2025 Expo Osaka: Many Visitors Unable to Return Home; Osaka Metro Chuo Line Stops All Trains Wednesday Night

The Yomiuri Shimbun

10:06 JST, August 14, 2025

The Osaka Metro Chuo Line, which directly connects to the Osaka-Kansai Expo site, had trouble and suspended operations on all lines Wednesday night.

The Metro resumed operation at 5:25 a.m. Thursday, but many visitors were unable to go home and spent the night in pavilions temporarily opened for them or on benches inside the venue until morning.