Tennōji Station
Major railway and metro station in Osaka, Japan
Tennōji Station
Location Tennōji-ku, Abeno-ku, Osaka city , Osaka Prefecture Operated by Connections Bus terminal Location within Osaka Prefecture
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Tennōji Station (天王寺駅 Tennōji-eki ) 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 (天王寺駅前駅 Tennōji-eki-mae-eki ) 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 (JR West).
Lines
Tennōji Station West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Osaka Metro
Tennōji-eki-mae Station Connecting station
Platforms of Hanwa Line Concourse of JR Tennōji Station after renovation in 2013 Concourse of JR Tennōji Station before renovation
Layout
1
■ Hanwa Lineonly for disembarking passengers in the morning
2
■ only for disembarking passengers
3, 4
■ Hanwa Linerapid services and regional rapid services for Otori , Hineno , Wakayama , Gobo and Kii-Tanabe
■ Kansai Airport Line
Kansai Airport rapid services starting for Kansai Airport
5, 6
■ only for disembarking passengers
7
■ Hanwa Line
local trains and regional rapid services for Otori, Hineno and Wakayama
8
■ Hanwa Line
local trains for Otori, Hineno and Wakayama
9
■ only for disembarking passengers
Osaka Loop Line - 2 island platforms serving 3 tracks on the lower level than the Hanwa Line
11, 12
■ Osaka Loop Line
counterclockwise for Tsuruhashi , Kyobashi and Osaka
13
■ only for disembarking passengers
14
■ Osaka Loop Line
clockwise local trains from Tsuruhashi for Bentencho , Nishikujo and Osaka
Yamatoji Line - 2 island platforms serving 4 tracks on the lower level than the Hanwa Line
15
■ Hanwa Line
from the Osaka Loop Line counterclockwise track for Otori and Wakayama
■ Kansai Airport Line
Kansai Airport limited express trains "Haruka " for Kansai Airport
■ Kinokuni Line
limited express trains "Kuroshio " for Shirahama and Shingu (except "Kuroshio 81")Yuasa and Gobo
■ Yamatoji Line
for Oji, Nara, Kamo and Takada (only in the morning)
16
■ Yamatoji Line
for Oji , Nara , Kamo and Takada
17
■ Yamatoji Line
for JR Namba
■ Osaka Loop Line
clockwise trains from the Yamatoji Line
18
■ Yamatoji Line
part of trains for JR Namba
■ Osaka Loop Line
clockwise trains from the Yamatoji Line and the Hanwa Line
■ JR Kyoto Line
limited express trains for Shin-Osaka and Kyoto
Track layout of Tennōji Station and vicinity[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Osaka Loop Line
Kansai Main Line
Osaka Loop Line
Kansai Main Line
Hanwa Line
Train services in off-peak hours
Yamatoji Line
eastbound trains
4 Yamatoji rapid services from the Osaka Loop Line to Nara (every 15 minutes), of which 2 continue to Kamo (every 30 minutes)
4 local trains from JR Namba to Oji (every 15 minutes)
westbound trains
4 local trains to JR Namba (every 15 minutes) Osaka Loop Line
counterclockwise trains
12 trains to Osaka via Kyobashi (every 5 minutes)
clockwise trains
4 Yamatoji rapid services to Osaka via Nishikujo (every 15 minutes)
4 Airport/Kishuji rapid services to Osaka via Nishikujo (every 15 minutes)
4 local trains to Osaka via Nishikujo (every 15 minutes) Hanwa Line
southbound trains
4 Airport rapid services to Kansai Airport, coupling with Kishuji rapid services until Hineno
4 Kishuji rapid services to Wakayama, coupling with Airport rapid services until Hineno
4 regional rapid services to Hineno
4 local trains to Otori
Adjacent stations
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. [ 5] [ 6]
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
Train services in off-peak hours
Midosuji Line (weekdays)
northbound trains
6 or 7 trains from Nakamozu to Minoh-kayano (every 8 minutes)
6 or 7 trains starting from Tennoji to Shin-Osaka (every 8 minutes)
southbound trains
6 or 7 trains to Nakamozu (every 8 minutes) Midosuji Line (weekends and holidays)
northbound trains
8 trains from Nakamozu to Minoh-kayano (every 7.5 minutes)
8 trains starting from Tennoji to Shin-Osaka (every 7.5 minutes)
southbound trains
8 trains to Nakamozu (every 7.5 minutes) Tanimachi Line
northbound trains
10 trains to Dainichi (every 6 minutes)
southbound trains
10 trains to Yao-minami (every 6 minutes)
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.[ 8]
■ Uemachi Line
for Sumiyoshi-Toriimae, Abikomichi and Hamadera-ekimae
Tram services in off-peak hours
10 trams to Abikomichi via Sumiyoshi-Toriimae, of which 5 continues to Hamadera-ekimae (every 6 minutes)
Adjacent stations
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Service
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Hankai Tramway (HN01)
Uemachi Line
Terminus
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Abeno (HN02)
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
Osaka City Bus Corporation (Abenobashi, Abenobashi-nishi)
Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd. (Abenobashi, Abenobashi-higashiguchi)
Expressway bus
Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd. (Abenobashi Bus Station)
West JR Bus Company, JR Bus Kanto Co., Ltd., Osaka Bus Co., Ltd. (Tennoji Station, the east side of Tennoji Park)
Airport limousine
Osaka Airport Transport Co., Ltd. (the north side of Apollo Building)
Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd., Kansai Airport Transportation Enterprise Co., Ltd. (the north side of Osaka Abenobashi Station) For details, see Osaka Abenobashi Station#Bus stops
See also
External links
References
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"Ōsaka Kanjōsen". Railway Pictorial (in Japanese) (819, June 2009). Denkisha Kenkyūkai Tetsudō-tosho Kankō-kai: 42.
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"Tanrakusen Misuterī". Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese) (439, November 1997). Kōyūsha: 36.
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Kawashima, Ryōzō (1993). Zenkoku Tetsudō Jijō Daikenkyū: Ōsaka Nanbu, Wakayama hen (in Japanese). Sōshisha. p. 17. ISBN 978-4-7942-0516-2
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"JRおでかけネット - 天王寺駅（大阪府） - 構内図" (in Japanese). West Japan Railway Company. Retrieved August 1, 2010 .
^ "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 .^ "「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 .^ "路線別駅別乗降人員" (PDF) . Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau . November 8, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2017 .^ "上町線 天王寺駅前～阿倍野間の新線への切替日が、平成28年12月3日（土）に決まりました！" [Tram tracks between Tennoji-ekimae and Abeno will be relocated on December 3, 2016!] (PDF) (in Japanese). Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd. November 18, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016 .
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