Ōsaka Namba Station
Osaka Namba Station 大阪難波駅 | |||||
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General information | |||||
Location | 4-1-17 Namba, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Japan | ||||
Coordinates | 34°40′02″N 135°29′57″E / 34.667114°N 135.499142°E | ||||
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Connections | Bus terminal | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | ■A01 (Kintetsu) ■HS 41 (Hanshin) | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | March 15, 1970 | ||||
Previous names | Kintetsu Namba (until 2009) | ||||
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Ōsaka Namba Station (大阪難波駅, Ōsaka-Nanba-eki) is a major railway station on the Kintetsu Namba Line and Hanshin Namba Line in the Namba district of Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is adjacent to Namba Station and JR Namba Station. Trains of the Nara Line depart from and arrive at the station.
Lines
[edit]Ōsaka Namba Station is served by the following two lines.
Station layout
[edit]The station has an island platform and a side platform with three tracks on the third basement level, parallel to Namba Station on the Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line. There is a returning track in the west of the platforms between the two tracks of the Hanshin Namba Line.
Platforms
[edit]Adjacent stations
[edit]« | Service | » | ||
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Kintetsu Railway Namba Line (Nara Line) (A01) | ||||
Hanshin Railway Hanshin Namba Line (HS 41) | ||||
‹See TfM›Sakuragawa (Hanshin, HS 42) | Local | ‹See TfM›Kintetsu Nippombashi (Kintetsu, A02) | ||
Sakuragawa (Hanshin, HS 42) | Semi-Express Suburban Semi-Express |
Kintetsu Nippombashi (Kintetsu, A02) | ||
Sakuragawa (Hanshin, HS 42) | Rapid Express | Kintetsu Nippombashi (Kintetsu, A02) | ||
Terminus | Express | Kintetsu Nippombashi (Kintetsu, A02) | ||
Terminus | Kintetsu Limited Express | ‹See TfM›Ōsaka Uehommachi (Kintetsu, A03) |
History
[edit]The station was first named Kintetsu Namba Station (近鉄難波駅, Kintetsu-Nanba-eki) on March 15, 1970, when Kintetsu's Namba Line opened.[1] It was renamed to the present name on March 20, 2009, the date of opening of the Hanshin Namba Line.[2]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Kintetsu Namba Building
- Midosuji Grand Building
- Dōtonbori
- Osaka City Air Terminal (OCAT)
- Minatomachi River Place (including FM OSAKA)
- Namba Parks, a shopping center and office complex
References
[edit]- ^ "Kintetsu Corporation Company Profile" (PDF). p. 31. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
- ^ 阪神なんば線開業に合わせ、「近鉄難波駅」を「大阪難波駅」に、「上本町駅」を「大阪上本町駅」に駅名変更します。 ["Kintetsu Namba Station" will be renamed "Ōsaka Namba Station", and "Uehommachi Station" will be "Ōsaka Uehommachi Station".] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Kintetsu Corporation. March 31, 2008.