History
Osaka Metro: Nippombashi Station opened on 6 December 1969 as a station of the Osaka City Subway Sakaisuji Line, simultaneously with the Tenjimbashisuji 6-chōme-Dōbutsuen-mae section's inauguration. On 11 March 1970, the Sennichimae Line extension between Sakuragawa and Tanimachi 9-chōme made it an interchange. On 15 March 1970 the Kintetsu Nippombashi Station opened, adding interchange with the Kintetsu Namba Line. Movable platform doors were activated on the Sennichimae Line platforms on 20 September 2014 and the Sakaisuji Line platforms on 25 September 2022. With the privatisation of the Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau on 1 April 2018, operations and management transferred to Osaka Metro. Kintetsu: Kintetsu Nippombashi Station opened on 15 March 1970 with the inauguration of the Kintetsu Namba Line. Commuter-pass-only automatic ticket gates entered service on 1 April 1971. PiTaPa service began on 1 April 2007.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Osaka Nippombashi (Osaka Metro K17/S17 and Kintetsu A02) is read 'Nippombashi' (with the geminate consonant), distinguishing it from Tokyo's Nihombashi (without). When the Hanshin Namba Line opened on 20 March 2009 and the neighbouring Kintetsu stations were renamed Osaka-Namba and Osaka-Uehommachi, Kintetsu Nippombashi kept its name. The Sakaisuji Line is on basement 1, the Sennichimae Line on basement 2, and the Kintetsu platforms on basement 3 (with 10-car effective length). On Kintetsu's platforms the column colour is orange. The two operators share all surface exits and provide ticketed through-routing. A specific rule applies for Osaka Metro Chūō Line connections to the Kintetsu Keihanna Line: routing must be via Nagata, so this station cannot be used for that transfer. The northern Sakaisuji platform is on the same level as the Namba Walk underground arcade, while the southern platform requires a connecting passage beneath the through-tracks - the same layout type used at the adjacent Tanimachi 9-chōme Station's connection to Kintetsu Osaka-Uehommachi.