Hanaten Station

Hanaten Station 放出駅
Hanaten Station building, October 2005
General information
Location	21-52, Hanaten-higahshi Sanchome, Tsurumi, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市鶴見区放出東三丁目21-52） Japan
Coordinates	34°41′16.95″N 135°33′46.8″E
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line) Osaka Higashi Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1895

Hanaten Station (放出駅, Hanaten-eki) is a railway station owned by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Tsurumi-ku, Osaka, Japan.

This station is located near Fukaebashi on the Osaka Municipal Subway, but there are no transfer passageways between the two stations. Passengers transferring between the two stations must use buses to transfer between trains.

Lines

• West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
  • Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line)
  • Osaka Higashi Line (to be extended with services past this station in 2012)

Layout

Hanaten Station has two island platforms with four tracks on the ground.

1	■ Gakkentoshi Line	for Shijōnawate and Matsuiyamate
2	■ Osaka Higashi Line	local trains for Takaida-Chūō and Kyūhōji direct rapid service for Ōji and Nara on weekday evenings
	■ Gakkentoshi Line	the last train for Shijōnawate
3	■ Osaka Higashi Line	Terminus
	■ Gakkentoshi Line	for Kyōbashi, Kitashinchi and Amagasaki (part of trains on weekday mornings)
4	■ Gakkentoshi Line	for Kyōbashi, Kitashinchi and Amagasaki (Including direct rapid service from the Osaka Higashi Line for Amagasaki on weekday mornings)

Stations next to Hanaten

«		Service	»
West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line)
Tokuan		Local		Shigino
Suminodo		Regional Rapid Service		Kyōbashi
Suminodo		Rapid Service		Kyōbashi
Kyūhōji (Osaka Higashi Line)		Direct Rapid Service		Kyōbashi
Osaka Higashi Line
Terminus		Local		Takaida-Chuo
Kyōbashi (Gakkentoshi Line)		Direct Rapid Service		Kyūhōji