Shin-Ōsaka Station


Shin-Ōsaka Station 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

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, 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..

Limited express trains

;for the Hokuriku Main LineThunderbird: Osaka - Tsuruga
;for the Tōkaidō Line, and the Takayama LineHida: Osaka -, Rakuraku Biwako: Osaka -
;for the Hanwa Line, the Kansai Airport Line, and the Kinokuni LineHaruka: Maibara, Kyoto - Kuroshio: Kyoto, Shin-Osaka -,
;for the Fukuchiyama LineKounotori: Shin-Osaka -,,
;for the Sanin region via the Chizu Express Chizu LineSuper Hakuto: Kyoto -,

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

Surrounding area

Inside the station
North
  • Shin-Osaka Hankyu Building
  • Mielparque Osaka
  • Hotel La Foret Osaka
  • Via Inn Shin-Osaka West
  • Konami Sports Club
South
East