Osaka Monorail Main Line

{{Short description|Monorail line in Osaka, Japan}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}

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| locale = Osaka

| start = Osaka Airport Station

| end = Kadoma-shi Station

| stations = 14 (In operation)

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{{nihongo|Osaka Monorail Main Line|大阪モノレール線|Ōsaka Monorēru sen}} is a monorail route of the Osaka Monorail which connects Osaka Airport Station in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Senri-Chūō Station in Suita, Minami-Ibaraki Station in Ibaraki, Dainichi Station in Moriguchi, and Kadoma-shi Station in Kadoma.

Overview

The Main Line runs on an elevated line between Osaka International Airport and Kadoma. It opened on 1 June 1990 between {{STN|Senri-Chuo|x}} and {{STN|Minami-Ibaraki|x}} stations.{{Cite book|last=曽根|first=悟|title=週刊 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 公営鉄道・私鉄|publisher=朝日新聞出版|year=2011|volume=30|location=Japan|pages=9|language=ja|trans-title=Weekly All Railways in History Public Railways / Private Railways}} On 30 September 1994 it reached Shibahara-handai-mae Station, on 1 April 1997, {{STN|Osaka Airport|x}}, and on 22 August 1997, its current eastern terminal at Kadoma-shi Station. It is {{Convert|21.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} long. A single-way trip over the entire Main Line takes about 36 minutes, and costs ¥550.

An {{Convert|8.9|km|mi|abbr=on}}, five-station extension from Kadoma to Uryudo is planned to open in 2029.[https://www.pref.osaka.lg.jp/attach/28258/00000000/osakamonopanhuretto.pdf 申し訳ありませんが、ご指定のページは見つかりませんでした] pref.osaka.lg.jp (in Japanese)

Station list

The entire line is in Osaka.

class="wikitable"
Status

!Station number

!Station

!Japanese

!Distance

!Transfers

!Location

rowspan="14" |In operation

!11

|Osaka Airport Station

|大阪空港駅

|{{convert|0|km|abbr=on}}

| rowspan="5" |Toyonaka

12

|Hotarugaike Station

|蛍池駅

|{{convert|1.4|km|abbr=on}}

|Hankyu Railway Takarazuka Line

13

|Shibahara-handai-mae Station

|柴原阪大前駅

|{{convert|3.1|km|abbr=on}}

14

|Shōji Station

|少路駅

|{{convert|4.8|km|abbr=on}}

15

|Senri-Chūō Station

|千里中央駅

|{{convert|6.6|km|abbr=on}}

|Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway

16

|Yamada Station

|山田駅

|{{convert|8.5|km|abbr=on}}

|Hankyu Railway Senri Line

| rowspan="2" |Suita

17

|Banpaku-Kinen-Koen Station

|万博記念公園駅

|{{convert|9.9|km|abbr=on}}

|Osaka Monorail Saito Line

18

|Unobe Station

|宇野辺駅

|{{convert|12.1|km|abbr=on}}

| rowspan="3" |Ibaraki

19

|Minami Ibaraki Station

|南茨木駅

|{{convert|13.3|km|abbr=on}}

|Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line

20

|Sawaragi Station

|沢良宜駅

|{{convert|14.5|km|abbr=on}}

21

|Settsu Station

|摂津駅

|{{convert|16.0|km|abbr=on}}

| rowspan="2" |Settsu

22

|Minami Settsu Station

|南摂津駅

|{{convert|17.8|km|abbr=on}}

23

|Dainichi Station

|大日駅

|{{convert|19.9|km|abbr=on}}

|Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line

|Moriguchi

24

|Kadoma-shi Station

|門真市駅

|{{convert|21.2|km|abbr=on}}

|Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Main Line

| rowspan="3" |Kadoma

rowspan="5" |Planned (2029){{cite web |url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001272230.pdf |title=申請者の概要 |author=Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |date=17 January 2019 |website=MLIT |publisher=国土交通省 |access-date=9 May 2021 }}

!25

|Matsuocho Station{{efn|name=Tentative|Tentative name.}}{{efn|Added in 2021 at the request of Kadoma City and Moriguchi City.}}{{Cite web|date=15 June 2021|title=東部大阪都市計画 都市高速鉄道(大阪モノレール)及び道路の都市計画変更について|trans-title=Eastern Osaka City Planning Urban High-speed Railway (Osaka Monorail) and Road City Planning Changes|url=https://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001272230.pdf|access-date=26 January 2022|website=Ministry of Land and Transportation (MLIT)}}

|松生町駅(仮称)

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26

|Kadoma-minami Station{{efn|name=Tentative}}

|門真南駅(仮称)

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|Osaka Metro Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line

27

|Kōnoikeshinden Station{{efn|name=Tentative}}

|鴻池新田駅(仮称)

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|JR West Katamachi Line

| rowspan="3" |Higashiosaka

28

|Aramoto Station{{efn|name=Tentative}}

|荒本駅(仮称)

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|Kintetsu Keihanna Line

29

|{{ill|Uryūdō Station|ja|瓜生堂駅|vertical-align=sup}}{{efn|name=Tentative}}

|瓜生堂駅(仮称)

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|Kintetsu Nara Line{{efn|New station to be built.}}

Notes

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References

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