Daikokuchō Station

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
Location	Shikitsu-higashi Sanchome, Naniwa, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市浪速区敷津東三丁目） Japan
Coordinates	34°39′21.86″N 135°29′52.09″E
Operated by	Osaka Metro
Line(s)	Midōsuji Line Yotsubashi Line
Platforms	2 island platforms with cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	M 21   Y 16
History
Opened	21 April 1938; 87 years ago (1938-04-21)
Passengers
FY2016	30,978 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
Track layout Legend 1, 4: Midosuji Line 2, 3: Yotsubashi Line ↑ (2, 3) Namba (1, 4) → 4 3 2 1 1, 4: Dobutsuen-mae→ 2, 3: ↓Hanazonocho
Location Daikokuchō Station Location within Osaka Prefecture Show map of Osaka Prefecture Daikokuchō Station Daikokuchō Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

• Osaka Metro
  • Midōsuji Line (Station Number: M21)
  • Yotsubashi Line(Station Number: Y16)

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

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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  Exit 3 (2008)

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Official website (in English)