Umeda Station
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梅田駅
(Umeda Station) |
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| Prefecture (府) | Osaka (See other stations in this prefecture) |
| City (市) | Osaka |
| Ward (区) | Kita Ward |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1906 (Hanshin) 1910 (Hankyu) 1933 (Osaka Municipal Subway) |
| Other Information | |
| Line(s) connected | Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line Hankyu Railway Kobe Line, Takarazuka Line, Kyoto Line Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line West Japan Railway Company (Osaka Station, Kitashinchi Station) Osaka Municipal Subway Tanimachi Line (Higashi-Umeda Stataion), Yotsubashi Line (Nishi-Umeda Station) |
| Operator(s) of the station | Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. Hankyu Corporation Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau |
 There is major bus terminal at this station. |
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Umeda Station (梅田駅 Umeda-eki) is located in the northern commercial center of Osaka, Japan. It is the busiest station in Western Japan, serving 2,230,000 passengers daily in 2002.
Umeda Station is served by the following railways:
- Hankyu Railway (Kobe Line, Kyoto Line, Takarazuka Line)
- Hanshin Electric Railway (Main Line)
- Osaka Municipal Subway (Midosuji Line, M16)
Osaka Station (JR West), Kitashinchi Station (JR West Tozai Line), Nishi-Umeda Station (Osaka Municipal Subway Yotsubashi Line, Y11) and Higashi-Umeda Station (Osaka Municipal Subway Tanimachi Line, T20) are within walking distance and connected by a large complex of underground malls.
Umeda is located in Kita-ku, Osaka.
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[edit] Hanshin Umeda Station
The station is located next to underground of Hanshin Department Store.
[edit] Layout
- There are five bay platforms and four tracks on the second basement. There are east ticket gates on the second basement and center ticket gates and west ticket gates on the first basement.
| 1 | ■Limited Express trains, through Linited Express trains to the Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line and Semi-Express trains | for Amagasaki, Koshien, Nishinomiya, Ashiya, Kobe, Akashi and Himeji |
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| 2 | ■Limited Express trains, through Linited Express trains to the Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line and Semi-Express trains | |
| 3 | ■Express trains and Rapid Express trains | |
| 4 | ■Local trains | for Amagasaki, Koshien, Nishinomiya, Ashiya and Kobe |
[edit] Stations on the Hanshin Railway Main Line next to Umeda
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| Terminus | Main Line | Fukushima | ||
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[edit] Hankyu Umeda Station
Hankyu Umeda Station is the location of the BIG MAN television screen and Kinokuniya bookshop, common and necessary places to meet in this bustling railway station.
[edit] Layout
- There are ten bay platforms and nine tracks on the third floor. There are south ticket gates on the third floor and center ticket gates and on Chayamachi ticket gates on the second floor.
| ■Kyoto Line for Awaji, Kita-Senri, Takatsuki-shi, Katsura, Arashiyama and Kawaramachi |
1 | Limited Express trains and rush hour Limited Express trains |
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| 2 | Rapid Express trains and Semi-Express trains | |
| 3 | Local trains | |
| ■Takarazuka Line for Ishibashi, Minoo, Kawanishi-Noseguchi, Takarazuka and Nissei-Chūō |
4 | Express trains for Takarazuka (every day), Commutation Semi-Express trains for Minoo |
| 5 | Local trains (every day), Commutation Express trains (early morning on weekdays) | |
| 6 | Used on weekdays for Nissei Limited Express for Nissei-Chuo, Commutation Semi-Express trains for Minoo, and Local trains | |
| ■Kobe Line for Nishinomiya-kitaguchi, Sannomiya and Shinkaichi |
7 | Local trains (from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. on weekdays, from 6:00 a.m. until 7:20 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays) |
| 8 | Limited Express trains (from 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.), Express trains (early morning on weekdays), Commutation Express trains (at night on weekdays), Local trains (every early morning and every night) | |
| 9 | Limited Express trains, Commutation Limited Express trains, Rapid Express trains, Local trains (every early morning and every night) |
[edit] Stations on the Hankyu Lines next to Umeda
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| Terminus | Kobe Line | Nakatsu | ||
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Commutation Limited Express (通勤特急, in the morning on weekdays) |
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| Terminus | Takarazuka Line | Nakatsu | ||
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| Terminus | Kyoto Line | Juso | ||
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Commutation Limited Express (通勤特急, on weekdays) |
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[edit] Umeda Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line
The station is informed with the number, M16. When using regular tickets of Osaka Municipal Subway, it is limited to 30 minutes to change to the Tanimabhi Line and the Yotsubashi Line.
[edit] Layout
- There are an island platform and two tracks on the second basement. There are walls with passages in the center of the platform. On upper level of the platform, there are notrh, center-north-west, center-north-east, center-south and south ticket gates.
| 1 | ■southbound | for Tennoji and Nakamozu |
| 2 | ■northbound | for Shin-Osaka and Senri-Chūō |
[edit] Stations on the Midosuji Line next to Umeda
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| Nakatsu M15 | Midosuji Line M16 | Yodoyabashi M17 |
