq\etABZgr\\~~ ~~Abiko Depot~~abandoned in 1987
\tKRZW~~Yamato River
\tBHF~~21.4~~M28 {{STN|Kita-Hanada|x}}
\tBHF~~23.0~~M29 {{STN|Shinkanaoka|x}}
\tKDSTaq\tABZgr\~~Nakamozu Depot
\tKBHFe!~HUBa~~24.5~~M30 {{STN|Nakamozu|x}}
\STRl\STRq\BHFq!~HUBe\ABZq+r\~~ ~~ ~~Nankai Koya Line
\\\tSTRa~~ ~~ ~~Nankai Semboku Line
}}
File:Midosuji Line and road from Shin-Ōsaka 2022-07-07.jpg after Shin Osaka Station.]]
The {{nihongo|Osaka Metro Midōsuji Line|御堂筋線|Midōsuji-sen}} is a rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, operated by Osaka Metro. Constructed under Midōsuji, a major north-south street, it is the oldest line in the Osaka subway system and the second oldest in Japan, following the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line. Its official name is {{nihongo|Rapid Electric Tramway Line No. 1|高速電気軌道第1号線}}, while the Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau refers to it as {{nihongo|Osaka City Rapid Railway Line No. 1|大阪市高速鉄道第1号線}}, and in MLIT publications it is referred to as {{nihongo|Line No. 1 (Midōsuji Line)|1号線（御堂筋線）}}. On line maps, stations on the Midōsuji Line are indicated with the letter "M".
North of Nakatsu it runs above ground in the median of Shin-midōsuji, an elevated freeway.
The section between {{STN|Minoh-kayano|x}} and {{STN|Esaka|x}} is owned and operated by {{Nihongo|Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway|北大阪急行電鉄|Kita Osaka Dentetsu}}, but is seamless to the passengers except with respect to fare calculations.
In June 2018, the Midosuji line is the most congested railway line in the Kansai region of Japan,{{Cite web |url=https://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001299797.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-01-12 |archive-date=2020-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929163854/https://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001299797.pdf |url-status=dead }} at its peak running at 151% capacity between Umeda and Yodoyabashi stations.
Line data
- Above-ground section: north of Nakatsu to Esaka; Esaka to south of Senri-Chūō; (Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway)
- Block signalling: Automatic
- Train protection system: WS-ATC
- Cars per train: 10 (1996 – present){{Cite book|last=小佐野|first=カゲトシ|title=日本縦断！ 地下鉄の謎|publisher=実業之日本社|year=2016|location=Japan|language=ja|trans-title=Across Japan! Subway Mystery|asin=B01NAS4TMD}}
- Stations equipped with platform screen doors: all{{Cite web|title=可動式ホーム柵の設置状況|trans-title=Installation status of movable platform fences|url=https://subway.osakametro.co.jp/barriafree/page/platform__screen_doors.php|access-date=1 December 2021|website=subway.osakametro.co.jp|language=ja}}
Stations
| class="wikitable sortable" | |
| No.
!Station !Japanese !Distance !Transfers !Location | |
|---|---|
| colspan="6" align="center"| ↑ Through services to/from {{STN|Minoh-kayano|x}} via the Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway ↑ | |
| {{OMSN|M|11}}
|{{STN|Esaka|x}} |{{lang|ja|江坂}} | 0.0 | {{Ric|Kitakyu}} Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway (through service) | |
| {{OMSN|M|12}}
|{{STN|Higashi-Mikuni|x}} |{{lang|ja|東三国}} | 2.0 | |rowspan="3"|Yodogawa-ku, Osaka | |
| {{OMSN|M|13}}
|{{STN|Shin-Ōsaka|x}} |{{lang|ja|新大阪}} | 2.9 |{{Plainlist|
}} | |
| {{OMSN|M|14}}
|{{STN|Nishinakajima-Minamigata|x | Nishinakajima- Minamigata}} |{{lang|ja|西中島南方}} | 3.6 |{{Ric|Hankyu|Kyoto}} Hankyu Kyoto Main Line (HK-61) |
| {{OMSN|M|15}}
|{{STN|Nakatsu|x|Osaka Municipal Subway}} |{{lang|ja|中津}} | 5.4 | |rowspan="2"|Kita-ku, Osaka | |
| {{OMSN|M|16}}
|{{STN|Umeda|x}} |{{lang|ja|梅田}} | 6.4 | {{Plainlist|
}} | |
| {{OMSN|M|17}}
|{{STN|Yodoyabashi|x}} | {{lang|ja|淀屋橋 | 7.7 | {{Plainlist|
}} |rowspan="4"|Chūō-ku, Osaka | |
| {{OMSN|M|18}}
|Hommachi | {{lang|ja|本町 | 8.6 | {{Plainlist|
}} | |
| {{OMSN|M|19}}
|{{STN|Shinsaibashi|x}} |{{lang|ja|心斎橋}} | 9.6 |{{ric|Osaka Metro|n|name=y}} (N15) | |
| {{OMSN|M|20}}
|{{STN|Namba|x}} |{{lang|ja|難波・なんば}} | 10.5 | {{Plainlist|
}} | |
| {{OMSN|M|21}}
|{{STN|Daikokuchō|x}} |{{lang|ja|大国町}} | 11.7 | {{ric|Osaka Metro|y|name=y}} (Y16) | |
| {{OMSN|M|22}}
|{{STN|Dōbutsuen-mae|x}} | {{lang|ja|動物園前 | 12.9 |{{Plainlist|
}} | |
| {{OMSN|M|23}}
|{{STN|Tennōji|x}} |{{lang|ja|天王寺}} | 13.9 | {{Plainlist|
