, is a junction station on the Osaka Monorail Main Line

Osaka Monorail Main Line

is a monorail route of the Osaka Monorail which connects Osaka Airport Station in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Senri-Chūō Station in Suita, Minami-Ibaraki Station in Ibaraki, Dainichi Station in Moriguchi, and Kadoma-shi Station in Kadoma.-Stations:...

 and the Hankyu Kyoto Line. The station is located in Ibaraki

Ibaraki, Osaka

is a city located in Osaka, Japan. It is a suburban city of Osaka city and a part of Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area. Literally Ibaraki in English means Wild Trees or Thorny trees....

, Osaka

Osaka Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshū, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area.- History :...

, Japan

Japan

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.

The shopping area around the stations include a few convenience store

Convenience store

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s, a Seattle's Best Coffee

Seattle's Best Coffee

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 store, a couple of supermarkets and a post office. The station is surrounded by low price apartment complexes (danchi

Danchi

is the Japanese word for a large cluster of apartment buildings of a particular style and design, typically built as public housing by a government authority.The Japan Housing Corporation , now known as the Urban Renaissance Agency , was founded in 1955...

) and a few commercial buildings.

Layout

Hankyu Kyoto Line

• two side platform
  Side platform
  A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
  
  s with two tracks on the ground

Osaka Monorail Main Line

• an island platform
  Island platform
  An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
  
   with two tracks elevated

History

The station of the Hankyu line opened on March 8, 1970 and provided bus connection for passengers visiting Expo '70

Expo '70

was a World's Fair held in Suita, Osaka, Japan between March 15 and September 13, 1970. The theme of the Expo was "Progress and Harmony for Mankind." In Japanese Expo '70 is often referred to as Ōsaka Banpaku...

 (held March 15, 1970 through September 13, 1970). Unlike temporary Bankokuhaku Nishiguchi Station on the Senri Line

Hankyu Senri Line

is a railway line of Hankyu Railway. It was completed on March 1, 1967. There are through trains to and from the Kyoto Line and the Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line.-Stations:-Abandoned stations:...

 (near present Yamada Station

Yamada Station (Osaka)

is a train station on the Hankyu Senri Line and Osaka Monorail located in Suita, Osaka, Japan.-Lines:*Hankyu Senri Line*Osaka Monorail Main Line -Hankyu Senri Line:*There are two side platforms and two tracks on the ground level....

), which was open only during the Expo, Minami-Ibaraki Station was built as a parmanent station.

The monorail station opened on June 1, 1990.

Adjacent stations

External links

• Minami-Ibaraki Station (Hankyu)
• Route • Area Guide - Minami-Ibaraki Station (Osaka Monorail)