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{{short description|Major railway and metro station in Osaka, Japan}}
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{{Infobox station
| name = Ōsaka Station
| native_name = 大阪駅
| native_name_lang = ja
| type = 
| style = JR West
| image = JR Osaka Station 20151226.JPG
| alt = 
| caption = Ōsaka Station in 2015
| other_name = 
| address = 1-1 Umeda Sanchōme, [[Kita-ku, Osaka|Kita Ward]], [[Osaka|Osaka City]]
| borough = [[Osaka Prefecture]]
| country = Japan
| coordinates = {{coord|34|42|09|N|135|29|46|E|type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| operator = {{ric|JR West|name=y}}
| line = {{Plainlist|
* {{rcb|JR West|Osaka Higashi|route}} '''[[Osaka Higashi Line]]'''
* '''Via [[Tōkaidō Main Line]]'''
* {{rcb|JR West|kobe|route}} {{lnl|JR West|kobe}}
* {{rcb|JR West|kyoto|route}} {{lnl|JR West|kyoto}}
* {{rcb|JR West|Takarazuka|route}} {{lnl|JR West|Takarazuka}}
* '''Via Osaka Loop Line'''
* {{rcb|JR West|Osaka|route}} {{lnl|JR West|Osaka}}
* {{rcb|JR West|Yumesaki|route}} {{lnl|JR West|Yumesaki}}
* {{rcb|JR West|Yamatoji|route}} {{lnl|JR West|Yamatoji}}
* {{rcb|JR West|Hanwa|route}} {{lnl|JR West|Hanwa}}
 }}
| platforms = 7 [[island platforms]] and 1 [[side platform]]
| tracks = 15
| connections = {{Plainlist|
* {{rint|bus}} Bus terminal
* '''{{ric|Osaka Metro|name=y}}''':
*{{nbsp|5}}{{ric|Osaka Metro|Y|name=y}} at {{STN|Nishi-Umeda|x}}
*{{nbsp|5}}{{ric|Osaka Metro|M|name=y}} at {{STN|Umeda|x}} 
*{{nbsp|5}}{{ric|Osaka Metro|T|name=y}} at {{STN|Higashi-Umeda|x}}
* [[Hankyu Railway]] at Umeda
*{{nbsp|5}}[[Hankyū Kōbe Main Line|Kōbe Main Line]]
*{{nbsp|5}}[[Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line|Takarazuka Main Line]]
*{{nbsp|5}}[[Hankyu Kyoto Main Line|Kyoto Main Line]]
* [[Hanshin Main Line]] at Umeda
* [[JR Tozai Line]] at {{STN|Kitashinchi|x}}
 }}
| structure = {{plainlist|
*Elevated (Tracks 1–11)
*Underground (Tracks 21–24)
|}}
| code = {{plainlist|
*{{RouteBox|JR-A47||#0072bc}} (Kyoto/Kobe Line)
*{{RouteBox|JR-G47||#ffcc00|Black}} (Takarazuka Line)
*{{RouteBox|JR-O11||#e80000}} (Osaka Loop Line)
*{{RouteBox|JR-F01||#335099}} (Osaka Higashi Line)
|}}
| opened = {{start date and age|1874|05|11|df=y}}
| closed = 
| former = 
| passengers = 734,838 daily<ref name="ridership jr west">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |year=2024 |title=移動等円滑化取組報告書（鉄道駅） |url=https://www.westjr.co.jp/company/action/service/universal_design/pdf/02_2023houkoku.pdf |publisher=JR West |language=ja |access-date=12 March 2025}}</ref>
| pass_year = FY 2023
| map_type           = Japan Osaka city#Japan Osaka Prefecture#Japan 
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Ōsaka Station'''|大阪駅|Ōsaka-eki}} is a major railway station in the [[Umeda]] district of [[Kita-ku, Osaka]], Japan, operated by [[West Japan Railway Company]] (JR West). It forms as one of the city's main railway terminals to the north, the other being [[Shin-Ōsaka Station|Shin-Ōsaka]].

Although it is officially served by only the JR Kobe/Kyoto Lines (Tōkaidō Main Line) and the [[Osaka Loop Line]], Ōsaka is the starting point of [[JR Takarazuka Line]] service, and serves as the terminal for trains bound for the [[San'in region]] via [[JR Takarazuka Line]] and the [[Hokuriku region]] via JR Kyoto Line, while offering connections to trains bound for [[Nara, Nara|Nara]], [[Wakayama, Wakayama|Wakayama]] and [[Kansai International Airport]] via the [[Osaka Loop Line]].