}} |rowspan="3"|Abeno-ku, Osaka | |
| {{OMSN|M|24}}
|{{STN|Shōwachō|x|Osaka}} |{{lang|ja|昭和町}} | 15.7 | | |
| {{OMSN|M|25}}
|{{STN|Nishitanabe|x}} |{{lang|ja|西田辺}} | 17.0 | | |
| {{OMSN|M|26}}
|{{STN|Nagai|x|Osaka}} |{{lang|ja|長居}} | 18.3 | {{rcb|JR West|Hanwa|route}} Hanwa Line (JR-R24) |rowspan="2"|Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka | |
| {{OMSN|M|27}}
|{{STN|Abiko|x|Osaka}} |{{lang|ja|あびこ}} | 19.5 | | |
| {{OMSN|M|28}}
|{{STN|Kitahanada|x}} |{{lang|ja|北花田}} | 21.4 | |rowspan="3"|Kita-ku, Sakai | |
| {{OMSN|M|29}}
|{{STN|Shinkanaoka|x}} |{{lang|ja|新金岡}} | 23.0 | | |
| {{OMSN|M|30}}
|{{STN|Nakamozu|x}} |なかもず | 24.5 | {{Plainlist|
}} |
Rolling stock
Since 1987, all Midōsuji Line rolling stock operated by Osaka Metro are stored and maintained at Nakamozu Depot, the first underground depot in the Osaka Metro system. The first depot for the Midōsuji Line was located near Umeda station, which was replaced by Abeno Depot in 1950, Nagai Depot in 1954 (now used mainly for maintenance-of-way vehicles), and Abiko Depot in 1960 (closed in 1987). Since 2016, it is also possible for Midōsuji Line rolling stock to access Midorigi Depot on the Yotsubashi Line via pointworks before Daikokuchō station, after heavier repairs and maintenance of all third-rail-powered Osaka Metro rolling stock were consolidated there.
- 21 series (since 1991)
- 30000 series (since 10 December 2011){{Cite web |date=2011-12-11 |title=大阪市交御堂筋線用30000系が営業運転を開始 |trans-title=Osaka Municipal Subway 30000 series begins revenue service on the Midosuji Line |url=https://railf.jp/news/2011/12/11/065400.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |publisher=Koyusha Co., Ltd. |location=Japan |language=ja}}
- Kita-Osaka Kyuko 8000 series (since 1987)
- Kita-Osaka Kyuko 9000 series (since 28 April 2014){{Cite web |date=2014-04-29 |title=北大阪急行9000形が営業運転を開始 |trans-title=Kita-Osaka Kyuko 9000 series enters revenue service |url=https://railf.jp/news/2014/04/29/183500.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |publisher=Koyusha Co., Ltd. |location=Japan |language=ja}}
File:Osaka-Metro Series30000.jpg|Midōsuji Line 30000 series set 31904 in April 2018
File:Kitaosaka-Series8000.jpg|Kita-Osaka Kyuko 8000 series in April 2018
File:Kitakyū 9000 momoyamadai.JPG|Kita-Osaka Kyuko 9000 series in May 2014
=Former=
- 100 series (1933–1969)
- 200 series (1935–1969)
- 300 series (1938–1969)
- 400 series (1943–1969)
- 500 series (1949–1969)
- 600 series (1951–1969)
- 1000 series (1953–1969)
- 1100 series (1957–1969)
- 1200 series (1958–1969)
- 50 series (1960–1969)
- 30 series (1968–1993)
- 10/10A series (1973–2022)
- Kitakyū 7000/8000 series (1969–1970)
- Kitakyū 2000 series (1969–1993)
File:Osaka subway founder100.jpg|A preserved 100 series car, November 2006
File:Osaka subway 30 series 3520 c 1987.jpg|30 series on the Midōsuji Line, c.1987
File:Osaka-metro-Series10A.jpg|Midōsuji Line 10A series EMU in April 2018
History
{{Refimprove section|date=May 2017}}
The Midōsuji Line was the first subway line in Osaka and the first government-operated subway line in Japan. Its construction was partly an effort to give work to the many unemployed people in Osaka during the early 1930s. The initial tunnel from Umeda to Shinsaibashi, as well as the Umeda depot, were constructed entirely by hand and opened in 1933 after being initially plagued by cave-ins and water leakage caused by the poor composition of the earth below northern Osaka and the equally poor engineering skills of the work crew.{{Cite book|title=大阪市交通局七十五年史|publisher=大阪市交通局|year=1980|location=Osaka, Japan|language=ja|trans-title=Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau 75 Years History}} The first cars were hauled onto the line by manpower and pack animals from the Government Railway tracks near Umeda.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}}
Although the line only operated with single cars at first, its stations were designed from the outset to handle trains of up to eight cars. The line was gradually extended over the next few decades, completing its current length in 1987, making it the second-longest subway line in Osaka after the Tanimachi Line (excluding the Kita-Osaka Kyūkō Railway extension of the Midōsuji Line).
