Yumeshima Station

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.^[1] As of September 2024,^[update] Osaka Metro projects that the station will be used by over 130,000 people daily during the Expo 2025.^[2]

Yumeshima Station 夢洲駅
Osaka Metro station
Yumeshima Station entrance 1
General information
Location	Yumeshima, Konohana, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市此花区夢洲） Japan
Coordinates	34.6520°N 135.3896°E / 34.6520; 135.3896
Operated by	Osaka Metro
Line(s)	Chūō Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	C 09
History
Opened	January 19, 2025
Services
Preceding station Osaka Metro Following station Terminus Chūō Line Cosmosquare  C 10  towards Nagata
Location Yumeshima Station Location within Osaka Prefecture Show map of Osaka Prefecture Yumeshima Station Yumeshima Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

The station was opened as the new terminus of the Osaka Metro Chūō Line, when the line was extended for the Expo 2025 on January 19, 2025.

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.^[3] However, the extension was cancelled after the bid failed, with only the Yumesaki Tunnel being completed before the construction was stopped.^[3] 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.^[4]

The station was constructed by Obayashi Corporation, Kumagai Gumi, Tokyu Construction [ja], and Toyo Construction [ja].^[5] The station opened on January 19, 2025 with an opening ceremony on the same date.^[6][7]

Layout

Reference:^[8]

1F	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1F	Concourse	One-way faregates, ticket/ICOCA/PiTaPa machines, station agent
B2F	Platform 1	→ Chūō Line towards Hommachi, Morinomiya, Nagata, Ikoma, and Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka (Cosmosquare) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Platform 2	→ Chūō Line (Same as platform 1) →

Details

Yumeshima Station is the new terminus of the Osaka Metro Chūō Line, located 3.2 kilometers (2.0 mi) away from the adjacent Cosmosquare Station, located northeast of the planned Expo 2025 site.^[5][9] The station is operated by Osaka Metro using infrastructure owned by Osaka Port Transport System [ja].^[1] 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.^[8]

The design was revealed on April 27, 2022.^[10] 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.^[1] The design concept for the station is "theater of another world".^[11] 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.^[9]