Ōsaka Namba Station Explained

Osaka Namba Station
Native Name:大阪難波駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:4-1-17 Namba, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Country:Japan
Coordinates:34.6671°N 135.4991°W
Map Type:Japan
Connections:Bus terminal
Code:A01 (Kintetsu)
HS 41 (Hanshin)
Opened:March 15, 1970
Former:Kintetsu Namba (until 2009)

is a major railway station on the Kintetsu Namba Line and 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.

Lines

Ōsaka Namba Station is served by the following two lines.

Station layout

The station has an island platform and a side platform with three tracks on the third basement level, parallel to Namba Station on the Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line. There is a returning track in the west of the platforms between the two tracks of the Hanshin Namba Line.

Platforms

History

The station was first named 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]

Surrounding area

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kintetsu Corporation Company Profile. 31. 2009-03-25.
  2. ja: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。. http://www.kintetsu.jp/news/files/ekimeihenkou%2020080331.pdf. "Kintetsu Namba Station" will be renamed "Ōsaka Namba Station", and "Uehommachi Station" will be "Ōsaka Uehommachi Station".. Kintetsu Corporation. March 31, 2008. Japanese.