- 20 May 1933 – Umeda (temporary station) – Shinsaibashi (opening).{{cite magazine |date=April 2009 |title=公営地下鉄在籍車数ビッグ３ 大阪市交通局 (One of the big three public subway operators: Osaka Municipal Subway)|magazine=Japan Railfan Magazine |volume=49 |issue=576 |pages=88–99}} Trains started running in single car formation on a single track.
- 6 October 1935 – Umeda Station (present station) opened. Trains started running on two tracks.
- 30 October 1935 – Shinsaibashi – Namba (opening). Trains started running in 2-car formation.{{Cite web|date=28 October 1935|title=官報. 1935年10月28日|trans-title=Official Bulletin. 28 October 1935|url=https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2959126/4|access-date=1 December 2021|language=ja}}
- 21 April 1938 – Namba – Tennōji (opening). Trains started running in 3-car formation.
- Construction stopped during World War II.
- 20 December 1951 – Tennōji – Shōwachō (opening)
- 5 October 1952 – Shōwachō – Nishitanabe (opening)
- 1 August 1953 – Trains started running in 4-car formation.
- 1 April 1957 – Trains started running in 5-car formation.
- 1 May 1958 – Trains started running in 6-car formation.
- 1 July 1960 – Nishitanabe – Abiko (opening){{Cite news|last=加古|first=信志|date=24 July 2014|title=れとろ探訪:地下鉄長居駅|language=ja|trans-title=Retro Exploration: Nagai Subway Station|work=Mainichi Shimbun}}
- 1 June 1963 – Trains started running in 8-car formation.
- 1963 – Highest-ever crush load capacity on the Midōsuji Line recorded at 264% on the Namba – Shinsaibashi section.
- 1 September 1964 – Umeda – Shin-Osaka (opening)
- 29 August 1968 – 30 series EMUs began operation.{{Cite book|title=大阪市交通局百年史|publisher=大阪市交通局|year=2005|isbn=978-4990172411|pages=1124|language=ja|trans-title=Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau 100 Years History}}
- 24 February 1970 – Shin-Osaka – Esaka together with Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway (Kitakyu) (opening). Automatic Train Control and cab signalling replaced the previous mechanical Automatic Train Stop train protection system.
- 1 April 1971 – Centralized traffic control introduced.
- 16 February 1976 – 10 series EMUs begin operation.
- 18 April 1987 – Abiko – Nakamozu (opening).{{Cite journal|date=July 1987|title=鉄道ジャーナル|trans-title=Railway Journal|journal=鉄道ジャーナル|volume=21|pages=122}} Refurbishment of stations to accommodate 9-car trainsets began.{{Cite news|date=8 April 1987|title=12日からダイヤ改正|language=ja|work=交通新聞}}
- 24 August 1987, Refurbishment of stations complete, hence all trains were regrouped into 9-car formation.
- 14 May 1991 – 21 series EMUs begin operation.
- 1993 – All trains on the Midōsuji Line are fully air-conditioned after the withdrawal of the 30 series and the Kitakyū 2000 series the same year.
- 9 December 1995 – Refurbishment of stations to accommodate 10-car trainsets began.
- 1 September 1996 – Refurbishment of stations completed, hence all trains were regrouped into 10-car formation.
- 11 November 2002 – Women-only cars were introduced.
- December 2011 – 30000 series EMUs entered service.
- 14 February 2015 – First half-height platform screen doors installed at Tennōji Station.{{cite web | url=https://warp.da.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/11049845/www.kotsu.city.osaka.lg.jp/general/barriar_free_top/barriar_free_info/platform__screen_doors.html | title=大阪市交通局｜可動式ホーム柵 }}
- 27 March 2020 – First three sets of 30000 series EMUs equipped with on-board Wi-Fi.{{cite web | url=https://subway.osakametro.co.jp/news/news_release/20200318_freewifi.php | title=Osaka Metroの車内で無料Wi-Fiをご利用いただけます～御堂筋線の3列車から順次導入～｜Osaka Metro }}
- 2021 – TASC implemented on the Midōsuji Line.
- 5 March 2022 – Platform screen doors retrofit work completed on the Midōsuji Line.{{cite web | url=https://subway.osakametro.co.jp/news/news/safety/20220228_namba_homesaku.php | title=御堂筋線なんば駅の可動式ホーム柵の運用開始について｜Osaka Metro }}
- 4 July 2022 – Last 10 series EMU retired from service.
=Women-only passenger cars=
Women-only cars were introduced on the line from 11 November 2002. There is one such designated car in each train (Car No. 6), the use of which is restricted all day on weekdays.
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Category:Rail transport in Osaka Prefecture
Category:Standard-gauge railways in Japan
Category:Railway lines opened in 1933
Category:750 V DC railway electrification