Ōsaka Uehommachi Station

Ōsaka-Uehommachi Station (大阪上本町駅, Ōsaka-Uehonmachi-eki) is a railway station in Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan, served by the Kintetsu Railway's Osaka, Nara, and Namba Lines. Trains on the Nara Line arrive at and depart from an underground platform. The station is connected to Tanimachi Kyuchome Station on the Tanimachi Line (T25) and the Sennichimae Line (S18) of the Osaka Metro. It has been the Kintetsu Railway's terminus since the Nara Line was opened in 1914.

Ōsaka-Uehommachi Station

大阪上本町駅
Station building
Location1-55, Uehommachi 6-chōme, Tennoji, Osaka, Osaka
(大阪市天王寺区上本町六丁目1-55)
Japan
Coordinates34°39′56″N 135°31′17″E
Operated byKintetsu Railway
Line(s)
Platforms7 dead-end platforms (1st floor)
2 side platforms (underground)
Tracks6 (1st floor)
2 (underground)
Connections
  • Bus terminal
Construction
Structure typeat-grade (Osaka Line)
underground (Nara Line)
Other information
Station code A03 (Nara Line)
D03 (Osaka Line)
History
Opened1914
Previous namesUehommachi (until 2009)
Passengers
November 13, 2012[1]76,230 daily
Osaka-Uehommachi Station layout
3rd basement

Kintetsu Nippombashi

2
1

↓to the 1st level

1st level
9, 8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
to the 3rd basement

Tsuruhashi

The station is also known as Ueroku Station (上六駅, Ueroku-eki) since it is located in Uehommachi Rokuchōme (or Ueroku for short), which is currently used as the name of the connecting bus stops. The station was renamed from Uehommachi Station (上本町駅) on 20 March 2009, when it started being served by trains on the Hanshin Namba Line.[2]

Layout

  • The station has two side platforms serving two tracks on the third basement level, and seven bay platforms serving six tracks on the first floor.
 A  Underground platforms (Nara Line, Namba Line)
Track Direction
/ Train type
Destinations
1 Limited Express
(Eastbound)
from Ōsaka Namba  E  for Nagoya /  M  for Ise-Shima /  A  for Nara
Eastbound regular trains  A  for Higashi-Hanazono, Yamato-Saidaiji and Nara /  H  for Tenri
2 Westbound trains  A  for Ōsaka Namba, (Hanshin Namba Line) Amagasaki and Kobe Sannomiya
 D  Ground platforms (Osaka Line)
Track Direction
/ Train type
Destinations
(3) for disembarking passengers only
3, 4 Eastbound regular trains  D  for Kawachi-Kokubu and Yamato-Yagi /  M  for Ise-Shima
(4, 5) for disembarking passengers only
5, 6 Eastbound regular trains  D  for Kawachi-Kokubu and Yamato-Yagi /  M  for Ise-Shima
(6, 7) for disembarking passengers only
7, 8 Eastbound regular trains  D  for Kawachi-Kokubu and Yamato-Yagi /  M  for Ise-Shima
9 Limited Express
(Eastbound)
 M  Starting Osaka Uehommachi for Ise-Shima (sometimes from Track 6 or 7)

