Ōsaka Namba Station

Osaka Namba 大阪難波
Kintetsu Namba Building (Ōsaka Namba Station is located under this building)
Location	4-1-17 Namba, Chūō, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市中央区難波四丁目1-17） Japan
Coordinates	34°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
Operated by	Kintetsu Railway Hanshin Electric Railway
Line(s)	Kintetsu Namba Line Hanshin Namba Line
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	■A01 (Kintetsu) ■HS 41 (Hanshin)
History
Opened	1970
Previous names	Kintetsu Namba (until 2009)

Ōsaka Namba Station layout
↑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 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.

• Kintetsu Namba Line
• Hanshin Namba Line

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 Municipal Subway Sennichimae Line. There is a returning track in the west of the platforms between the two tracks of the Hanshin Namba Line.

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kintetsu Namba Line (A01)
Hanshin Railway Hanshin Namba Line (HS 41)
Sakuragawa (Hanshin, HS 42)		Local		Kintetsu Nippombashi (Kintetsu, A02)
Sakuragawa (Hanshin, HS 42)		Semi-Express Suburban Semi-Express		Kintetsu Nippombashi (Kintetsu, A02)
Terminus		Express		Kintetsu Nippombashi (Kintetsu, A02)
Sakuragawa (Hanshin, HS 42)		Rapid Express		Kintetsu Nippombashi (Kintetsu, A02)
Terminus		Kintetsu Limited Express		Ōsaka Uehommachi (Kintetsu, A03)

History

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]

Surrounding area

• Kintetsu Namba Building
• Midosuji Grand Building
• Dotombori
• Osaka City Air Terminal (OCAT)
• Minatomachi River Place (including FM OSAKA)

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.