Kintetsu Namba Station
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is a train station on the Kintetsu Namba Line
and the Hanshin Railway 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.
The station opened as on March 15, 1970 upon opening of Kintetsu's Namba Line. It was renamed to the present name on March 20, 2009, the date of opening of the Hanshin Namba Line.
JR Namba Station
and a side platform
with three tracks on the third basement, parallel to Namba Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Sennichimae Line. There is a returning track in the west of the platforms between the 2 tracks of the Hanshin Namba Line.
Kintetsu Namba Line
is an underground railway line of Kintetsu Corporation in Osaka, Japan opened in 1970. It is an extension of the Osaka Line and the Nara Line. The line is parallel to the Osaka Municipal Subway Sennichimae Line...
and the Hanshin Railway Hanshin Namba Line in the Namba
Namba
is a district of Osaka, Japan. Namba is regarded as the center of so-called Minami area of Osaka. Its name is one of variations on the former name of Osaka, Naniwa...
district of Chūō-ku
Chuo-ku, Osaka
, Osaka is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 8.88 km2, and a population of 60,085. It houses Osaka's financial district, as well as the Osaka Prefecture offices and principal shopping and tourist areas.-Diplomatic missions:...
, Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It is adjacent to Namba Station
Namba Station
-Layout:Midōsuji Line*an island platform and a side platform with 2 tracksSennichimae Line*an island platform with 2 tracksYotsubashi Line*an island platform with 2 tracks-Adjacent stations:-Surroundings:*Takashimaya*Namba City...
and JR Namba Station
JR Namba Station
is a train station in Namba, Naniwa Ward, Osaka, Japan, adjacent to Namba Station and Osaka Namba Station operated by the West Japan Railway Company....
. Trains of the Nara Line depart from and arrive at the station.
The station opened as on March 15, 1970 upon opening of Kintetsu's Namba Line. It was renamed to the present name on March 20, 2009, the date of opening of the Hanshin Namba Line.
Connecting lines
Namba Station- Nankai Electric RailwayNankai Electric Railwayis a private railway in Japan. IC cards are accepted.Nankai Railway Company was founded on June 16, 1884, then became one of the companies that merge to form Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. in 1944. However Kin-nichi transferred the former Nankai Railway Company Lines to present Nankai Electric...
- Osaka Municipal SubwayOsaka Municipal Subwayis the metro network in the city of Osaka, Japan, forming an integral part of the extensive mass transit system of Greater Osaka , having 125 out of the 1,108 rail stations in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto region. In 2010 the greater Osaka region had 13 million rail passengers daily of which the Osaka...
JR Namba Station
- Kansai Main LineKansai Main LineThe is a Japanese railway line which connects Nagoya Station with JR Namba Station in Osaka. It is jointly run by the Central Japan Railway Company and the West Japan Railway Company with the boundary between both companies being located at Kameyama Station in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture.The section...
(Yamatoji LineYamatoji LineThe is the common name of the western portion of the Kansai Main Line, and the name has been used since March 13, 1988. The electrified portion is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company...
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Layout
There are an island platformIsland platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
and a side platform
Side platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
with three tracks on the third basement, parallel to Namba Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Sennichimae Line. There is a returning track in the west of the platforms between the 2 tracks of the Hanshin Namba Line.
- The first train for Amagasaki on the Hanshin Namba Line departs at 5:03 a.m. from Track (Platform) 2.
Surroundings
- Kintetsu Namba Building
- Midosuji Grand Building
- Dotombori
- Osaka City Air Terminal (OCAT)
- Minatomachi River Place (including FM OSAKAFm osakais a radio station in Osaka, Japan. It is an affiliated station of Japan FM Network .- History of FM OSAKA :On April 1, 1970, FM OSAKA started broadcasting as the first private FM station in Nakanoshima, Osaka nationwide as the only FM radio station affiliated with Japan FM Network in the Kansai...
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