Umeda Station 梅田駅 | |
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| Location | Kita Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture Japan |
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| Connections |  Bus terminal |
Umeda Station (梅田駅, Umeda-eki) is a major railway station in Kita-ku in the northern commercial center of Osaka, Japan. It is the busiest station in western Japan, serving 2,343,727 passengers daily in 2005.[citation needed][clarification needed]
Umeda Station is served by the following railways:
- Hankyu Railway (Kōbe Line, Kyōto Line, Takarazuka Line) - Osaka-umeda Station
- Hanshin Electric Railway (Main Line) - Osaka Umeda Station
- Osaka Metro (Midōsuji Line, Station number: M16)
The freight terminal of Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) (Umeda Freight Branch of Tōkaidō Main Line), closed in 2013, was also called Umeda. Portions of this line was moved underground in 2023.
The nearby stations Ōsaka (JR West), Kitashinchi (JR West Tōzai Line), Nishi-Umeda (Osaka Subway Yotsubashi Line, Y11) and Higashi-Umeda (Osaka Subway Tanimachi Line, T20) are within walking distance and connected by a large complex of underground malls.
Umeda is the 4th in the list of 50 busiest train stations in the world with an average number of 2.3 million people using the station everyday in 2024.[1][2]
- ^ "Japanese Train Stations - Japan By The Numbers". Samurai Tours. 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ^ "The Biggest and Busiest Train Stations In Japan". JRPass.com. Retrieved 2024-08-12.