[[Umeda Station]] ([[Hankyu Railway|Hankyu]], [[Hanshin Electric Railway|Hanshin]], and [[Osaka Metro]] [[Midosuji Line]]), [[Nishi-Umeda Station]] ([[Yotsubashi Line|Subway Yotsubashi Line]]) and [[Higashi-Umeda Station]] ([[Tanimachi Line|Subway Tanimachi Line]]) are directly connected to Ōsaka Station, and [[Kitashinchi Station]] on the [[JR Tōzai Line|JR Tozai Line]] is within walking distance.

Ōsaka Station and Umeda Station, effectively part of the same complex, together constitute the busiest station in Western Japan, serving 2,343,727 passengers daily in 2005, and the [[List of busiest railway stations|fourth-busiest railway station in the world]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/travel/view/the-51-busiest-train-stations-in-the-world-all-but-6-located-in-japan |title = The 51 busiest train stations in the world– All but 6 located in Japan| date=6 February 2013 }}</ref>

Ōsaka Station also houses a large terminal for overnight bus services to other cities in Japan, and until March 2013 also had a nearby freight terminal complex, Umeda Freight Terminal, owned by [[JR Freight]].

==Station layout==

[[File:Grand Front Osaka 20151226.JPG|thumbnail|right|Grand Front Ōsaka North Gate Building in December 2015]]
[[File:Osaka Station City009.JPG|thumb|Ōsaka Station ''Toki no hiroba'' plaza in June 2011]]
[[File:JRW 321 x2 Osaka.jpg|thumb|Commuter trains at Ōsaka Station]]
[[File:Osaka Station 2023.jpg|thumb|Train platforms at Ōsaka Station]]
[[File:Directions from Osaka Station 2023 version.png|thumb|Route map of trains departing from Osaka Station in 2023|280x280px]]

Ōsaka station is elevated above street level, on the second floor of the station complex. There are four concourses, corresponding to four sets of ticket gates: the Midosuji gates, serving as a transfer point to [[Hankyu Railway|Hankyu]] and [[Osaka Municipal Subway|Subway]] [[Umeda Station]] and [[Higashi-Umeda Station]]; the Central gates, with access to Daimaru, Lucua, Yodobashi Camera, Umeda Sky Building, Grand Front and transfers to [[Hanshin Railway|Hanshin]] Umeda and JR [[Kitashinchi Station]]; the Sakurabashi gates, with access to Ōsaka Garden City and transfers to Subway [[Nishi-Umeda Station]], city bus, hotel shuttle buses and taxi; and the Bridge Gates, with direct access into Daimaru and Lucua, as well as a bridge passage to Hankyu Umeda. The Midosuji concourse is on the lower level, with escalators and elevators leading directly to platforms; the Central concourse has both direct escalators and a mezzanine-level transfer passage connected by stairs; the Sakurabashi concourse has gates on ground level but is primarily on the mezzanine level, connected to the central concourse by a corridor; and the Bridge Gate is on the third level above the platforms, and connected by escalators and elevators. An additional concourse is planned for the west side of the station, which will link the elevated platforms with the under-construction underground platforms to the northwest of the main station.

Platforms and tracks are on the second floor. There were previously six island platforms and one [[side platform]] serving 13 tracks; the highest-numbered track was Track 11, as the [[Osaka Loop Line]] tracks were referred to as "Inner Loop" and "Outer Loop" only. In preparation for the construction of the new north building, the sixth platform was closed and the seventh was removed altogether; at the same time, the remaining platforms were renumbered so that Tracks 1 and 2 were for the Ōsaka Loop Line, and so on. The sixth platform reopened on 20 December 2009 and there became five island platforms and a side platform serving 11 tracks in total (up to the new Track 11—the old Track 9). The remainder of the old Track 11 platform, on the west side of the station, was used as a pedestrian walkway linking the North Gate Building with its parking garage until 2020, when it was removed to facilitate construction of a new West Gate Building. There was originally a through track in between tracks 8 and 9, but it had been long disused; during the closure of Track 11, the platform for Tracks 9 and 10 was expanded and this track was used temporarily as Track 9. Since 12 October 2010, this track has been used permanently as Track 8 after the widening of the adjoining platform.

