Shin-Ōsaka Station

Shin-Osaka Station
新大阪駅
Station building
Location
Prefecture Osaka
(See other stations in Osaka)
City Osaka
Ward Yodogawa
Neighborhood etc. Nishinakajima Gochome
(in Japanese)大阪市淀川区西中島五丁目
Rail services
Operator(s) JR West
JR Central
Osaka Municipal Subway

Shin-Osaka Station (新大阪駅 Shin-Ōsaka-eki, literally New Osaka Station) is a railway station in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the western terminus of the high-speed Tokaido Shinkansen line from Tokyo, and the eastern terminus of the Sanyo Shinkansen. The lines are physically joined, and many trains offer through service.

Shin-Osaka is about 3 km from the older Osaka Station. The new station was built in 1964 to avoid the engineering difficulties of running Shinkansen lines into the center of the city. The JR Kyoto Line and subway Midōsuji Line provide convenient connections to other stations around the city center.

Lines

JR

JR
Shin-Osaka Station
新大阪駅
Shinkansen tracks
Location
Prefecture Osaka
City Osaka
Ward Yodogawa
Neighborhood etc. 5-16-1 Nishinakajima
Coordinates34°44′0.54″N 135°30′0.41″E / 34.7334833°N 135.5001139°E
(in Japanese)大阪市淀川区西中島五丁目16-1
History
Year opened 1964
Rail services
Operator(s) JR West
JR Central
Line(s) Tokaido Shinkansen
Sanyo Shinkansen
Tokaido Line (JR Kyoto Line)
Tokaido Line Branch (Umeda Freight Line)

Station layout

The JR station consists of four island platforms serving eight tracks for JR West Lines at ground level, with two side platforms and three island platforms serving eight Shinkansen tracks operated by JR Central located on the fourth level, over the platforms and tracks for the JR West Lines in the east. There was a space on the east side of former Track 18 from the opening of the station, where another platform serving current Tracks 17 and 18 is located, and the existing services will be shifted eastward one platform at a time (and renovations performed on each newly vacated platform), with the westernmost platform to be used by services on the Osaka Higashi Line, scheduled to commence by the end of fiscal 2018. On the north side of the station, an additional Shinkansen platform serving Track 27 was located on March 16, 2013. (This northern area was originally reserved for a connection from Awaji Station and Jūsō Station by Hankyu Railway, but these plans were later cancelled and the space unused.)

11 ■Haruka limited express for Kansai Airport
for Kyoto, Kusatsu, and Maibara
■Kuroshio limited express for Shirahama, Kii-Katsuura and Shingu
to Kyoto
■Hanwa Line and Kinokuni Line rapid service for Wakayama, Gobo and Kii-Tanabe
12 ■limited express trains for Hokuriku (Fukui, Kanazawa, Toyama), Nagano and Takayama
■Super Hakuto limited express to Kyoto
■JR Kyoto Line (weekday mornings) rapid service and special rapid service for Takatsuki and Kyoto
13 ■JR Kyoto Line rapid service and special rapid service for Takatsuki and Kyoto (also used for local trains on weekday mornings)
14 ■JR Kyoto Line local trains for Suita, Takatsuki, and Kyoto
  ■under renovation renumbered Tracks 13 and 14 after complation of this platform on January 18, 2015
15 ■JR Kobe Line local trains for Osaka, Amagasaki, Ashiya and Sannomiya
■JR Takarazuka Line (through to the Fukuchiyama Line) local trains for Takarazuka and Shin-Sanda
16 ■JR Kobe Line rapid service and special rapid service for Osaka, Amagasaki, Ashiya, and Sannomiya (also used for local trains on weekday mornings)
■JR Takarazuka Line (through to the Fukuchiyama Line) local trains for Takarazuka and Shin-Sanda on weekday mornings
17 ■JR Kobe Line (weekday mornings) rapid service and special rapid service for Osaka, Amagasaki, Ashiya, and Sannomiya
17, 18 ■Kounotori limited express for Fukuchiyama and Kinosaki Onsen via the Fukuchiyama Line
■Super Hakuto limited express for Chizu and Tottori via the Chizu Express Chizu Line
■limited express trains and express trains to Osaka
20 ■Sanyo Shinkansen Hikari, Kodama starting for Okayama, Hiroshima, and Hakata
Mizuho, Sakura for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō
21, 22 ■Sanyo Shinkansen Nozomi, Hikari, Kodama for Okayama, Hiroshima, and Hakata
Mizuho and Sakura for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō
23 ■Tokaido Shinkansen for Nagoya and Tokyo
■Sanyo Shinkansen extra trains for Okayama, Hiroshima, and Hakata
24, 25, 26, 27 ■Tōkaidō Shinkansen for Nagoya and Tokyo

Limited express trains

for the Hokuriku Line
for the Tokaido Line, the Chuo Line, and the Takayama Line
for the Hanwa Line, the Kansai Airport Line, and the Kinokuni Line
for the Fukuchiyama Line
for the Sanin region via the Chizu Express Chizu Line

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tokaido/Sanyo Shinkansen
Kyoto (Tokaido Shinkansen) All services Shin-Kobe (Sanyo Shinkansen)
Tokaido Line (JR Kyoto Line)
Higashi-Yodogawa   Local   Osaka
Ibaraki   Rapid Service   Osaka
Takatsuki   Special Rapid Service   Osaka
Through trains to and from the Hanwa Line
(via the Umeda Freight Line)
Terminus   Rapid Service (starting)   Nishikujo
Terminus   B Rapid Service (terminating)   Nishikujo

Osaka Municipal Subway

Osaka Municipal Subway
Shin-Osaka Station
新大阪駅
Location
Prefecture Osaka
City Osaka
Ward Yodogawa
Neighborhood etc. 5-15-5 Nishinakajima
Coordinates34°44′0.51″N 135°29′54.73″E / 34.7334750°N 135.4985361°E
(in Japanese)大阪市淀川区西中島五丁目15-5
History
Year opened 1964
Rail services
Station number(s) M13
Operator(s) Osaka Municipal Subway
Line(s) Midōsuji Line

Station layout

This station has one island platform with two tracks on the third level, located to the west of the platforms and tracks for the Shinkansen.

1 ■Midōsuji Line for Umeda, Namba, Tennoji, and Nakamozu
2 ■Midōsuji Line for Esaka and Senri-Chūō

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Midōsuji Line (M13)
Higashi-Mikuni (M12) - Nishinakajima-Minamigata (M14)


Surrounding area

Inside of the station

Foods, Restaurants

North

South

East (Hinode Side)

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