OSAKA, Sep 08 (Information On Japan) –
A brand new Osaka Metro station, positioned nearest to the venue for the Osaka-Kansai Expo set to open in April subsequent 12 months, will start operation on January 19.
The Osaka Metro Chūō Line supplies the one direct rail entry to the Yumeshima Expo web site. In the course of the occasion, as much as 129,000 individuals are anticipated to make use of the station day by day.
Building is at the moment underway to increase the road roughly 3.2 kilometers from its present terminus at Cosmosquare Station to the brand new Yumeshima Station, which can function the closest station to the venue. On the fifth, Osaka Mayor Hideyasu Yokoyama introduced that the station’s opening date has been confirmed for January 19.
Osaka Mayor Hideyasu Yokoyama:
“We’re delighted to open this new station, the place many individuals will go by way of and expertise the way forward for Osaka.”
Yumeshima is residence to a container yard, and issues about severe site visitors congestion within the surrounding space have been raised. The brand new station is predicted to ease transportation points for these concerned with the Expo.
Supply: YOMIURI
