Takatsuki Station (Osaka)

Takatsuki Station
高槻駅
Station building (north side) and bus station
Location
Prefecture Osaka
(See other stations in Osaka)
City Takatsuki
Neighborhood etc. 1-1, Hakubaicho
Postal Code 569-1116
(in Japanese) 大阪府高槻市白梅町1-1
History
Year opened 1876
Rail services
Operator(s) JR West
Line(s) Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line)
Major bus terminal(s) attached to the station

Takatsuki Station (高槻駅 Takatsuki-eki?) is a railway station located in Hakubaicho, Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It serves the JR Kyoto Line (Tōkaidō Main Line) of West Japan Railway Company. The distances to major stations are 21.2 km to Osaka Station, 21.6 km to Kyoto Station and 535.7 km to Tokyo Station. Takatsuki Station is one of the transportation hubs in the city of Takatsuki.[1]

Contents

Trains

All trains of the regional service of the JR Kyoto Line, i.e., Special Rapid Service, Rapid Service and local trains, stop at the station. Express and limited express trains, such as Super Hakuto and Haruka, do not make stop at Takatsuki.[2]

Some Special Rapid Service trains that stop at this station also stop at another Takatsuki Station in Takatsuki, Shiga Prefecture.[2]

History

Takatsuki station opened when the railway between Osaka and Kyoto started provisional operation between Osaka Station and Mukōmachi Station on July 28, 1876.[1] Since the railway was first built with single track, the location of Takatsuki Station in the middle of Osaka and Kyoto was suitable for trains of both directions cross each other.

Station facilities

Takatsuki Station has two island platforms that enable passengers to transfer easily between local and rapid trains. It has separate tracks for passing trains as well. Stairs, escalators and elevators connect the two platforms to the upper level concourse. The station provides automated and window services for passengers including seat reservation.[3]

1 ■JR Kyoto Line rapid services and special rapid services for Kyoto and Kusatsu
2 ■JR Kyoto Line local trains for Kyoto
3 ■JR Kyoto Line local trains for Shin-Osaka, Osaka, Sannomiya and Takarazuka
4 ■JR Kyoto Line rapid services and special rapid services for Shin-Osaka, Osaka and Sannomiya

By the bus terminals attached thereto, the station is connected with many locations in Takatsuki, as well as Hirakatashi Station on the Keihan Main Line in Hirakata, Osaka, across the Yodo River.[4]

Environs

There is an extensive shopping district between Takatsuki Station and Takatsuki-shi Station (Hankyu Kyoto Line).[5] There are also department stores, Seibu and Matsuzakaya, around the station.[6][7]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line)
Shimamoto   Local   Settsu-Tonda
Nagaokakyō   Rapid Service (in the morning)   Ibaraki
Shimamoto (as local trains)   Rapid Service
(after the morning)		   Ibaraki
Kyōto   Special Rapid Service   Shin-Ōsaka

References

  1. ^ a b Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998) (in Japanese). Teishajō Hensen Daijiten - Kokutetsu JR Hen. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 35, vol. II. ISBN 4533029809. 
  2. ^ a b JTB Timetable October 2009 issue
  3. ^ "JRおでかけネット - 高槻駅（大阪府） - 構内図". http://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/premises.php?id=0610122. Retrieved October 10, 2009. 
  4. ^ "主なのりば：ＪＲ高槻：京阪バス株式会社". http://www.keihanbus.jp/local2/major_busstop_6100_sta.html. Retrieved October 10, 2009. 
  5. ^ "高槻センター街地図". http://www.centergai.net/html/map.htm. Retrieved October 10, 2009. 
  6. ^ Seibu Takatsuki
  7. ^ Matsuzakaya Takatsuki
Stations of the JR Kyoto Line (Tokaido Line between Kyoto and Osaka)

(for Maibara and Ōmi-Imazu <<) Kyōto – Kyōto kamotsu - Nishiōji - Katsuragawa - Mukōmachi - Nagaokakyō - Yamazaki - Shimamoto - Takatsuki - Settsu-Tonda - Ibaraki - Senrioka - (Suita Signal Box) - Kishibe - Suita - Higashi-Yodogawa - Shin-Ōsaka (>> for Nishikujō) - Ōsaka (>> for Kobe and Takarazuka)

San'in Connecting Line (Freight Branch Line) : Kyōto kamotsu - Tambaguchi / Kyōtoshijō Branch Line (Freight Branch Line, Abandoned in 1984) : Umekōji - Kyōtoshijō