Getting to Osaka by Train

Getting to Osaka by Train

Osaka, the third largest city in Japan is one of the leading industrial centers and ports of Japan. Several museums with historical importance in Osaka are huge draws for tourists and visitors. Osaka is well connected by air, rail and road. You can avail of the exceptional services of the Municipal subway system on Getting to Osaka by train . Osaka is well connected with other major cities by the Municipal subway system.

Osaka has two main city centers and boasts of four major railway stations. The city centers are known as Kita ("North") around Osaka/Umeda Station and Minami ("South") around Namba Station. Located in the heart of the Kita district is JR Osaka Station. Two other railway companies and three subway lines own stations around JR Osaka Station. These stations together are known as Umeda Station and not Osaka Station. The shinkansen is a high speed bullet train which halts at the Shin-Osaka Station, located one station north of Osaka Station by JR train.

The Namba area (Minami) has three railway companies (JR, Nankai and Kintetsu) and three subway lines which own separate stations, which together is known as Namba Station. Tennoji Station in the southeast of central Osaka is one of Osaka's chief railway stations. Tennoji Station manages and serves JR, Kintetsu Railways, the Hankai Tramway and two subway lines. Osaka is home to a host of railway stations and subway companies. The Subway lines and JR West operated lines make foreign tourists find Getting to Osaka by train convenient. Some lines run by different private railway companies make nearby cities and regions easily accessible.

Osaka Railways:

JR West: It runs a wide network of local train lines making the connecting places in Osaka. The most important line is the Osaka Loop line. JR operates services to the Kansai Airport, Kobe, Kyoto, Nara and to the Universal Studios.

Subway: The subway provides the fastest services between Osaka's chief districts of Kita and Minami and is particularly useful for foreign tourists for getting to Osaka by train .

Nankai Railways: The Nankai railways offer services from Mamba to southern Osaka, Kansai Airport, Wakayama and Mount Koya (Koyasan).

Hankyu Railways: The Umeda Station is well connected with northern Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto by the services of the Hankyu Railways.

Kintetsu Railways: Osaka is well connected with several places in the southern Kinki Region, including Nara, Kyoto, Yoshino and Nagoya by the services of Kintetsu Railways.

Hanshin Railways: Osaka is well connected with Kobe by Hanshin Railways.

Keihan Railways: Osaka is well connected with Central Kyoto by the Keihan Railways.

Foreign tourists can avail of Tokaido Shinkansen, Nozomi trains, Hikari trains and kodama trains from Tokyo to Osaka.

Visitors can board Local Trains from Tokyo to Osaka which takes over 9 hours involving four transfers of trains.

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