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Kitashinchi Station 北新地駅 | |||||||||||
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Location | Umeda Itchome, Kita, Osaka, Osaka (大阪市北区梅田1丁目) Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°41′53.96″N 135°29′49.33″E / 34.6983222°N 135.4970361°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Station code | JR-H44 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1997 | ||||||||||
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Kitashinchi Station (北新地駅, Kitashinchi-eki) is a railway station on the West Japan Railway (JR West) JR Tōzai Line in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. The station is located in the Kitashinchi dining and entertainment district of Osaka, and at 23.95 metres (78.6 ft) below sea level, it is the deepest station in the JR West system.[1]
Although officially separated from Osaka Station, the main terminal, passengers can transfer for free from the JR Kobe Line or the Osaka Loop Line at Osaka to the Tōzai Line at Kitashinchi, and vice versa, with some tickets and passes.