JR Namba Station

JR Namba Station JR難波駅
Underground platform
Location
Prefecture	Osaka (See other stations in Osaka)
City	Osaka
Ward	Naniwa
Neighborhood etc.	4-1, Minatomachi Itchome
Coordinates	34°39′59.1″N 135°29′43.2″E
(in Japanese)	大阪市浪速区湊町一丁目4-1
History
Year opened	1889
Former name	Minatomachi Station
Present name since	1994
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR West
Line(s)	Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)
Major bus terminal(s) attached to the station

OCAT building above the station

Ticket gate

JR Namba Station (JR難波駅, Jeiāru-Nanba-eki) is a train 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.

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)

Further information: Osaka City Air Terminal#Bus terminal

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 108 for Tsurumachi Yonchome via Taishobashi and Chitosebashi
• Sennichimae-dori (eastbound)
  • Routes 29, 52, 71 and 108 for Namba
  • Route 60 for Namba (Takashimaya)
  • Naniwa Loop west (mini non-step bus) for Namba (Takashimaya) and Nippombashi Den Den Town
• Yotsubashi-suji (northbound)
  • Route 84 for Bentencho Bus Terminal
  • Route 85 for Kumata via Tamatsukuri
  • Routes 103 and 103A for Ōsaka ekimae (Ōsaka Station) via Yotsubashi-suji

Adjacent stations

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