JR Namba Station
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (August 2015) |
JR Namba JR難波 | |
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| Location | 4-1, Minatomachi Itchome, Naniwa, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市浪速区湊町一丁目4-1） Japan |
| Coordinates | 34°39′59.1″N 135°29′43.2″E / 34.666417°N 135.495333°E |
| Operated by | JR West |
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| History | |
| Opened | 1889 |
| Previous names | Minatomachi (until 1994) |
JR Namba Station (JR難波駅, Jeiāru-Nanba-eki) is a railway 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.[1]
Layout
There are 2 island platforms with four tracks underground.
| 1, 2, 3, 4 | ■ Yamatoji Line | for Tennoji, Nara, Nara, Kyoto and Nara |
Surroundings
- Osaka City Air Terminal (OCAT)
- Minatomachi River Place
- Sankei Shimbun Osaka Head Office
Bus stops
- Osaka City Air Terminal (OCAT)
- JR Namba ekimae (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)
- Sennichimae-dori (westbound)
- Route 29 for Suminoekoen via Ashiharabashi
- Route 52 for Osaka Abenobashi via Nagahashi Nichome
- Route 60 for Tempozan via Osaka
- Route 71 for Tsurumachi Yonchome via Taishobashi and Taisho-kuyakusho-mae
- Route 75 for Ōsaka via Naniwa-suji
- Route 87 for Tsurumachi Yonchome via Taishobashi and Chitosebashi
- Sennichimae-dori (eastbound)
- Routes 29, 52, 71, 75 and 87 for Namba
- Route 60 for Namba (Takashimaya)
- Yotsubashi-suji (northbound)
- Routes 8 for Ōsaka ekimae (Ōsaka Station) via Yotsubashi-suji
- Route 84 for Bentencho-ekimae and Yahataya Sanchome via Subway Nishinagahori
- Route 85 for Tōbu-shijō-mae via Tamatsukuri
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Yamatoji Line | ||||
| Imamiya | Local | Terminus | ||
| Shin-Imamiya | Rapid Service | Terminus | ||
References
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 344. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.