Tennōji Station


Tennōji Station is a major railway station on the JR West Osaka Loop Line, Hanwa Line, Yamatoji Line, Osaka Metro Midōsuji Line, and Tanimachi Line, located in Tennōji-ku and Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, and Tennōji-ekimae Station is a railway station on the tram Hankai Uemachi Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. They are also connected to Ōsaka Abenobashi Station on the Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line. It forms as one of Osaka's main railway terminals to the south for lines operated by West Japan Railway Company.

Lines

;Tennōji Station
;Tennōji-eki-mae Station
;Connecting station

JR West Tennōji Station

Layout

Train services in off-peak hours

;Yamatoji Line
;Osaka Loop Line
;Hanwa Line

History

Station numbering was introduced to the JR West facilities March 2018 with the Yamatoji Line being assigned station number JR-Q20, the Osaka Loop line being assigned station number JR-O01, and the Hanwa Line being assigned station number JR-R20.

Osaka Metro station

Osaka Metro Tennōji Station is an interchange serving the Midōsuji and Tanimachi lines. The platforms are not adjacent to each other, but are connected by a long passageway within the ticket gates.

Layout

;Midosuji Line
;Tanimachi Line
  • The station has two side platforms with two tracks on the third basement, under the ticket gates and concourse under the underground city "Avetika".

Train services in off-peak hours

;Midosuji Line
;Midosuji Line
;Tanimachi Line

Hankai Tramway Tennoji-ekimae Station

Layout

2 dead-end platforms serving a track are located on Abenosuji Avenue. After widening the avenue and relocated westward on December 3, 2016, the tram stop is connected from JR West Tennoji Station and Kintetsu Railway Osaka Abenobashi Station via Abeno Pedestrian Bridge and from Osaka Metro Tennoji Station via the underground passage. After the relocation, an elevator became in use to enable wheelchairs and baby buggies to access to the Uemachi Line.

Tram services in off-peak hours

10 trams to Abikomichi via Sumiyoshi-Toriimae, of which 5 continues to Hamadera-ekimae

Adjacent stations

!colspan=5|Hankai Tramway

Surrounding area

Since so many train lines meet in one location, Tennōji has become a large transfer station. As a result, the area around the station has become quite built up with may buildings as high as 10 or 12 stories high.

Buses

;Transit bus
;Expressway bus
;Airport limousine
For details, see Osaka Abenobashi Station#Bus stops