Yumeshima Station
{{short description|Metro station in Osaka, Japan}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}{{Infobox station
| name = Yumeshima Station
| native_name = 夢洲駅
| native_name_lang = ja
| type = {{ric|Osaka Metro|name=y}} station
| image = Yumeshima Station No.1 Exit.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Yumeshima Station entrance 1
| other_name =
| address = Yumeshima, Konohana, Osaka, Osaka
{{Nihongo2|（大阪市此花区夢洲）}}
| country = Japan
| coordinates = {{coord|34.6520|135.3896|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline,title}}
| operator = {{ric|Osaka Metro|name=y}}
| line = {{Plainlist|
- {{ric|Osaka Metro|c|name=y}}}}
| platforms = 1 island platform
| tracks = 2
| connections =
| structure =
| code = {{OMSN|C|09}}
| opened = January 19, 2025
| closed =
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| services = {{Adjstn|system1=Osaka Metro|line1=c|right1=Cosmosquare|note-right1={{OMSN|C|10}}}}
| map_type = Japan Osaka Prefecture#Japan
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{{nihongo|Yumeshima Station|夢洲駅|Yumeshima-eki|}} is a metro station on the Osaka Metro Chūō Line in Konohana-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the westernmost station of the Osaka Metro system.{{Cite web |last=Aya |first=Kato |date=2024-09-05 |title= |script-title=ja:Osaka Metro延伸 コスモスクエア～夢洲が25年1月19日開業 |trans-title=Osaka Metro extension: Cosmosquare to Yumeshima to open on January 19, 2025 |url=https://www.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1621544.html |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Impress Watch |language=ja}} {{As of|2024|09|post=,}} Osaka Metro projects that the station will be used by over 130,000 people daily during the Expo 2025.{{Cite web |last=浩平 |first=井上 |date=2025-01-31 |title=万博開幕前に最寄りの「夢洲駅」早くも〝観光地化〟 フェンス越しに会場見物 |url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20250131-QMXOWWDCWJLRVB7JYXYH4NZ2Q4/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=産経新聞：産経ニュース |language=ja}}
History
Railway extensions to Yumeshima were planned first back when Osaka was bidding as a host city for the 2008 Summer Olympics, in which Yumeshima was intended to have an Olympic village. However, the extension was cancelled after the bid failed, with only the Yumesaki Tunnel being completed before the construction was stopped.{{Cite web |date=2018-12-07 |title= |script-title=ja:2025年大阪万博の会場、夢洲はオリンピック開催候補地だった？浮き沈みする人工島の歴史を新聞・雑誌記事の掲載件数で追う |trans-title=Was Yumeshima, the site of the 2025 Osaka World Expo, a potential Olympic site? Tracking the ups and downs of the artificial island's history through the number of newspaper and magazine articles published |url=http://www.g-search.or.jp/column/trend/yumeshima/ |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=G-Search |language=Japanese}} After Osaka was picked to host the Expo 2025 in 2018, Hirofumi Yoshimura, the mayor of Osaka at the time announced that the Osaka Metro Chūō Line will be extended to Yumeshima.{{Cite web |last=Nakagawa |first=Takemi |date=2023-10-20 |title= |script-title=ja:大阪万博決定、誘致委幹部ら「万博で世界の課題解決」 |trans-title=Osaka Expo decided, bid committee executives claim "Expo will solve world problems'' |url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO38139340U8A121C1AC1000/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020041725/https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO38139340U8A121C1AC1000/ |archive-date=2023-10-20 |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=The Nikkei |language=Japanese}}
The station was constructed by Obayashi Corporation, Kumagai Gumi, {{Ill|Tokyu Construction|ja|東急建設}}, and {{Ill|Toyo Construction|ja|東洋建設}}.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-08 |title= |script-title=ja:大阪・関西万博の舞台「夢洲」に地下鉄をつなぐ |trans-title=Connecting the subway to Yumeshima, the site of the Osaka Kansai Expo |url=https://www.obayashi.co.jp/thinking/detail/project82.html |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Obayashi |language=ja}} The station opened on January 19, 2025 with an opening ceremony on the same date.{{cite web |trans-title=Osaka Metro's Yumeshima Station opens as the closest station to the Osaka-Kansai Expo site | title=大阪メトロ「夢洲駅」が開業 大阪・関西万博会場の最寄り駅に | website=NHKニュース | date=2025-01-19 | url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20250119/k10014697251000.html | language=ja | access-date=2025-04-12}}{{cite web | title=大阪・関西万博の玄関口「夢洲駅」開業、一番列車が出発 大阪メトロ |trans-title=Osaka Metro opens Yumeshima Station, gateway to the Osaka-Kansai Expo, and the first train departs |first=Kazuhide |last=Setoguchi | website=朝日新聞 | date=2025-01-19 | url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/AST1L7XH6T1LPTIL00YM.html | language=ja | access-date=2025-04-12}}
