Kansai Airport Station
Kansai Airport 関西空港 | |||||
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 Concourse of Kansai Airport Station. The blue ticket gates lead to JR West tracks, while the orange ticket gates lead to Nankai Electric Railway tracks. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 1, Senshu-kuko-naka, Tajiri, Sennan District, Osaka Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 34°26′9.28″N 135°14′36.57″E / 34.4359111°N 135.2434917°E | ||||
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| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||
| Connections | Kansai International Airport | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | NK32 (Nankai) JR-S47 (JR-West) | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 15 June 1994[1] | ||||
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Kansai Airport Station (関西空港駅, Kansaikūkō-eki) is a ground level railway station shared by Nankai Electric Railway and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) located at Kansai International Airport in Tajiri, Sennan District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The northern end of the platforms extends into the city of Izumisano.
Layout
The station has two island platforms, serving two tracks for each railway company. Each railway line concourse also has three elevators for the convenience of passengers travelling with bulky baggage.
Platforms
| 1-2 | ■ Nankai Railway Airport Line | for Izumisano and Namba Change trains at Izumisano for Wakayamashi |
| 3 | ■ JR West Kansai Airport Line | Kansai Airport Rapid Services and Direct Rapid Services for Tennōji and Osaka Shuttle trains for Hineno Change trains at Hineno for Wakayama |
| 4 | ■ JR West Kansai Airport Line | Limited express trains "Haruka" for Tennōji, Shin-Ōsaka and Kyōto Kansai Airport Rapid Services for Tennōji and Osaka |
- Nankai Rapi:t airport limited express trains depart mainly from Track 2.
- Kansai Airport Limited Express Haruka trains depart mainly from Track 4.
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Nankai Electric Railway Airport Line (NK32) | ||||
| Rinkū Town (NK31) | Local | Terminus | ||
| Rinkū Town (NK31) | Airport Express | Terminus | ||
| Rinkū Town (NK31) | Airport Limited Express "Rapi:t" | Terminus | ||
| West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Kansai Airport Line (JR-S47) | ||||
| Rinkū Town (JR-S46) | Kansai Airport Rapid Service | Terminus | ||
| Rinkū Town (JR-S46) | Direct Rapid Service | Terminus | ||
| Rinkū Town (JR-S46) | Local (shuttle trains) | Terminus | ||
| Tennoji (usually) Hineno (2-10 northbound, 45-59 southbound) |
Limited Express "Haruka" | Terminus | ||
History
The station opened on June 15, 1994, two and a half months before the opening of the airport. During this initial period, the station was open to the public; however only airport employees and related personnel were allowed to leave the station concourse (a similar situation to Umi-Shibaura Station in Tokyo).
Since the mid-2000s, there have been plans to link Kansai Airport Station and central Osaka by a new underground railway line tentatively called the Naniwasuji Line, which would run between Namba and Shin-Osaka. In 2010, government calculations indicated that the new line would reduce travel time from Umeda to Kansai Airport to as little as 41 minutes, versus the current 56–68 minutes.[2] The station is also one of the proposed terminals for the Hokuriku Shinkansen high-speed rail line.[3]
The station was closed on 4 September 2018 due to the effects of Typhoon Jebi causing flooding around the airport complex and the Sky Gate Bridge R being damaged by an empty fuel tanker. Train services to the airport resumed on 18 September 2018.
See also
References
- ^ "関西空港駅｜南海電鉄". www.nankai.co.jp (in Japanese). Nankai Electric Railway. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
Kansai Airport Station
- ^ "なにわ筋線で「梅田～関空最速41分」 国交省が試算".
- ^ "北陸新幹線、「けいはんな」通る第３案 京都と大阪間、与党委". The Nikkei. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.