JR Namba Station

JR Namba Station JR難波駅
Underground platform
Location	1-4-1 Minatomachi, Naniwa-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Japan
Coordinates	34°39′59.1″N 135°29′43.2″E / 34.666417°N 135.495333°ECoordinates: 34°39′59.1″N 135°29′43.2″E / 34.666417°N 135.495333°E
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1889
Previous names	Minatomachi (until 1994)

JR Namba Station (JR難波駅 Jeiāru-Nanba-eki) is a railway station in Namba, Naniwa Ward, Osaka, Japan, adjacent to Namba Station (Nankai Railway, Osaka Subway) and Osaka Namba Station (Kintetsu, Hanshin Railway) operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

JR Namba is the western terminus of the Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line).

Layout

The station has two underground island platforms serving four tracks.

Platforms

1-4

■ Yamatoji Line

for Tennoji, Oji, Nara, Kamo, and Takada

• 
  The ticket barriers

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yamatoji Line
Shin-Imamiya		Rapid Service		Terminus
Imamiya		Local		Terminus

History

Minatomachi Station in 1987

The station opened as Minatomachi Station (湊町駅) on March 1, 1899. The station was renamed JR Namba on September 4, 1994, the day Kansai International Airport opened. New underground facilities opened on March 22, 1996, and replaced the former above-ground station.^[1]

Surrounding area

The OCAT building above the station

• Osaka City Air Terminal (OCAT)
• Minatomachi River Place
  • FM Osaka
• Sankei Shimbun Osaka Head Office

Bus stops

• Osaka City Air Terminal (OCAT)
• JR Namba ekimae (Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau)

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 344. ISBN 4533029809.