An additional four tracks are located under the northwest side of the station complex, via relocated underground [[Japan Freight Railway Company|JR Freight]] tracks (Umeda branch line) originally used for [[Umeda Station|Umeda Freight Station]]. Opened for passenger service on 18 March 2023, these tracks serve as the western terminus of the Osaka Higashi Line, with [[Single-track railway|single track]] connection for continuing Umeda branch freight service as well as ''Haruka'' and ''Kuroshio'' limited express services.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |date=14 February 2023 |title=「はるか」地下へ切り替え 東海道線、ホーム開業控え工事 |trans-title=Work Continues at Osaka Umekita as the Haruka Limited Express Is Rerouted Underground |url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/osaka/news/20230213-OYTNT50097/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214075104/https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/osaka/news/20230213-OYTNT50097/ |archive-date=14 February 2023 |access-date=18 March 2023 |website=Yomiuri Shimbun |language=ja}}</ref> There is also a stub tunnel west of the platforms, for planned connection to the [[Naniwasuji Line]].

===Platforms===
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{{ja-rail-linem|nolinkindex=Yamatoji Line|dir= for Tennōji, {{STN|Ōji|x|Nara}} and {{STN|Nara|x}}|linecol=#093}}
{{ja-rail-linem|nolinkindex=Hanwa Line|dir= for Tennōji and {{STN|Wakayama|x}}|linecol=#f60}}
{{ja-rail-linem|nolinkindex=Kansai Airport Line|dir= for Tennōji and {{STN|Kansai Airport|x}}|linecol=#0072bc}}
{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|nolinkindex=Osaka Loop Line|dir=outer track (clockwise)<br />for {{STN|Kyōbashi|x|Osaka|Kyōbashi}}, {{STN|Tsuruhashi|x}} and Tennoji|col=#e80000}}
{{ja-rail-linem|pfn=3|span=4|nolinkindex=JR Takarazuka Line<br />Fukuchiyama Line|dir=for {{STN|Takarazuka|x}}, {{STN|Sanda|x}}, {{STN|Sasayamaguchi|x}} and {{STN|Fukuchiyama|x}}|linecol=#fc0}}
{{ja-rail-linem|nolinkindex=limited express "Kounotori"|dir=for Fukuchiyama, {{STN|Toyooka|x|Hyōgo}} and {{STN|Kinosaki Onsen|x}}|linecol=#e80000}}
{{ja-rail-linem|nolinkindex=limited express "Super Hakuto"|dir=for {{STN|Tottori|x}} and {{STN|Kurayoshi|x}}|linecol=#e80000}}
{{ja-rail-linem|nolinkindex=JR Kobe Line|dir=rapid services (weekday mornings) and special rapid services (weekday rush hours) for {{STN|Sannomiya|x|JR West|Sannomiya}}, {{STN|Nishi-Akashi|x}} and {{STN|Himeji|x}}|linecol=#0072bc}}
{{ja-rail-linem|pfn=4|span=4|nolinkindex=JR Takarazuka Line<br />Fukuchiyama Line|dir=for Takarazuka, Sanda, Sasayamaguchi and Fukuchiyama|linecol=#fc0}}
{{ja-rail-linem|nolinkindex=limited express "Kounotori"|dir=for Fukuchiyama, Toyooka and Kinosaki Onsen|linecol=#e80000}}
{{ja-rail-linem|nolinkindex=JR Kobe Line|dir=special rapid services for Sannomiya, Akashi and Himeji (weekday rush hours)|linecol=#0072bc}}
{{ja-rail-linem|nolinkindex=limited express "Hamakaze"|dir=for Toyooka, Kinosaki Onsen, {{STN|Hamasaka|x}} and Tottori|linecol=#e80000}}
{{ja-rail-line|pfn=5|nolinkindex=JR Kobe Line|dir=rapid services and special rapid services for Sannomiya, Nishi-Akashi and Himeji|linecol=#0072bc}}
{{ja-rail-linem|pfn=6|span=2|nolinkindex=JR Kobe Line|dir=local trains for {{STN|Tachibana|x}} and {{STN|Kōshienguchi|x}}|linecol=#0072bc}}
{{ja-rail-linem|nolinkindex=JR Takarazuka Line|dir=from the JR Kyoto Line (local trains) for {{STN|Tsukaguchi|x|JR West|Tsukaguchi}} and {{STN|Inadera|x}}|linecol=#fc0}}
{{ja-rail-line|pfn=7|nolinkindex=JR Kyoto Line|dir=local trains for {{STN|Shin-Ōsaka|x}} and {{STN|Suita|x|JR West|Suita}}|col=#0072bc}}
{{ja-rail-line|pfn=8|nolinkindex=JR Kyoto Line|dir=rapid services and special rapid services for Shin-Ōsaka, {{STN|Takatsuki|x|Osaka|Takatsuki}}, {{STN|Kyoto|x}} and {{STN|Maibara|x}}|col=#0072bc}}
{{ja-rail-line|pfn=9, 10|nolinkindex=JR Kyoto Line|dir=rapid services (weekday mornings) and special rapid services (weekday rush hours) for Shin-Ōsaka, Takatsuki, Kyoto and Maibara|col=#0072bc}}
{{ja-rail-line|pfn=10|nidx=Commuter limited express "Biwako Express"|dir=for Maibara|linecol=#e80000}}
{{ja-rail-linem|pfn=11|span=4|nolinkindex=limited express "Thunderbird"|dir=for {{STN|Tsuruga|x}}|linecol=#e80000}}
{{ja-rail-linem|nolinkindex=limited express "Hida"|dir=for {{STN|Gifu|x}} and {{STN|Takayama|x}}|linecol=#e80000}}
{{ja-rail-linem|first=3|nolinkindex=Sleeper limited express "Sunrise Izumo"<br />"Sunrise Seto"|dir=for {{STN|Tokyo|x}}|linecol=#e80000}}

