is a name shared by two railway stations in the Namba district of Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. One is owned by Nankai Electric Railway, while the other is by the Osaka Metro. The names of both stations are written in ''hiragana'' on signage within the stations, because the ''kanji'' "難波" can be also read "Naniwa". However, the name of both stations officially employs kanji, printed on train tickets. They are close to JR Namba Station and Ōsaka Namba Station.

Lines

* Nankai Electric Railway (NK01) **

Nankai Main Line The is one of the two main railway lines of Japanese private railway company Nankai Electric Railway, together with Kōya Line. The route is from Namba Station in south downtown of Osaka to Wakayamashi Station in Wakayama via Sakai, Izumi ...

** Nankai Koya Line * ** (M20) ** (S16) **(Y15) ;Connecting Stations * Ōsaka Namba Station (renamed from Kintetsu Namba Station in 2009) ** Kintetsu Namba Line **

Hanshin Namba Line The is a railway line operated by the private railway operator Hanshin Electric Railway connecting Amagasaki Station in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, and Ōsaka Namba Station in Chuo-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. History The , the pre ...

* JR Namba Station (renamed from Minatomachi Station in 1994) ** Kansai Main Line (

Yamatoji Line The is the common name of the western portion of the Kansai Main Line. The line is owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), and starts at Kamo Station in Kyoto Prefecture and ends at JR Namba Station in Naniwa-ku, Osaka. O ...

)

Nankai Electric Railway

Layout

There are nine

bay platform In the United Kingdom and in Australia, a bay platform is a dead-end railway platform at a railway station that has through lines. It is normal for bay platforms to be shorter than their associated through platforms. Overview Bay and isl ...

s with eight tracks on the third floor. Nankai Terminal Building is located in front of the station. Ticket gates are located in the north of the platform, in the center on the second floor and in the south on the second floor. ;Nankai Koya Line - for (change for ) and ( Semboku Rapid Railway) ;Nankai Line and Airport Line - for and

Adjacent stations

Osaka Metro

Layout

Midōsuji Line

*An

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular o ...

and a

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platfo ...

with two tracks. The Midōsuji Line station originally opened as an island platform serving two tracks, but overcrowding prompted construction of a side platform serving northbound trains (that platform opened in 1987). , the island platform serves only southbound trains, and the northbound side of the island platform is fenced off.

Sennichimae Line

*An island platform with two tracks

Yotsubashi Line

*An island platform with two tracks File:Subway_Namba_Station_North_gate_01.jpg, Ticket gates File:Osaka-namba-L1.jpg, Midōsuji Line platforms File:Subway_Namba_Station_Platform_03.jpg, Yotsubashi Line platforms

History

The Nankai Electric Railway station opened on 29 December 1885. The Osaka Subway Midosuji Line station opened on 30 October 1935, the Yotsubashi Line station opened on 1 October 1965, and the Sennichimae Line opened on 11 March 1970.

Surrounding area

* Takashimaya *

Namba City is a district of Osaka, Japan. It is located in Chūō and Naniwa wards. Namba is regarded as the center of so-called ''Minami'' ("South") area of Osaka. Its name is one of variations on the former name of Osaka, '' Naniwa''. Namba is be ...

*Namba Walk *

Namba Parks Namba Parks (なんばパークス ''Nanba Pākusu'') is an office and shopping complex located in Namba-naka Nichome, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan, the south of Namba Station on Nankai Railway. It consists of a high-rise office building called P ...

Swissôtel Nankai Osaka is a hotel situated directly above Namba Station on the Nankai Railway lines in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. The hotel is owned by Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd., and managed by the Switzerland-based hotel chain Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts. ...

*Namba Expressway Bus Terminal * Osaka City Air Terminal (OCAT) *

Parks Tower (Namba Parks) Parks Tower (パークスタワー) is a 30- floor-and-149- meter high skyscraper located in the Namba Parks complex in the Namba district, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan. It was designed by Nikken Sekkei Ltd., and constructed by Takenaka Corporation ...

Bic Camera is a consumer electronics retailer chain in Japan. Currently, it has 41 stores in Japan. Bic Camera has a 50% ownership of former rival store Kojima and full ownership of computer store chain Sofmap. As of 2018, Bic Camera is the third largest ...

*Minatomachi River Place (including

FM OSAKA is an FM radio station in Osaka, Japan. The station is an affiliate of Japan FM Network (JFN). FM Osaka started broadcasting on April 1, 1970. It was the second commercial FM radio station to launch in Japan after FM Aichi. During its early ...

) *Namba Grand Kagetsu * Nankai Electric Railway headquarters * Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium *Ebisubashi Shopping Arcade *

NMB48 NMB48 (read "N.M.B. Forty-eight") is a Japanese idol group that debuted in 2011 as the second sister group to AKB48, produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NMB48 is named after the Namba district in Osaka city of Osaka Prefecture, where the group is base ...

References

External links

Nankai Electric Railway station information

Namba - Osaka Metro station Midosuji Line

Namba - Osaka Metro station Midosuji Line

Namba - Osaka Metro station Sennichimae Line

Namba - Osaka Metro station Sennichimae Line

Namba - Osaka Metro station Yotsubashi Line

Namba - Osaka Metro station Yotsubashi Line
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Lines

Nankai Electric Railway

Layout

Adjacent stations

Osaka Metro

Layout

Midōsuji Line

Sennichimae Line

Yotsubashi Line

History

Surrounding area

See also

References

External links