Shin-Ōsaka Station

Template:Short description Template:Template other is a major interchange railway station in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the western terminus of the high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen from Tokyo, the eastern terminus of the San'yō Shinkansen from Fukuoka, and one of the primary rail hubs in Osaka. The two Shinkansen lines are physically connected, allowing many services to operate through between them.

The station opened in 1964 and was built about from the older Ōsaka Station to avoid the engineering challenges of extending the Shinkansen line into the city center. The JR Kyoto Line and the Midōsuji Line subway offer convenient connections to other major destinations throughout central Osaka.

Lines

• JR West
  • JR Kyoto Line (Tōkaidō Main Line)
  • San'yō Shinkansen
  • Osaka Higashi Line
• JR Central
  • Tōkaidō Shinkansen
• Osaka Municipal Subway
  • Midōsuji Line (M13)

JR

Station layout

The JR station consists of five island platforms serving ten tracks for JR West Lines at ground level, with two side platforms and three island platforms serving eight Shinkansen tracks operated by JR Central located on the fourth level, over the platforms and tracks for the JR West Lines in the east. There was a space on the east side of former Track 10 from the opening of the station, where another platform serving current Tracks 9 and 10 is located, and the existing services shifted eastward one platform at a time (and renovations performed on each newly vacated platform), with the westernmost platform used by services on the Osaka Higashi Line, was commenced by the 16 March 2019. On the northern side of the station, an additional eastbound Shinkansen platform, Track 27, was opened on 16 March 2013. (This northern area was originally reserved for a connection from Awaji Station and Jūsō Station by Hankyu Railway, but these plans were later cancelled and the space unused).

1	■ Haruka limited express	for Kyoto, Kusatsu, and Maibara
	■ Kuroshio limited express	to Kyoto
2	■ Limited express trains	termination platform
	■ Osaka Higashi Line	for Template:STN and Template:STN
3	■ Haruka limited express	for Template:STN
	■ Kuroshio limited express	for Template:STN, Template:STN and Template:STN
4	■ Hida limited express	for Template:STN
	■ Thunderbird limited express	for Template:STN
5, 6	■ JR Kyoto Line	for Template:STN, Takatsuki, and Kyoto
7, 8	■ JR Kobe Line	for Template:STN, Template:STN, Template:STN and Template:STN
	■ JR Takarazuka Line (through to the Fukuchiyama Line)	local trains for Template:STN and Template:STN
9, 10	■ Kounotori limited express	for Template:STN and Template:STN via the Fukuchiyama Line
	■ Super Hakuto limited express	for Template:STN and Template:STN via the Chizu Express Chizu Line
	■ limited express trains and express trains	to Osaka
20	■ San'yō Shinkansen	Hikari, Kodama starting for Okayama, Hiroshima, and Hakata Mizuho, Sakura for Template:STN and Template:STN
21, 22	■ San'yō Shinkansen	Nozomi, Hikari, Kodama for Template:STN, Template:STN, and Template:STN Mizuho and Sakura for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō
23	■ Tōkaidō Shinkansen	for Nagoya and Tokyo
	■ San'yō Shinkansen	extra trains for Okayama, Hiroshima, and Hakata
24, 25, 26, 27	■ Tōkaidō Shinkansen	for Template:STN and Template:STN

Limited express trains

for the Hokuriku Main Line

• Thunderbird: Osaka - Tsuruga

for the Tōkaidō Line, and the Takayama Line

• Hida: Osaka - Template:STN, Template:STN
• Rakuraku Biwako: Osaka - Template:STN

for the Hanwa Line, the Kansai Airport Line, and the Kinokuni Line

• Haruka: Maibara, Kyoto - Template:STN
• Kuroshio: Kyoto, Shin-Osaka - Template:STN, Template:STN

for the Fukuchiyama Line

• Kounotori: Shin-Osaka - Template:STN, Template:STN, Template:STN

for the Sanin region via the Chizu Express Chizu Line

• Super Hakuto: Kyoto - Template:STN, Template:STN

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line)
Kyoto (JR-A31)		Limited Express Super Hakuto Limited Express Hida Rakuraku Biwako		Template:STN (JR-A47)
Kyoto (JR-A31)		West Express Ginga		Template:STN (JR-A47) or (JR-O11)
Kyoto (JR-A31) Template:STN (JR-A38)		Limited Express Thunderbird		Osaka (JR-A47)
Terminus		Limited Express Kounotori		Osaka (JR-A47)
Kyoto (JR-A31) Takatsuki (JR-A38) (some trains only)		Kansai Airport Limited Express Haruka		Template:STN (JR-O11)
Kyoto (JR-A31)		Limited Express Kuroshio		Osaka (JR-O11)
Takatsuki (JR-A38)		Special Rapid Service		Osaka (JR-A47)
Template:STN (JR-A41)		Rapid Service		Osaka (JR-A47)
Template:STN (JR-A45)		Local		Osaka (JR-A47)
Osaka Higashi Line
Template:STN (JR-F01)		Direct Rapid Service		Template:STN (JR-F04)
Osaka (JR-F01)		Local		Template:STN (JR-F03)

Osaka Metro

Station layout

This station has one island platform with two tracks on the third level, located to the west of the platforms and tracks for the Shinkansen.

Although the station is elevated, access is only available through the Shinkansen platforms.

3F Platform level	Platform 1	Template:Ric towards Template:STN (Template:STN) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	← Template:Ric toward Template:STN (Template:STN)
2F	Mezzanine	Ticket gates, ticket/ICOCA/PiTaPa machines, station agent, restrooms Passageways to JR and Shinkansen platforms
G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance

In 2020, a viewing space was added on the north side of the platforms.

• Inside of the viewing space
  Inside of the viewing space

Surrounding area

Inside the station

• Nippon Travel Agency TiS Shin-Osaka
• JR Tokai Tours Shin-Osaka Branch
• Osaka Prefectural Police, Railway Police Force Shin-Osaka
• Osaka Noren Meguri restaurant (in the paid area for the Shinkansen)

North

• Shin-Osaka Hankyu Building
• Mielparque Osaka
• Hotel La Foret Osaka
• Via Inn Shin-Osaka West
• Konami Sports Club

South

• Nissin Foods
• Shin-Osaka Washington Hotel Plaza
• Osaka Prefectural Police, Railway Police Force Headquarters

East (Hinode side)

• Shin-Osaka Youth Hostel
• Shin-Osaka Station Hotel
• Life Corporation

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan