Kansai Airport Station

Kansai Airport Station

関西空港駅
Concourse of Kansai Airport Station. The blue ticket gates lead to JR West tracks, while the orange ticket gates lead to Nankai Electric Railway tracks.
General information
Location1 Senshukukonaka, Tajiri-cho, Sennan-gun, Osaka-fu 549-0011
Japan
Coordinates34°26′9.28″N 135°14′36.57″E / 34.4359111°N 135.2434917°E / 34.4359111; 135.2434917
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance42.8 km (26.6 mi) to Nanba
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsKansai International Airport
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
Station codeNK32 (Nankai)
JR-S47 (JR-West)
History
Opened15 June 1994; 30 years ago (15 June 1994)[1]
Passengers
201914,360 daily (JR)
16,698 daily (Nankai)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West Following station
Terminus Kansai Airport Line
Local
 Rinkū-town
towards Hineno
Location
Kansai Airport Station is located in Osaka Prefecture
Kansai Airport Station
Kansai Airport Station
Location within Osaka Prefecture
Kansai Airport Station is located in Kansai region
Kansai Airport Station
Kansai Airport Station
Kansai Airport Station (Kansai region)
Kansai Airport Station is located in Japan
Kansai Airport Station
Kansai Airport Station
Kansai Airport Station (Japan)

Kansai Airport Station (関西空港駅, Kansaikūkō-eki) is a ground level passenger railway station shared by Nankai Electric Railway and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) located at Kansai International Airport in the town of Tajiri, Sennan District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The northern end of the platforms extends into the city of Izumisano.

Layout

A JR West Kansai Airport Line train arriving at Platform 3. Platform 4 is on the right.
Nankai Railway Airport Limited Express "Rapi:t" at Platform 1

The station has two island platforms, serving two tracks for each railway company. Each railway line concourse also has three elevators for the convenience of passengers traveling with bulky baggage.

Platforms

1-2 ■ Nankai Railway Airport Line for Izumisano and Namba
Change trains at Izumisano for Wakayamashi
3 ■ JR West Kansai Airport Line Kansai Airport Rapid Services and Direct Rapid Services for Tennōji and Osaka
Shuttle trains for Hineno
Change trains at Hineno for Wakayama
4 ■ JR West Kansai Airport Line Limited express trains "Haruka" for Tennōji, Ōsaka, Shin-Ōsaka and Kyōto
Kansai Airport Rapid Services for Tennōji and Osaka
  • Nankai Rapi:t airport limited express trains depart mainly from Track 2.
  • Kansai Airport Limited Express Haruka trains depart mainly from Track 4.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Nankai Electric Railway Airport Line (NK32)
Rinkū Town (NK31)   Local   Terminus
Rinkū Town (NK31)   Airport Express   Terminus
Rinkū Town (NK31)   Airport Limited Express "Rapi:t"   Terminus
West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Kansai Airport Line (JR-S47)
Rinkū Town (JR-S46)   Kansai Airport Rapid Service   Terminus
Rinkū Town (JR-S46)   Direct Rapid Service   Terminus
Rinkū Town (JR-S46)   Local (shuttle trains)   Terminus
Tennoji (JR-R20) (usually)
Hineno (JR-S45) (2-12 northbound, 43-59 southbound) 		  Kansai Airport Limited Express "Haruka"   Terminus

History

The station opened on June 15, 1994,[2] two and a half months before the opening of the airport. During this initial period, the station was open to the public; however only airport employees and related personnel were allowed to leave the station concourse (a similar situation to Umi-Shibaura Station in Tokyo).

Since the mid-2000s, there have been plans to link Kansai Airport Station and central Osaka by a new underground railway line tentatively called the Naniwasuji Line, which would run between Namba and Shin-Osaka. In 2010, government calculations indicated that the new line would reduce travel time from Umeda to Kansai Airport to as little as 41 minutes, versus the current 56–68 minutes.[3] The station is also one of the proposed terminals for the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line.[4]

Station numbering was introduced to the JR Kansai Airport Line in March 2018 with Kansai Airport being assigned station number JR-S47.[5][6]

The station was closed on 4 September 2018 due to the effects of Typhoon Jebi causing flooding around the airport complex and the Sky Gate Bridge R being damaged by an empty fuel tanker. It was reopened on 18 September 2018 following the resumption of train services to the airport.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR West portion of the station was used by an average of 14,360 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), while the Nankai portion of the station was used by an average of 16,698 passengers daily during the same period..[7]

Surrounding area

  • Kansai International Airport
  • Hotel Nikko Kansai Airport
    • Aeroplaza

See also

Media related to Kansai-Airport Station at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ "関西空港駅｜南海電鉄". www.nankai.co.jp (in Japanese). Nankai Electric Railway. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017. Kansai Airport Station
  2. ^ "データで見るJR西日本 2022" [JR West Japan 2022 in Data] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 2022. pp. 88–90. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. ^ "なにわ筋線で「梅田～関空最速41分」 国交省が試算".
  4. ^ "北陸新幹線、「けいはんな」通る第３案 京都と大阪間、与党委". The Nikkei. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  5. ^ "近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  6. ^ "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  7. ^ 大阪府統計年鑑（令和2年 [Osaka Prefectural Statistical Yearbook] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Osaka Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.