Daikokuchō Station (大国町駅, Daikokuchō-eki) is a railway station on the Osaka Metro in Shikitsu-higashi Sanchome, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan.

Daikokuchō Station

大国町
Osaka Metro station
Station platforms
General information
LocationShikitsu-higashi Sanchome, Naniwa, Osaka, Osaka
(大阪市浪速区敷津東三丁目)
Japan
Coordinates34°39′21.86″N 135°29′52.09″E / 34.6560722°N 135.4978028°E / 34.6560722; 135.4978028
Operated by Osaka Metro
Line(s)
Platforms2 island platforms with cross-platform interchange
Tracks4
Other information
Station code M 21   Y 16 
History
Opened21 April 1938; 86 years ago (1938-04-21)
Passengers
FY201630,978 daily[1]
Services
Preceding station Osaka Metro Following station
Namba
 M 20 
towards Esaka
Midōsuji Line Dōbutsuen-mae
 M 22 
towards Nakamozu
Namba
 Y 15 
towards Nishi-Umeda
Yotsubashi Line Hanazonochō
 Y 17 
towards Suminoekōen
Location
Daikokuchō Station is located in Osaka Prefecture
Daikokuchō Station
Daikokuchō Station
Location within Osaka Prefecture
Daikokuchō Station is located in Japan
Daikokuchō Station
Daikokuchō Station
Daikokuchō Station (Japan)

Lines

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While Midōsuji and Yotsubashi lines are connected at several stations, Daikokuchō is the only such station where passengers can transfer the trains from one line to the other on the same platform in case of trains of same direction (cross-platform interchange).

Layout

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This station has two island platforms[2] on the second basement, serving four tracks.

G Street Level Exit / Entrance
B1F Mezzanine Ticket barriers, ticket/ICOCA/PiTaPa machines, restrooms
B2F
Platform level
Platform 1   Midōsuji Line towards Nakamozu (Dobutsuen-mae)
Island platform, doors will open on the right/left
Platform 2   Yotsubashi Line towards Suminoekōen (Hanazonocho)
Platform 3   Yotsubashi Line towards Nishi-Umeda (Namba)
Island platform, doors will open on the left/right
Platform 4   Midōsuji Line towards Esaka (Namba)
(through service to Minoh-kayano on the Kitakyu Namboku Line)


1  Midōsuji Line for Tennōji and Nakamozu
2  Yotsubashi Line for Tamade and Suminoekōen
3  Yotsubashi Line for Yotsubashi, Higobashi and Nishi-Umeda
4  Midōsuji Line for Umeda, Shin-Osaka, Esaka and Minoh-kayano
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References

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  1. ^ "路線別駅別乗降人員" (PDF). Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  2. ^ Schleife, Hans-Werner; et al. (1992). Metros der Welt [Metros of the world] (in German) (2nd ed.). transpress Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 266. ISBN 3-344-70715-9.