is a train station

Train station

A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 on the Osaka Municipal Subway

Osaka Municipal Subway

is 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...

 Tanimachi Line in Umeda

Umeda

Umeda is the main commercial and central business district in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, best known as the city's main northern railway terminus .Umeda is a large traffic hub, as well as the principal office and hotel district...

, Kita-ku

Kita-ku, Osaka

is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan.-Economy:West Japan Railway Company has its headquarters in Kita-ku. Nihon Bussan has its headquarters in Kita-ku. Dentsu and Yomiuri Shimbun have branch offices in Kita-ku. Mazda has an office in the Umeda Sky Building Tower East. Air France has an office on the...

, 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...

. The station is located along Whity Umeda.

Connecting lines from Higashi-Umeda

• Osaka Municipal Subway
  Osaka Municipal Subway
  is 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...
  
  
  • Midōsuji Line (Umeda Station
    Umeda Station
    is a railway station located in Kita-ku in the northern commercial center of Osaka, Japan. It is the busiest station in Western Japan, serving 2,343,727 passengers daily in 2005.Umeda Station is served by the following railways:...
    
    , M16)
  • Yotsubashi Line (Nishi-Umeda Station
    Nishi-Umeda Station
    is the terminus of the Osaka Municipal Subway Yotsubashi Line in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, close to Herbis OSAKA and Herbis ENT operated by Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd...
    
    , Y11)
• West Japan Railway Company
  West Japan Railway Company
  , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...
  
   (JR West) (Ōsaka Station
  Osaka Station
  is a station on the West Japan Railway Company located in the Umeda district in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the city's main rail terminal in the north....
  
  , Kitashinchi Station
  Kitashinchi Station
  is a railway station on the West Japan Railway JR Tōzai Line in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. The station is located in the Kitashinchi dining and entertainment district of Osaka, and at below sea level, it is the deepest station in the JR West system....
  
  )
• Hankyu Railway
  Hankyu Railway
  is a Japanese private railway that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of major businesses operated by Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. The railway's main terminal is at Umeda Station in Osaka...
  
   (Umeda Station)
  • Kōbe Line
  • Takarazuka Line
  • Kyōto Line
• Hanshin Electric Railway
  Hanshin Electric Railway
  is a Japanese private railway company of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group that links Osaka and Kobe. It also owns the Hanshin Tigers baseball team.The second character for Osaka and the first character for Kobe combine to form the company name, 阪神, which can be read Han-shin.IC cards are accepted when...
  
   Main Line (Umeda Station)

Information

1. When using regular tickets of Osaka Municipal Subway, Surutto Kansai cards, and IC cards (PiTaPa
   PiTaPa
   is a contactless smart card ticketing and electronic money system used in the Kansai region of Japan. The name PiTaPa is an acronym of "Postpay IC for Touch and Pay"...
   
   , ICOCA
   ICOCA
   The card is a rechargeable contactless smart card used on JR West rail network in Japan. The card was launched on November 1, 2003 for usage on the Urban Network, which encompasses the major cities of Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe...
   
   ), it is limited to 30 minutes to change to the Midosuji Line and the Yotsubashi Line.
2. It takes approximately 12 minutes to change to the JR Tozai Line, thus, it is more useful to change to the line at Minami-Morimachi Station.

Layout

There are two 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...

s with two tracks on the second basement. There are two tickets gates in the north for exit from each platform, in the center for entrance to and exit from each platform, and one in the south for entrance to and exit from both platforms.

Around the station

• Hanshin Department Store
  Hanshin Department Store
  is a Japanese department store chain owned by , a subsidiary of H2O Retailing Corporation.- Stores :Umeda Head Store*13-13, Umeda Itchome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan*Access*At Ebista Nishinomiya in 1-26, Tanakacho, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan...
  
  
• Hankyu Department Store
  Hankyu Department Store
  is a Japanese department store chain owned by , a subsidiary of H2O Retailing Corporation.-Stores:*Umeda, Osaka - Main Store **Hankyu Department Store Ings Annex**Hankyu Men's*Kobe*Takarazuka*Kawanishi*Senri*Kitahanada, Sakai*Sanda...
  
   (Umeda Hankyu Building)
• South Gate Building
  • Daimaru
    Daimaru
    is a Japanese department stores chain, principally located in the Kansai region of Japan. The chain is operated by Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores, a subsidiary of J. Front Retailing...
    
     Umeda
  • Hotel Granvia Osaka
  • Pokémon Center Osaka
• Osaka City Bus Terminal
• Kintetsu Bus stop (transit buses for Inada Depot via Kyobashi, and express buses)
• Sonezaki Police Station
• Asahiya Shoten
• Shin-Hankyu Building
  • Shin-Hankyu Hachibangai
• Ohatsu Tenjin
• Hankyu Higashi-dori
• Whity Umeda
• Osaka Ekimae Buildings
• Daiyu-ji

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