Ōsaka Abenobashi Station

Ōsaka Abenobashi 大阪阿部野橋
Osaka Abenobashi Station (March 7, 2014)
Location	1, Abenosuji Itchome, Abeno, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市阿倍野区阿倍野筋1丁目1） Japan
Coordinates	34°38′44.29″N 135°30′50.06″E / 34.6456361°N 135.5139056°ECoordinates: 34°38′44.29″N 135°30′50.06″E / 34.6456361°N 135.5139056°E
Operated by	Kintetsu Corporation
Line(s)	Minami-Osaka Line
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	F01
History
Opened	1923
Previous names	Ōsaka Tennōji (until 1924)
Traffic
Passengers (November 13, 2012[1])	159,075 daily

Osaka Abenobashi Station at night (April 2005)

Station layout
Legend
↓Koboreguchi

Ōsaka Abenobashi Station (大阪阿部野橋駅 Ōsaka-Abenobashi-eki, station number: F01) is a railway station on the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. The station is also called "Abenobashi Station" (あべの橋駅).

According to the research on November 13, 2012, 159,075 passengers got on and off trains at Ōsaka Abenobashi Station. It was the largest number of passengers getting on and off trains at stations on the Kintetsu Lines.

The west ticket gates of the station were shifted 35 m to the east on March 20, 2009, so that station facilities are entirely within the Kintetsu Abeno department store's "new" (east) building. The "old" (western) portion was demolished to make way for a new high-rise building.^[2]

Connecting lines

• Tennoji Station
  • West Japan Railway Company (JR West)

  • Osaka Loop Line
  • Hanwa Line
  • Yamatoji Line

  • Osaka Municipal Subway

  • Midosuji Line (M23)
  • Tanimachi Line (T27)

• Tennoji-eki-mae Station
  • Hankai Tramway Uemachi Line

Layout

The station has six bay platforms serving five tracks on the first floor.

Minami-Osaka Line for Fujiidera, Domyoji, Furuichi, Shakudo, Kashiharajingu-mae, Yoshino and Kawachi-Nagano

(1)	■ only for disembarking passengers
1, 2	■ local trains	(6 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.)
(2, 3)	■ only for disembarking passengers
3, 4	■ mainly semi-express trains and express trains	(also used for a suburban express train for Kashiharajingu-mae (to be a local train from there for Yoshino) on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays) (also used for local trains (the first train - 5:59 a.m., from 0 a.m. - the last train))
(4)	■ for disembarking passengers	the opossite side of the second platform from the south
5	■ express trains and suburban express trains in the rush hour	(rarely used for semi-express trains) also for trains disembarking passengers at Number 6
6	■ limited express trains	also for trains disembarking passengers at Number 5

Establishments around the station

• Abenobashi Terminal Building (Abeno Harukas Tower Building, Abeno Harukas Wing Building, East Building)
  • Kintetsu Department Store Main Store Abeno Harukas
  • Offices
  • Osaka Marriott Miyako Hotel
  • Abeno Harukas Art Museum
  • Harukas 300
  • Tennoji Miyako Hotel
• Hoop
• and
• Abeno Apollo Building, Abeno Lucias (Both are owned by Kin-ei Corp.)
• Abeno BELTA
• Tennoji MiO
  • Main Building
  • Plaza Annex
• abeno CUES TOWN
• Tennoji Park
  • Tennoji Zoo
  • Osaka Municipal Museum of Art
• Shitennō-ji

The skyscraper "Abeno Harukas" opened on March 7, 2014. The department store floors pre-opened on June 13, 2013,^[3] and February 22, 2014.