==== Underground platforms (Umekita Area) ====
{{Ja-rail-line|pfn=21|first=2|col=#e80000|nidx=limited express "Haruka", "Kuroshio"|dir=for {{STN|Kansai Airport|x}}, {{STN|Wakayama|x}}, {{STN|Shirahama|x}} and {{STN|Shingu|x}}|linecol=#e80000}}
{{Ja-rail-line|pfn=22, 23|nidx=Osaka Higashi Line|dir=for {{STN|Shin-Ōsaka|x}}, {{STN|Hanaten|x}} and {{STN|Kyūhōji|x}}|linecol=#335099}}
{{Ja-rail-line|pfn=24|first=3|col=#e80000|nidx=limited express "Haruka", "Kuroshio"|dir=for {{STN|Shin-Ōsaka|x}} and {{STN|Kyoto|x}}|linecol=#e80000}}

===Limited express trains===
;for the [[Hokuriku Main Line|Hokuriku Line]]
*Limited express ''[[Thunderbird (train)|Thunderbird]]'' (Osaka - Tsuruga)
;for the Tokaido Line and the [[Takayama Line]]
*Sleeper limited express ''[[Sunrise Izumo]]''/''[[Sunrise Seto]]'' ({{STN|Takamatsu|x|Kagawa}}/{{STN|Izumoshi|x}} → Tokyo) - Tokyo-bound train only
*Limited express ''[[Hida (train)|Hida]]'' (Osaka - Takayama)
*Commuter limited express ''Biwako Express'' (Osaka - Kusatsu, Maibara)

'''for the [[San'yō Main Line|Sanyo Line]]'''

* Commuter limited express ''[[Rakuraku Harima]]'' (Osaka - Himeji)

;for the San'in region
*Limited express ''[[Super Hakuto]]'' (Kyoto - Tottori, Kurayoshi) via the [[Chizu Express]] Chizu Line
*Limited express ''[[Hamakaze]]'' (Osaka - {{STN|Kasumi|x}}, Hamasaka, Tottori) via the [[Bantan Line]] 
;for the north area of the Kansai region via the [[Fukuchiyama Line]]
*Limited express ''[[Kounotori (train)|Kounotori]]'' (Shin-Osaka - Fukuchiyama, Toyooka, Kinosaki-Onsen)

'''for the [[Kansai Airport Line]] via the [[Osaka Loop Line]] and the [[Hanwa Line]]'''

* Limited express ''[[Haruka (train)|Haruka]]'' (Yasu - Kyoto - Shin-Osaka - Osaka - Tennoji - Kansai Airport)

