JR Namba Station

Location
	JR Namba Station Location within Osaka Prefecture JR Namba Station JR Namba Station (Kansai region) JR Namba Station JR Namba Station (Japan)

JR Namba Station

JR難波駅
JR Namba Station; JR難波駅
	Underground platform
General information
Location	1-4-1 Minatomachi, Naniwa Ward, Osaka City; Osaka Prefecture; Japan
Coordinates	34°39′59.1″N 135°29′43.2″E / 34.666417°N 135.495333°E
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Q Yamatoji Line;
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus terminal
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	JR-Q17
History
Opened	14 May 1889; 135 years ago
Previous names	Minatomachi (until 1994)
Services
Location
Location
	JR Namba Station Location within Osaka Prefecture JR Namba Station JR Namba Station (Kansai region) JR Namba Station JR Namba Station (Japan)

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 Ōsaka 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

Q Yamatoji Line

for Tennoji, Oji, Nara, Kamo, and Takada

The ticket barriers
Station sign, January 2020

History

Minatomachi Station in 1987

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

Future plans

The tracks from the Kansai Main Line are expected to be extended north from this station by 2031 with the completion of the Naniwasuji Line.^[2] The new line is to be routed through central Osaka and will terminate at new underground platforms at Osaka Station.

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 City Bus)

References

^ 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 344. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "なにわ筋線「北梅田～ＪＲ難波・南海新今宮」の鉄道事業許可" [Railway business license for Naniwasuji Line "Kita Umeda-JR Namba / Nankai Shin-Imamiya"] (PDF). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (MLIT) (in Japanese). 9 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.

[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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 344. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[:0-2] "なにわ筋線「北梅田～ＪＲ難波・南海新今宮」の鉄道事業許可" [Railway business license for Naniwasuji Line "Kita Umeda-JR Namba / Nankai Shin-Imamiya"] (PDF). Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (MLIT) (in Japanese). 9 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.

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