Bus stops

transit bus (Abenobashi, Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)
north side of JR West Tennōji Station	Route 12 for Fuse-ekimae via Tennoji Todaimon-mae and Ōikebashi Route 13 for Kita-Tatsumi Bus Terminal via Shariji Route 22 for Suwa Jinja-mae via Teradacho, Tennoji Kumin Center and Uehommachi Rokuchome Route 30 for Hirano Kuyakusho-mae via Teradacho, Kumata and Subway Minami-Tatsumi
west side of Tennoji MiO Plaza	Route 62, Route 67 for Sumiyoshi Shako-mae Route 63 for Asaka Route 64 for Orionobashi
south side of JR West Tennōji Station (eastbound)	Route 1 for Deto Bus Terminal Route 5 for Miyake-naka via Naka-Kuwazu, Kumata and Hirano kuyakusho-mae (Hirano Ward Office) Route 6 for Sunjiyata via Bishōen, Kumata and Imagawa Hatchōme
north side of Abeno Harukas and Apollo Building (westbound)	Route 48 for Subway Suminoekoen via Bainan Sanchōme Route 52 for Namba via Tsurumibashi Shōtengai Route 80 for Tsurumachi Yonchōme
east side of Abeno Q's Mall	Route 62 for Osaka-ekimae (Osaka Station) via Uehommachi Rokuchōme and Temmabashi Route 62A, 62B for Uehommachi Rokuchōme-minami
east side of Tennoji park	Route 62 for Osaka-ekimae (Osaka Station) via Uehommachi Rokuchōme and Temmabashi Route 62A, 62B for Uehommachi Rokuchōme-minami
transit bus (Abenobashi (Abeno Harukas), Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd.)
north side of Abeno Harukas	Abeno-Uehommachi Loop-line Bus for Shitenno-ji Sandoguchi and Osaka Uehommachi
transit bus (Tennoji Miyako Hotel, Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd.)
entrance to Tennoji Miyako Hotel	Abeno-Uehommachi Loop-line Bus for Shitenno-ji Sandoguchi and Osaka Uehommachi
expressway bus (Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd. and others)
Abenobashi Bus Station (north side of Abeno Harukas)	"the Forest" for Sendai Station "the Arcadia" for Yamagata Station "the Seagull" for Hitachi, Iwaki Station and Namie Station "the Galaxy" for Fukushima Station "the Yokappe" for Tsukuba, Tsuchiura Station and Mito Station "the Tochinoki" for Kuki Station, Tochigi Station and Utsunomiya Station "the Wing Liner" for Kawagoe Station and Kumagaya Station "the Flying Liner" for Yokohama Station west gate, Tokyo Station Yaesu Dori and Shinonome "the Flying Sneakers Osaka" for Tokyo Station Yaesu Dori and Shinonome (inexpensive) "the Twinkle" for Keio Hachioji Station and Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal "the Casual Twinkle" for Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal (inexpensive) "the Crystal Liner" for Kofu Station "the Fujiyama Liner" for Higashi-Shizuoka Station, Fuji Station, Fujikyu Highland and Fujisan Station "the Kintaro" for Shin-Fuji Station, Numazu Station, Gotemba Station, Shin-Matsuda Station and Odawara Station "the Chikumagawa Liner" for Ueda Station and Karuizawa Station for Kobe-Sanda Premium Outlets "the Shimanto Blue Liner" for Nakamura Station and Sukumo Station for Aki Station and Nahari Station "the Karst" for Yamaguchi and Hagi "the Sunrise" for Kumamoto "the Aso-Kuma" for Kumamoto (inexpensive) "the Netherlands" for Nagasaki "the Tropical" for Kagoshima
expressway bus (Nankai Bus Co., Ltd.)
Abenobashi Bus Station (north side of Abeno Harukas)	"the Southern Cross" for Hiroshima Bus Center and Hiroshima Station
expressway bus (West JR Bus Company, JR Bus Kanto Co., Ltd.)
Tennoji Station (east side of Tennoji Park)	"the Dream" for Shinjuku Station, Tokyo Station Yaesu gate and Tokyo Disneyland "the Youth Dream" for Tokyo Station Yaesu gate and Shin-Kiba Station
expressway bus (Osaka Bus Co., Ltd.)
Tennoji Station (east side of Tennoji Park)	"the Nagoya New Star" for Nagoya Station "the Tokyo New Star" for Tokyo Station, Akihabara Station, and Oji Station "the Kochi New Star" for Kochi
airport limousine
Abenobashi (Tennoji) (north side of Apollo Building)	Osaka Airport Transport Co., Ltd. for Osaka International Airport
Abeno Harukas	Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd., Kansai Airport Transportation Enterprise Co., Ltd. Abenobashi Route for Kansai International Airport

References

1. http://www.kintetsu.co.jp/tetsudo/e.html - Kintetsu Corporation
2. News Release on August 8, 2007 - Kintetsu Corporation
3. 6月13日（木）「あべのハルカス近鉄本店」 タワー館オープン! [New Main Store of Kintetsu Department Store will open in Abeno Harukas on Thursday, June 13, 2013] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kintetsu Department Store Co., Ltd. May 1, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013.

Stations next to Ōsaka Abenobashi

«		Service	»
Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line (F01)
Terminus		Local		Koboreguchi (F02)
Terminus		Semi-Express		Kawachi-Matsubara (F10)
Terminus		Suburban Express		Furuichi (F16)
Terminus		Express		Furuichi (F16)
Terminus		Limited Express		Furuichi (F16) Shakudo (F23)