'''for the [[Kisei Main Line]] via the [[Osaka Loop Line]] and the [[Hanwa Line]]'''

* Limited express ''[[Kuroshio (train)|Kuroshio]]'' (Kyoto - Shin-Osaka - Osaka - Tennoji - Wakayama - Shirahama - Kushimoto - Shingu)

==Adjacent stations==
{{J-railservice start}}
{{J-route|route=Tokaido Line (JR Kyoto Line, JR Kobe Line)|col=#0072bc|f=w}}
{{j-rserv|service=Sleeper Limited Express ''[[Sunrise Seto]]'' & Sleeper Limited Express ''[[Sunrise Izumo]]''<br />(eastbound)|col=orange|previous={{STN|Shizuoka|x}} {{JRCSN|CA|17|size=25}}|next=[[Sannomiya Station (JR West)|Sannomiya]] (JR-A61)}}
{{J-rserv|col=red|next=Sannomiya (JR-A61)|service=Commuter Limited Express ''[[Rakuraku Harima]]'' & Limited Express ''[[Hamakaze]]''}}
{{j-rserv|previous={{STN|Shin-Ōsaka|x}} (JR-A46)|next=Sannomiya (JR-A61)|service=West Express Ginga (San'yo and San'in Routes)|col=navy}}
{{J-rserv|col=blue|next=Sannomiya (JR-A61)|previous=Shin-Ōsaka (JR-A46)|service=Limited Express ''[[Super Hakuto]]''}}
{{J-rserv|col=green|previous=Shin-Ōsaka (JR-A46)|service=Limited Express ''[[Thunderbird (train)|Thunderbird]]'', Limited Express ''[[Hida (train)|Hida]]'' and ''[[Biwako Express]]''}}
{{J-rserv|service=Special Rapid Service|previous=Shin-Ōsaka (JR-A46) |next={{STN|Amagasaki|x|JR West}} (JR-A49) |col=#0072bc}}
{{J-rserv|service=Rapid Service(including terminating JR Takarazuka Line trains)|previous=Shin-Ōsaka (JR-A46) |next=Amagasaki (JR-A49) |col=#ff6600}}
{{J-rserv|service=Local<br />(Including through to and from the JR Takarazuka Line)|previous=Shin-Ōsaka (JR-A46) |next={{STN|Tsukamoto|x}} (JR-A48) |col=gray|f=b}}
{{J-route|route=Through to and from the Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line)|col=#ffcc00}}
{{J-rserv|col=purple|next=Amagasaki (JR-G49)|previous=Shin-Ōsaka (JR-A46)|service=Limited Express ''[[Kounotori (train)|Kounotori]]''}}
{{J-rserv|service=　''Tambaji'' Rapid Service |next=Amagasaki (JR-G49) |col=turquoise}}
{{J-rserv|service=　Rapid Service |next=Amagasaki (JR-G49) |col=pink}}
{{J-rserv|service=　Regional Rapid Service |next=Amagasaki (JR-G49) |col=#009933}}
{{J-rserv|service=Local trains originating from and terminating at Osaka|next=Amagasaki (JR-G49) |col=gray}}
{{J-route|route=Osaka Loop Line|col=#e80000|f=w}}
{{j-rserv|previous=Shin-Ōsaka (JR-A46)|next={{STN|Tennōji|x}} (JR-R20)|service=West Express Ginga (Kisei Route)|col=navy}}
{{J-rserv|previous=Shin-Ōsaka (JR-A46)|next=Tennōji (JR-R20)|service=Kansai Airport Limited Express ''[[Haruka (train)|Haruka]]''|col=purple}}
{{J-rserv|previous=Shin-Ōsaka (JR-A46)|next=Tennōji (JR-R20)|service=Limited Express ''[[Kuroshio (train)|Kuroshio]]''|col=Blue}}
{{J-rserv|service=All services|previous={{STN|Temma|x}} (JR-O10) |next={{STN|Fukushima|x|Osaka}} (JR-O12) |col=gray}}
{{J-route|route=Osaka Higashi Line|col=#335099|f=w}}
{{J-rserv|service=Direct Rapid Service|previous=Shin-Osaka (JR-F02) |next=|col=#335099}}
{{J-rserv|previous=Shin-Osaka (JR-F02)|col=gray|service=Local}}
{{S-end}}

==History==
[[File:Osaka Station - original depot - 1.jpg|thumb|1874 building]]
[[File:Osaka Station - second depot - 4.jpg|thumb|1901 building]]
Osaka Station opened on 11 May 1874, as one of the first railway stations in the [[Kansai region]] when the railway between Osaka and [[Kōbe Station|Kobe]] started operation. It was electrified along with the [[Tōkaidō Main Line]] in 1934.

