Osaka Train Service


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Japan is home to one of the safest and most efficient rail networks in the world. Osaka train service is comfortable and reliable. Osaka train service connects most of the regions of Osaka with the other parts of Japan. Osaka is also on the main shinkansen (bullet train) route through Japan.

It takes 9-10 hours with about four transfers of trains during the one way trip from Tokyo to Osaka by local trains.

Osaka Railway Stations

Osaka has two major city centers and four major train stations. The two city centers are nicknamed Kita ("North") around Osaka/Umeda Station and Minami ("South") around Namba Station. While Kita is a large shopping and business area, Minami is Osaka's most famous entertainment district.

JR Osaka Station : it is located in the center of the Kita district. Two other railway companies and three subway lines have their own stations in the vicinity of JR Osaka Station. These stations are named Umeda Station rather than Osaka Station. The shinkansen trains stops at Shin-Osaka Station which is located one station north of Osaka Station by JR train.

Minami : In the Namba area (Minami), three railway companies (JR, Nankai and Kintetsu) and three subway lines have their separate stations, all named Namba Station. The fourth of Osaka's major railway stations is Tennoji Station in the southeast of central Osaka. It is served by JR, Kintetsu Railways, the Hankai Tramway and two subway lines.

Shin-Osaka Station : it is a train station in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the western terminus of the Tokaido Shinkansen, and the eastern terminus of the Sanyo Shinkansen

Tennoji Station : it is the city's main southeastern rail terminal, and is the terminus of the Hanwa Line and the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line. The buildings around the station include, the Kintetsu department store, Mio, Station Plaza, and Hoop shopping malls, Apollo Moive Theater and Lucias department store.

The other rail stations in Osaka include:

  • Teradacho Station
  • Momodani Station
  • Tsuruhashi Station
  • Tamatsukuri Station
  • Tanimachi Kyu-chome Station
  • Tsuruhashi Station
  • Shitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka Station
  • Tennoji Station
  • Uehommachi Station
  • Tsuruhashi Station
  • Osaka Abenobashi Station
  • Tennoji-eki-mae Station

Railways in Osaka

Over seven different railway and subway companies serve as Osaka train service . For the foreign visitors of Osaka are the subway lines and the lines operated by JR West. The lines operated by the other private railway companies are useful for accessing neighboring cities and regions. Some railways in Osaka are:

  • Nankai Railways
  • Hankyu Railways
  • Kintetsu Railways
  • Hanshin Railways
  • Keihan Railways

Six Japan Railway (JR) companies, once state owned until 1987, provide passenger service to most parts of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu; the seventh JR carries freight. Many private rail companies rank among the top corporations in the country. Regional governments, and companies funded jointly by regional governments and private companies, also provide rail service.

The Okinawa Monorail , providing rail transportation in Okinawa, is the nation's southernmost line. The Tsukuba Express , Japan's newest rail line, opened on August 24, 2005.

Trains in Osaka

The famous trains in Osaka include:

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