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).

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

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

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  The ticket barriers

Adjacent stations

History

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]

Surrounding area

• 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)

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

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