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 | |
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Location | 1-55, Uehommachi 6-chōme, Tennoji, Osaka, Osaka (大阪市天王寺区上本町六丁目1-55) Japan |
Coordinates | 34°39′56″N 135°31′17″E |
Operated by | Kintetsu Railway |
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Platforms | 7 dead-end platforms (1st floor) 2 side platforms (underground) |
Tracks | 6 (1st floor) 2 (underground) |
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Construction | |
Structure type | at-grade (Osaka Line) underground (Nara Line) |
Other information | |
Station code | ■ A03 (Nara Line) ■ D03 (Osaka Line) |
History | |
Opened | 1914 |
Previous names | Uehommachi (until 2009) |
Passengers | |
November 13, 2012[1] | 76,230 daily |
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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 |
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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) |
- West ticket gates
- Central ticket gates
- Ground ticket gates
- Platform of first floor
- Underground platforms
Surroundings
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- the headquarters of Kintetsu Group
- Kintetsu Department Store Uehommachi
- Uehommachi Yufura
- Shinkabukiza
- Sheraton Miyako Hotel Osaka
- Uehommachi Hi-Hi Town
- Oaska Red Cross Hospital
- Tanimachi Kyuchome Station (Osaka Metro)
- International House, Osaka
- Hotel Awina Osaka
- Uenomiya Junior/Senior High School
- Seifu Junior/Senior High School
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 | » | ||
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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
- 駅別乗降人員 (in Japanese). Kintetsu Corporation.
- 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.
- "Osaka Sky Vista" (in Japanese). Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
- "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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