
Keisei Electric Railway Merges with Shin-Keisei and Begins Operating Keisei Matsudo Line
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has approved the application for the Type II Railway Business Permit for the extension segment of the Osaka Metro Chuo Line.
The extension section between Cosmosquare and Yumeshima, was subject to an application by Osaka Metro to use as the Chuo Line, under a Type II Railway Business. This section currently holds a Type I Railway Business Permit as the Technoport Line of Osaka Port Transport System, connecting Cosmosquare to Yumeshima.
With the extension of the Chuo Line to Yumeshima, the potential site for the Osaka/Kansai Expo and the Osaka IR, this development is set to improve accessibility to the area.