The existence of the station naturally made the area the primary transport hub of the city. Railways that set Ōsaka Station as the terminal or built their terminal around Osaka Station include Osaka Railway (present-day east half of the [[Osaka Loop Line]]) in 1895, Nishinari Railway (west half of the Osaka Loop Line) in 1898, Hanshin Electric Railway in 1906, Minoo Arima Electric Tramway ([[Hankyu Railway]]) in 1910, and [[Osaka Municipal Subway]] in 1933. The regional railways tended to name their stations [[Umeda Station|Umeda]], the name of the area, rather than the city name.

The [[Bombing of Osaka|air raids]] in [[World War II]] flattened the blocks in front of the station. Immediately after the war, the area turned into a huge [[black market]], the atmosphere of which remained until redevelopment in the 1970s.

The station building was rebuilt in 1901, 1940, and 1979 (north building). In 1983, a [[high-rise]] building, Acty Osaka, which housed a department store and a hotel, was added to the south of the station.

A new north station building (the North Gate Building) was opened in 2011, coinciding with an expansion of Acty Osaka (now the South Gate Building) and major renovation of the station areas with a new concourse and north–south connection. This is the first step in a larger drive to redevelop the land used by [[JR Freight]]'s Umeda Terminal, which is seen as the last undeveloped piece of real estate in the area. Plans also call for moving the Umeda Freight Line underground and establishing a terminal for the [[Osaka Higashi Line]] just north of ALBi, with an eye towards a future extension to [[JR Namba Station]] (thus alleviating delays on the Osaka Loop Line caused by Limited Express trains). The relocation of the former Umeda Freight line (and related redevelopments) ultimately became part of the [[Naniwasuji Line]] project in 2019.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=9 July 2019 |title=なにわ筋線「北梅田～ＪＲ難波・南海新今宮」の鉄道事業許可 |trans-title=Railway business license for Naniwasuji Line "Kita Umeda-JR Namba / Nankai Shin-Imamiya" |url=https://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001298777.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703105036/https://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001298777.pdf |archive-date=3 July 2021 |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (MLIT) |language=ja}}</ref>

Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with the Tokaido Line platforms being assigned station number JR-A47, the Fukuchiyama Line platforms being assigned station number JR-G48, and the Osaka Loop Line platforms being assigned station number JR-O11.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 July 2016 |title=近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！ |trans-title="Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area! |url=https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2016/07/page_8973.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116010608/https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2016/07/page_8973.html |archive-date=16 November 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=westjr.co.jp |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 July 2016 |title=「駅ナンバー」一覧表 |trans-title="Station number" list |url=https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/items/160720_01_ekinumber.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116010610/https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/items/160720_01_ekinumber.pdf |archive-date=16 November 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=westjr.co.jp |language=ja}}</ref>

The new underground facilities at Osaka Station (nicknamed ''Ume-kita'' during planning and construction) opened for service from the start of the revised timetable on 18 March 2023.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=9 December 2022 |title=梅田貨物線「地下化」来年2月に「うめきた地下ホーム」使用開始に先行 |trans-title=Umeda Freight Line "Underground'' ahead of the start of use of "Umekita Underground Platform'' in February next year |url=https://news.railway-pressnet.com/archives/46471 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209084858/https://news.railway-pressnet.com/archives/46471 |archive-date=9 December 2022 |access-date=12 December 2022 |website=news.railway-pressnet.com}}</ref> In preparation for the opening, all limited express trains running on the Umeda Freight Line were re-routed through the new underground tracks in February 2023.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=14 February 2023 |title=「はるか」地下へ切り替え 東海道線、ホーム開業控え工事 |trans-title=Work Continues at Osaka Umekita as the Haruka Limited Express Is Rerouted Underground |url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/osaka/news/20230213-OYTNT50097/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214075104/https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/osaka/news/20230213-OYTNT50097/ |archive-date=14 February 2023 |access-date=14 February 2023 |website=Yomiuri Shimbun |language=ja}}</ref>