Layout
| table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|1F |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street Level |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=500 valign=top|Exit/Entrance |
| style="border-top:solid 1px gray; border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|B1F
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray; border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Concourse |style="border-top:solid 1px gray; border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|One-way faregates, ticket/ICOCA/PiTaPa machines, station agent |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=3 valign=top|B2F
|Platform 1 |→ {{ric|Osaka Metro|c|name=y}} towards Hommachi, Morinomiya, Nagata, Ikoma, and Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka (Cosmosquare) → |
| style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Island platform, doors will open on the left or right |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform 2
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|→{{ric|Osaka Metro|c|name=y}} (Same as platform 1) → |
Details
Yumeshima Station is the new terminus of the Osaka Metro Chūō Line, located {{Convert|3.2|km|sp=us}} away from the adjacent Cosmosquare Station, located northeast of the planned Expo 2025 site. The station is operated by Osaka Metro using infrastructure owned by {{Ill|Osaka Port Transport System|ja|大阪港トランスポートシステム}}. Trains service the station from 5:02 am to 12:13 am for the entire week. Train frequencies vary from to 4 to 10 minutes.{{Cite web |title= |script-title=ja:Osaka Metro 中央線夢洲駅の時刻表、構内図をお知らせします |trans-title=Timetable and station map of Osaka Metro Chuo Line Yumeshima Station |url=https://subway.osakametro.co.jp/news/news/subway/20241219_yumesima_oshirase.php |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Osaka Metro |language=ja}}
The design was revealed on April 27, 2022.{{Cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=北港テクノポート線（仮称）夢洲駅基本デザイン（本編） |trans-title=North Technoport line (placeholder name) Yumeshima Station design (main part) |url=http://www.opts.co.jp/news/pkobo_news/upload/30-0link_file.pdf |access-date=8 September 2024 |language=ja}} The station is built underground in the island of Yumeshima, with the first basement floor being the concourse and the second floor being the station platform. The design concept for the station is "theater of another world".{{Cite web |last=Ihara |first=Kaoru |date=2024-12-19 |title= |script-title=ja:大阪メトロ｢万博の玄関口｣夢洲駅の実力は？ |trans-title=What is the potential of Yumeshima Station, Osaka Metro's "gateway to the Expo"? |url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/846849?page=3 |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Toyo Keizai Online |language=ja}} Line-shaped lights will be placed in the center of the platform. Platform screen doors are installed on the platform. The platform has an estimated length of 160 meters, and is 10 meters wide.{{Cite web |last=Okuyama |first=Kohei |date=2024-09-24 |title= |script-title=ja:万博会場の最寄り「夢洲駅」が25年1月19日に前倒し開業、大阪駅から電車で約30分 |trans-title=Yumeshima Station, the closest station to the Expo venue, to open early on January 19, 2025, approximately 30 minutes by train from Osaka Station |url=https://xtech.nikkei.com/atcl/nxt/column/18/02484/091700067/ |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=xTech |language=ja}}
Gallery
大阪メトロ夢洲駅1号出入口全景.jpg|Entrance 1 hall
Yumeshima-STA Gate.jpg|Entry gate
Yumeshima-STA Platform1-2.jpg|Platform
References
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External links
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- [https://subway.osakametro.co.jp/station_guide/C/c09/index.php Osaka Metro official home page] {{in lang|ja}}
- [https://subway.osakametro.co.jp/en/station_guide/C/c09/index.php Osaka Metro official home page] {{in lang|en}}
{{Osaka Metro Chūō Line and Kintetsu Keihanna Line}}