Umeda Station
Major railway and metro station in Osaka, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 梅田駅 | |
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Location | Kita Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture Japan |
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Connections | Bus terminal |
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.
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.