===Major renovation===
<gallery>
file:JRW osaka-station.jpg|August 2007
file:JRW osaka-station 200906.jpg|June 2009
file:JRW osaka-station 200909.jpg|September 2009
file:JRW osaka-station 201003.jpg|March 2010
file:JRW osaka-station 201104.jpg|April 2011
</gallery>

=== Future expansion ===
{{Main|Naniwasuji Line|}}

A new line called the Naniwasuji Line is planned to be opened by 2031 and will route trains under the Naniwasuji corridor to [[JR Namba Station]] and further south.<ref name=":02" /> To prepare for the opening of the line, an additional two underground platforms serving four tracks opened for service on the northwest side of the station on 18 March 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=杉山 |first=淳一 |date=November 11, 2016 |title=「なにわ筋線」の開通で特急「ラピート」と「はるか」が統合される？ |trans-title=Will the limited express "Rapi:t" and "Haruka" be integrated with the opening of "Naniwasuji Line"? |url=https://www.itmedia.co.jp/business/articles/1611/11/news019.html |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=18 March 2023 |website=itmedia.co.jp/ |language=ja}}</ref> The next phase of the Naniwasuji Line is to construct the underground tracks south to JR Namba Station and the Nankai Main Line.

== Surrounding area ==
[[File:Osaka Station Exterior.JPG|thumb|Exterior of Osaka Station]]
[[File:South Gate Building Osaka Japan01-r.jpg|thumb|South Gate Building, December 2014]]
*Osaka Station City
**South Gate Building
***[[Daimaru]] Umeda
***[[Pokémon Center]] Osaka
***[[Nintendo New York#Sister locations|Nintendo Osaka]]
***[[Hands (store)|Hands]]
***Hotel Granvia Osaka
**North Gate Building
***Lucua (shopping mall)
***Lucua 1100 (shopping mall, successor of Osaka [[Mitsukoshi]]-[[Isetan]] Department Store)
***Osaka Station City Cinema
***[[Itochu]]
***JR Expressway bus terminal
**eki marche (restaurants and fashion stores)
**ALBi (outdoor shops and fashion stores) 
**Umesan-koji (restaurants)

===North side===
*Hankyu bus stop (for Kashima-ekimae and Nishikawa via Oyodo-minami Itchome and Juso)
*Hankyu San-bangai
**San-bangai Expressway bus terminal
*Hotel New Hankyu Osaka
**Airport shuttle bus terminal for [[Kansai International Airport]] and [[Osaka International Airport]]
*[[Grand Front Osaka]]
**[[InterContinental|InterContinental Osaka]]
*[[Yodobashi Camera]]
**Links Umeda
**Hotel Hankyu Respire Osaka
*Shin Umeda City
**[[Umeda Sky Building]]
**[[Westin Hotels|The Westin Osaka]]
*Chayamachi district
**NU Chayamachi
**[[Mainichi Broadcasting System]]
**[[Umeda Arts Theater]]
**[[Loft (store)|Loft]]
**[[Umekita Gardens]]

===South side===
*Osaka city bus terminal (Osaka-ekimae)
*[[Hankyu Department Store]], [[Hanshin Department Store]] (Both owned by [[H2O Retailing|Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc.]])
**Hankyu bus stop (for Hinodecho (Hankyu Bus Co.), Kozushima, Hankyu Sonoda and Toyonaka via Juso)
*Umeda DT Tower
*Osaka Ekimae Buildings
**Osaka Central Post Office (in Osaka Ekimae Dai-Ichi Building)
*Osaka Marubiru Building
**Airport shuttle bus terminal for Osaka International Airport
*[[Hilton Hotels|Hilton Osaka]] (Plaza East)
*Osaka Garden City
**Hilton Osaka (Plaza West)
**[[Ritz-Carlton]] Osaka
**Herbis Osaka
***Airport shuttle bus for Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport
**Herbis Ent
***Osaka [[Shiki Theatre Company|Shiki Theatre]]
***Billboard live Osaka
**[[Mainichi Shimbun]]
*[[HEP Five]]

==See also==
*[[Umeda Station]]
*[[Transport in Keihanshin]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Osaka Station}}
* [http://osakastationcity.com/en/ Osaka Station City]

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