JR Namba Station

JR Namba JR難波
Underground platform
Location	4-1, Minatomachi Itchome, Naniwa, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市浪速区湊町一丁目4-1） Japan
Coordinates	34°39′59.1″N 135°29′43.2″E / 34.666417°N 135.495333°ECoordinates: 34°39′59.1″N 135°29′43.2″E / 34.666417°N 135.495333°E
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1889
Previous names	Minatomachi (until 1994)

OCAT building above the station

Ticket gate

JR Namba Station (JR難波駅 Jeiāru-Nanba-eki) is a railway station in Namba, Naniwa Ward, Osaka, Japan, adjacent to Namba Station (Nankai Railway, Osaka Subway) and Osaka Namba Station (Kintetsu, Hanshin Railway) operated by the West Japan Railway Company.

JR Namba is the western terminus of the Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line).

History

The Osaka Railway opened Minatomachi Station (湊町駅) as its terminal in Osaka on March 1, 1899. The railway was succeeded by the Kansai Railway in 1900 and was nationalized in 1907. The station was renamed JR Namba on September 4, 1994, the day Kansai International Airport opened. New underground facilities opened on March 22, 1996 and replaced the former above-ground station.^[1]

Layout

There are 2 island platforms with four tracks underground.

1, 2, 3, 4

■ Yamatoji Line

for Tennoji, Oji, Nara, Kamo and Takada

Surroundings

• Osaka City Air Terminal (OCAT)
• Minatomachi River Place
  • FM Osaka
• Sankei Shimbun Osaka Head Office

Bus stops

Osaka City Air Terminal (OCAT)

JR Namba ekimae (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)

• Sennichimae-dori (westbound)
  • Route 29 for Subway Suminoekoen via Ashiharabashi-ekimae
  • Route 52 for Abenobashi via Nagahashi Nichome
  • Route 60 for Tempozan via Subway Sakuragawa
  • Route 71 for Tsurumachi Yonchome via Taishobashi and Taisho-kuyakusho-mae
  • Route 75 for Ōsaka ekimae (Ōsaka Station) via Naniwa-suji
  • Route 87 for Tsurumachi Yonchome via Taishobashi and Chitosebashi
• Sennichimae-dori (eastbound)
  • Routes 29, 52, 71, 75 and 87 for Namba
  • Route 60 for Namba (Takashimaya)
• Yotsubashi-suji (northbound)
  • Routes 8 for Ōsaka ekimae (Ōsaka Station) via Yotsubashi-suji
  • Route 84 for Bentencho-ekimae and Yahataya Sanchome via Subway Nishinagahori
  • Route 85 for Kumata via Tamatsukuri

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yamatoji Line
Imamiya		Local		Terminus
Shin-Imamiya		Rapid Service		Terminus

References

1. Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese) II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 344. ISBN 4533029809.