Osaka Metro Chūō Line


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Osaka Metro

The Osaka Metro trains are based at Morinomiya Depot, while the Kintetsu Railway trains are based at Higashi-Hanazono and Tomigaoka Depots located on the Keihanna Line.

Former

The line opened on December 11, 1961, initially running between Ōsakakō and Bentenchō ; trains were initially composed of one car. Between 1964 and 1985, the line was expanded towards Nagata in four stages:
On December 18, 1997, the OTS Technoport Line opened between Ōsakakō and Cosmosquare. This line was absorbed into the Chūō Line on July 1, 2005. The Keihanna Line was extended further into Nara when the extension to Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka opened on March 27, 2006.