谷町線 (Tanimachi Line) · Line introduction

Overview

The Tanimachi Line (T), opened in 1967, cuts diagonally across the city from Dainichi in Moriguchi to Yaominami — about 28.1 km and 26 stations, the longest line on the network and the one with the most stops. Its deep purple is said to echo the robes of the priests of the temple district it follows.

Along the route

Running in from Dainichi, the line doglegs west at Tenjimbashisuji 6-chome to reach Higashi-Umeda, then turns back southeast along Tanimachi-suji past Minami-morimachi and its Tenmangu shrine, Temmabashi, Tanimachi 4-chome for Osaka Castle, and Shitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka, gateway to Japan's oldest state-founded temple, before Tennoji and the long run out to Yao.

Why play it

A true endurance run: 26 stops crowded with mouthfuls like Tanimachi 4-chome and Shitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka, the longest station name on the whole network.

Line data

Everything below is derived from the station data the game runs on, so it always matches what you actually type on the 谷町線 — all 26 stops of it.

Operator: Osaka Metro
Line symbol: T
Stations: 26
Shape: Terminal to terminal
Termini: 大日 — 八尾南

How much typing is this?

Typing every station name on this line takes 323 keystrokes, an average of 12.4 per station. The longest name is 天神橋筋六丁目 (tenjimbashisuji-rokuchome) at 25 keystrokes; the shortest is 出戸 (deto) at 4. Those counts come from running each name's kana through the game's own romaji engine, so they are what your fingers actually do — not the length of the printed spelling.

Along the way: 0 names contain a small っ, which doubles the next consonant; 5 contain a small ゃ, ゅ or ょ, where the engine accepts both the Hepburn and Kunrei spellings (sha or sya, shu or syu); and 0 end in ん, whose trailing n folds into whatever comes next rather than standing alone.

Where you can change trains

10 of the 26 stations on this line connect to another line in the game. Follow any symbol to that line's guide.

Every station on the line

All 26 stations in order, with the official station number, the name in kanji, the kana the typing is derived from, and its Hepburn romaji.

#	No.	Station	Kana	Romaji
1	T11	大日	だいにち	dainichi
2	T12	守口	もりぐち	moriguchi
3	T13	太子橋今市	たいしばしいまいち	taishibashi-imaichi
4	T14	千林大宮	せんばやしおおみや	senbayashi-omiya
5	T15	関目高殿	せきめたかどの	sekime-takadono
6	T16	野江内代	のえうちんだい	noe-uchindai
7	T17	都島	みやこじま	miyakojima
8	T18	天神橋筋六丁目	てんじんばしすじろくちょうめ	tenjimbashisuji-rokuchome
9	T19	中崎町	なかざきちょう	nakazakicho
10	T20	東梅田	ひがしうめだ	higashi-umeda
11	T21	南森町	みなみもりまち	minami-morimachi
12	T22	天満橋	てんまばし	temmabashi
13	T23	谷町四丁目	たにまちよんちょうめ	tanimachi-yonchome
14	T24	谷町六丁目	たにまちろくちょうめ	tanimachi-rokuchome
15	T25	谷町九丁目	たにまちきゅうちょうめ	tanimachi-kyuchome
16	T26	四天王寺前夕陽ヶ丘	してんのうじまえゆうひがおか	shitennoji-mae-yuhigaoka
17	T27	天王寺	てんのうじ	tennoji
18	T28	阿倍野	あべの	abeno
19	T29	文の里	ふみのさと	fuminosato
20	T30	田辺	たなべ	tanabe
21	T31	駒川中野	こまがわなかの	komagawa-nakano
22	T32	平野	ひらの	hirano
23	T33	喜連瓜破	きれうりわり	kire-uriwari
24	T34	出戸	でと	deto
25	T35	長原	ながはら	nagahara
26	T36	八尾南	やおみなみ	yaominami