It has been a long issue of JR Osaka Loop Line connecting south central (Tennoji) and north central (Osaka Station, Umekita) is very overloaded, particularly for the Osaka Airport - Osaka / Shin-Osaka Station service.
The same case also happens for Nanakai Mainline, which Namba Terminal is suffering from a lack of terminating platform.
It's kind of good to see the central government and Osaka government managed to fund the project to build a underground line connecting the two bits, to allow the two railway companies to use.
While watching the local news, there are some interesting features, like movable screen doors will be installed:
There is a more detailed explain of the project in the budget, design, future operating schedule, in Japanese though:
https://www.japanstation.com/constr...suji-line-approved-scheduled-to-open-in-2031/ (English info)
The same case also happens for Nanakai Mainline, which Namba Terminal is suffering from a lack of terminating platform.
It's kind of good to see the central government and Osaka government managed to fund the project to build a underground line connecting the two bits, to allow the two railway companies to use.
While watching the local news, there are some interesting features, like movable screen doors will be installed:
There is a more detailed explain of the project in the budget, design, future operating schedule, in Japanese though:
https://www.japanstation.com/constr...suji-line-approved-scheduled-to-open-in-2031/ (English info)
