Ōsaka Namba Station

Osaka Namba Station
大阪難波駅
Kintetsu Namba Building (Ōsaka Namba Station is located under this building)
Location
Prefecture Osaka
(See other stations in Osaka)
City Osaka
Ward Chūō
Neighborhood etc. 1-17, Namba 4-chōme
Coordinates34°40′02″N 135°29′57″E / 34.667114°N 135.499142°ECoordinates: 34°40′02″N 135°29′57″E / 34.667114°N 135.499142°E
Postal code542-0076
(in Japanese)大阪市中央区難波四丁目1-17
History
Year opened 1970
Former name Kintetsu Namba Station
Present name since 2009
Rail services
Station number(s) HS 41 (Hanshin)
Operator(s) Kintetsu, Hanshin
Line(s) Kintetsu Namba Line
Hanshin Namba Line
Major bus terminal(s) attached to the station
Ōsaka Namba Station
layout
Legend

↑Sakuragawa (Hanshin)

3 2 1

↓Kintetsu Nippombashi (Kintetsu)

Ōsaka Namba Station (大阪難波駅 Ōsaka-Nanba-eki) is a railway station on the Kintetsu Namba Line and the Hanshin Railway Hanshin Namba Line in the Namba district of Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is adjacent to Namba Station and JR Namba Station. Trains of the Nara Line depart from and arrive at the station.

The station was first named Kintetsu Namba Station (近鉄難波駅 Kintetsu-Nanba-eki) on March 15, 1970, when Kintetsu's Namba Line opened.[1] It was renamed to the present name on March 20, 2009, the date of opening of the Hanshin Namba Line.[2]

Connecting lines

Namba Station
JR Namba Station

Layout

There are an island platform and a side platform with three tracks on the third basement, parallel to Namba Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Sennichimae Line. There is a returning track in the west of the platforms between the 2 tracks of the Hanshin Namba Line.

1, 2 ■Kintetsu Namba Line (Limited Express) for Nagoya, Ise-Shima and Nara
(Nara Line) for Higashi-Hanazono, Ikoma, Yamato-Saidaiji, Nara and Tenri
3 ■Hanshin Namba Line for Amagasaki, Koshien, and Kōbe Sannomiya

Surroundings

Stations next to Ōsaka Namba

« Service »
Kintetsu Namba Line
Hanshin Railway Hanshin Namba Line (HS 41)
Sakuragawa (Hanshin, HS 42)   Local   Kintetsu Nippombashi (Kintetsu)
Sakuragawa (Hanshin, HS 42)   Semi-Express
Suburban Semi-Express		   Kintetsu Nippombashi (Kintetsu)
Terminus   Express   Kintetsu Nippombashi (Kintetsu)
Sakuragawa (Hanshin, HS 42)   Rapid Express   Kintetsu Nippombashi (Kintetsu)
Terminus   Kintetsu Limited Express   Ōsaka Uehommachi (Kintetsu)

References

  1. ↑ "Kintetsu Corporation Company Profile" (PDF). p. 31. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  2. ↑ 阪神なんば線開業に合わせ、「近鉄難波駅」を「大阪難波駅」に、「上本町駅」を「大阪上本町駅」に駅名変更します。 ["Kintetsu Namba Station" will be renamed "Ōsaka Namba Station", and "Uehommachi Station" will be "Ōsaka Uehommachi Station".] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Kintetsu Corporation. March 31, 2008.