Surroundings

Sheraton Miyako Hotel Osaka

Buses

Osaka City Bus
Uehommachi Rokuchome
Route 18 for Kita-Tatsumi Bus Terminal via Miyukidori / for Tamatsukuri via Uehommachi Itchome
Route 22 for Suwa Jinja-mae via Tsuruhashi-ekimae and Tamatsukuri / for Abenobashi via Tennoji Kumin Center and Tennoji Kuyakusho
Route 62 for Sumiyoshishako-mae via Uehommachi Hatchome and Abenobashi / for Osaka-ekimae (Osaka Station) via Temmabashi
Route 73 for Deto Bus Terminal via Katsuyama Yonchome and Kumata / for Namba
Uehommachi Rokuchome-minami
Route 62 for Abenobashi and Sumiyoshishako-mae via Uehommachi Hatchome / for Osaka-ekimae (Osaka Station) via Temmabashi
Uehommachi Rokuchome-higashi
Route 18 for Kita-Tatsumi Bus Terminal via Miyukidori
Route 22 for Suwa Jinja-mae via Tsuruhashi-ekimae and Tamatsukuri
Route 73 for Deto Bus Terminal via Katsuyama Yonchome and Kumata
Uehommachi Nanachome-kita
Route 62 for Uehommachi Rokuchome-minami and Osaka-ekimae (Osaka Station)
Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd.
from the south of the station (Kintetsu Uehommachi Station)
Route 01 for Osaka Red Cross Hospital (Not running on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, May 1 and from December 29 until January 3)
Route 66 for JR Momodani Station via Osaka Police Hospital (Not running on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and from December 30 until January 4)
Abeno-Uehommachi Shuttle Buses from Sheraton Miyako Hotel Osaka (Kintetsu Uehommachi)
Route 10 for Abenobashi (Abeno Harukas) via Shitenno-ji Sandoguchi
Route 11 for Abenobashi (Abeno Harukas) via Matsuyamachi-suji Avenue (7 buses per day, 10:05 a.m., 11:05 a.m., 12:05 p.m., 1:05 p.m., 2:05 p.m., 3:05 p.m. and 4:05 p.m. buses)
Route 12 for Abenobashi-higashiguchi (Miyako City Osaka Tennoji) via Shitenno-ji Sandoguchi (from the 7:35 p.m. bus until the last one)
airport limousine (Kintetsu Uehommachi)
for Osaka International Airport (departing from bus station on the 2nd floor of Ōsaka Uehommachi Station; operated by Osaka Airport Transport Co., Ltd.)
for Kansai International Airport (departing from Sheraton Miyako Hotel Osaka; operated by Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd. and Kansai Airport Transportation Enterprise Co., Ltd.)
tour bus (Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd.)
Osaka Sky Vista (departing from bus station on the 2nd floor of Ōsaka Uehommachi Station)[3]
From the starting in 2014, Osaka Sky Vista started Uehommachi and passed Osaka Museum of History, Osaka Castle, Nakanoshima, Midosuji, Dotombori, Den Den Town, Tsutenkaku and Shitenno-ji. It does not run on Wednesdays. Passengers could get off at Abeno Harukas or Uehommachi. Osaka Sky Vista has started from JR Osaka Station since February 1, 2016.[4]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kintetsu Railway
Osaka Line (D03)
Terminus   Local   Tsuruhashi (D04)
Terminus   Semi-Express
Suburban Semi-Express
  Tsuruhashi (D04)
Terminus   Express   Tsuruhashi (D04)
Terminus   Rapid Express   Tsuruhashi (D04)
Terminus   Limited Express (Ōsaka Uehommachi - Toba, Kashikojima)   Tsuruhashi (D04)
Namba Line-Nara Line (A03)
Kintetsu Nippombashi (A02)   Local   Tsuruhashi (A04)
Kintetsu Nippombashi (A02)   Semi-Express
Suburban Semi-Express
  Tsuruhashi (A04)
Kintetsu Nippombashi (A02)   Express   Tsuruhashi (A04)
Kintetsu Nippombashi (A02)   Rapid Express   Tsuruhashi (A04)
Ōsaka Namba (A01)   Limited Express
(including the Osaka Line limited express trains to and from Ōsaka Namba)
  Tsuruhashi (A04)

References

  1. 駅別乗降人員 (in Japanese). Kintetsu Corporation.
  2. 阪神なんば線開業に合わせ、「近鉄難波駅」を「大阪難波駅」に、「上本町駅」を「大阪上本町駅」に駅名変更します。 ["Kintetsu Namba Station" will be renamed "Ōsaka Namba Station", and "Uehommachi Station" will be "Ōsaka Uehommachi Station".] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Kintetsu Corporation. March 31, 2008.
  3. "Osaka Sky Vista" (in Japanese). Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  4. "Osaka Sky Vista Starts at JR Osaka Station" (in Japanese). Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd. January 19, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
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