Ōsaka Namba Station

Osaka Namba Station

大阪難波駅
Osaka Namba Station; 大阪難波駅
	Kintetsu Namba Building (Ōsaka Namba Station is located under this building)
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°ECoordinates: 34°40′02″N 135°29′57″E / 34.667114°N 135.499142°E
Operated by	Kintetsu Railway; Hanshin Electric Railway;
Line(s)	Kintetsu Namba Line; Hanshin Namba Line;
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	■A01 (Kintetsu); ■HS 41 (Hanshin)
History
Opened	1970
Previous names	Kintetsu Namba (until 2009)
Location
	Osaka Namba Station Location within Japan

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Ōsaka Namba Station (大阪難波駅, Ōsaka-Nanba-eki) is a 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[]

Ōsaka Namba Station is served by the following two lines.

Kintetsu Namba Line
Hanshin Namba Line

Station layout[]

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[]

1, 2	■ Kintetsu Namba Line, Nara Line	for Osaka Uehommachi, Higashi-Hanazono, Yamato-Saidaiji and Nara for Tenri / for Nagoya / for Ise-Shima
3	■ Hanshin Namba Line	for Nishikujō, Amagasaki, Kōshien, and Kōbe Sannomiya

Adjacent stations[]

«	Service
Kintetsu Railway Namba Line (Nara Line) (A01)
Hanshin Railway Hanshin Namba Line (HS 41)
Sakuragawa (Hanshin, HS 42)	Local	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	Ōsaka Uehommachi (Kintetsu, A03)

History[]

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[]

Kintetsu Namba Building
Midosuji Grand Building
Dōtonbori
Osaka City Air Terminal (OCAT)
Minatomachi River Place (including FM OSAKA)

References[]

^ "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.

[1] "Kintetsu Corporation Company Profile" (PDF). p. 31. Retrieved 2009-03-25.

[2] 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.

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