Osaka's subway is owned and operated by the city government. Three lines offer through service onto suburban railroads...
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...four lines are still incomplete, with extensions planned, and one line has not yet been built
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We'll start today with a look at the red Midosuji Line, Osaka's first subway and the second subway in Japanpic.twitter.com/tJALrswYLj
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Through service is available onto the short Kita Osaka Express railway, a subsidiary of Hankyu (a major suburban railway)pic.twitter.com/0BQ4cmY2Ac
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The northern terminal, Senri Chuo, is a vast shopping center--the Osaka Monorail stops here too!pic.twitter.com/v1WSD221n8
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Next is the purple Tanimachi Line--as you can see, most lines use the same rolling stock, with only the colors changingpic.twitter.com/ii2MnxC5OB
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The blue Yotsubashi Line has a proposed extension from its northern terminal to Juso, on the Hankyu Railway, and then further to Shin-Osakapic.twitter.com/LNUDYsGMrH
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The green Chuo Line runs east-west through the city, and provides through service onto the Kintetsu Keihanna Linepic.twitter.com/lN4pccrpNU
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The pink Sennichimae Line is another with a proposed extension--from its southern terminal towards Mitopic.twitter.com/BRw2FmvQEu
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The brown Sakaisuji Line offers through service onto the Hankyu Railway to Kyoto and Senripic.twitter.com/HWD7wIb3ow
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The lime green Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line was the first linear motor subway line built in Japan...pic.twitter.com/B5N8y68ELY
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...the technology was successful, and spread to other Japanese cities--but also to Osaka's newest line, the gold Imazatosuji Linepic.twitter.com/h9ft7kD5jX
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The Imazatosuji Line's stations were built with distinctive eye-catching orange arches, to be more visible from a distancepic.twitter.com/1XUlQxOYwd
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The last line isn't really a subway--the light blue Nanko Port Town Line is an elevated AGT system using rubber tirespic.twitter.com/of3TXTYWdZ
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The carriages here are much shorter than typical train carriages--the result is rather comical, esp in the older rolling stockpic.twitter.com/FiKb3ofg3c
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That concludes today's tour--I will discuss some financial problems faced by the Osaka subway in a future thread...
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...until then, thank you for choosing
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