JR Namba Station

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Infobox stationTemplate:More citations needed Template:Nihongo is a railway station in Namba, Naniwa Ward, Osaka, Japan, adjacent to Namba Station (Nankai Railway, Osaka Subway) and Ōsaka Namba Station (Kintetsu, Hanshin Railway) operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

JR Namba is the western terminus of the Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Layout

The station has two underground island platforms serving four tracks.

Platforms

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  The ticket barriers
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  Station sign, January 2020

History

Minatomachi Station in 1987

The station opened as Template:Nihongo on March 1, 1899. It was renamed JR Namba on September 4, 1994, in collaboration with the opening of Kansai International Airport. New underground facilities opened on March 22, 1996, and replaced the former above-ground station.<ref>Template:Teishajo</ref>

Future plans

Template:See also The tracks from the Kansai Main Line are expected to be extended north from this station by 2031 with the completion of the Naniwasuji Line.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> The new line is to be routed through central Osaka and will terminate at new underground platforms at Osaka Station.

Surrounding area

The OCAT building above the station

• 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 City Bus)

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan