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42-704: Although it is officially served by only the JR Kobe/Kyoto Lines (Tōkaidō Main Line) and the Osaka Loop Line , Ōsaka is the starting point of JR Takarazuka Line service, and serves as the terminal for trains bound for the San'in region via JR Takarazuka Line and the Hokuriku region via JR Kyoto Line, while offering connections to trains bound for Nara , Wakayama and Kansai International Airport via

84-483: A complete Loop Line commenced with the opening of elevated double tracks around Nishi-Kujō. Until then the operation had been undertaken in the shape of a mirrored "6", Sakurajima – Nishi-Kujō – Osaka – Kyōbashi – Tennōji – Nishi-Kujō. The Tennōji – Shin-Imamiya section was quadrupled in 1968, to separate operations from the Kansai Main Line. This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in

126-683: A link between Ōsaka Station in northern Osaka (actually the Umeda district), and Tennōji in southern central Osaka. Some Limited Express trains linking north and south of the Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto area use the line as a bypass between the Tōkaidō Main Line in the north and the Hanwa Line in the south. Traffic is heavier in the eastern half, Osaka–Kyōbashi–Tennōji, than in the western half via Nishi-Kujō. The completely loop shaped Osaka Loop Line

168-500: A new underground route through Ōsaka Station, until it merges the main line at Shin-Ōsaka. This route was introduced in 1989 on the completion of a bypass track from the Hanwa Line to platforms of the Kansai Main Line at Tennōji. Until then no through operations were possible from the Hanwa Line. 281 series and 271 series EMUs are used for Haruka , 283 series EMUs, 287 series EMUs and 289 series EMUs for Kuroshio . After

210-510: A side platform serving 11 tracks in total (up to the new Track 11—the old Track 9). The remainder of the old Track 11 platform, on the west side of the station, was used as a pedestrian walkway linking the North Gate Building with its parking garage until 2020, when it was removed to facilitate construction of a new West Gate Building. There was originally a through track in between tracks 8 and 9, but it had been long disused; during

252-648: A terminal for the Osaka Higashi Line just north of ALBi, with an eye towards a future extension to JR Namba Station (thus alleviating delays on the Osaka Loop Line caused by Limited Express trains). The relocation of the former Umeda Freight line (and related redevelopments) ultimately became part of the Naniwasuji Line project in 2019. Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with

294-413: Is carried by rail but nearly all of that, 99%, is carried by JR Freight. Trucks carry about 50% and ships about 44%. JR Freight has seen its share of the freight market gradually decrease since 1993. In the 2010s JR Freight has been carrying more freight because of the decrease in the number of available truck drivers due to age as well as government policy to reduce carbon dioxide. JR Freight has run

336-539: Is unable to use the "up" ( 上り , Nobori ) and "down" ( 下り , Kudari ) rail direction convention usually applied to JR lines. Instead, the words "outer loop" (running clockwise) ( 外回り , Soto mawari ) and the "inner loop" (running counter-clockwise) ( 内回り , Uchi mawari ) are used to refer to the direction of the train, similar to the Yamanote line in Tokyo . For purposes of rail registration of

378-580: The Hanwa Line and Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) heading for the scenic southern Wakayama Prefecture utilize the Osaka Loop Line to bypass the Tōkaidō Main Line and reach the Hanwa Line. On the loop, aside from Tennōji, limited numbers of trains stop only at Nishi-Kujō. Between the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Osaka Loop Line, trains utilize the Umeda Freight Line  [ ja ] via

420-624: The Osaka Higashi Line , from Hanaten to Kyuhoji was opened on March 15, 2008, and the line from Shigino to Shin-Ōsaka opened in March 2019. This entry covers the original central loop line. The loop line consists of two tracks around the heart of metropolitan Osaka. All train services consist of eight cars, with distinctive orange color with white JR graphics on the front, rear and sides. The train schedule varies, but on average, two trains leave Tennōji Station and Ōsaka Station every five minutes, in opposite directions. On this line, JR West operates several types of trains. The line serves as

462-629: The Osaka Loop Line and the Hanwa Line Osaka Station opened on 11 May 1874, as one of the first railway stations in the Kansai region when the railway between Osaka and Kobe started operation. It was electrified along with the Tōkaidō Main Line in 1934. The existence of the station naturally made the area the primary transport hub of the city. Railways that set Ōsaka Station as the terminal or built their terminal around Osaka Station include Osaka Railway (present-day east half of

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504-593: The Osaka Loop Line ) in 1895, Nishinari Railway (west half of the Osaka Loop Line) in 1898, Hanshin Electric Railway in 1906, Minoo Arima Electric Tramway ( Hankyu Railway ) in 1910, and Osaka Municipal Subway in 1933. The regional railways tended to name their stations Umeda , the name of the area, rather than the city name. The air raids in World War II flattened the blocks in front of

546-474: The Osaka Loop Line . Umeda Station ( Hankyu , Hanshin , and Osaka Metro Midosuji Line ), Nishi-Umeda Station ( Subway Yotsubashi Line ) and Higashi-Umeda Station ( Subway Tanimachi Line ) are directly connected to Ōsaka Station, and Kitashinchi Station on the JR Tozai Line is within walking distance. Ōsaka Station and Umeda Station, effectively part of the same complex, together constitute

588-601: The Sakurajima Line and the segment between JR Namba Station and Tennōji Station of the Kansai Main Line (collectively called the Osaka Loop Zone ( 大阪環状線内 , Ōsaka Kanjōsen-nai ) ). The following table is the rate for adult single-ride tickets. (Note: Fractions of one kilometre are rounded up to the nearest full kilometre.) For travel between a station within the zone and a station out of

630-603: The Bridge Gates, with direct access into Daimaru and Lucua, as well as a bridge passage to Hankyu Umeda. The Midosuji concourse is on the lower level, with escalators and elevators leading directly to platforms; the Central concourse has both direct escalators and a mezzanine-level transfer passage connected by stairs; the Sakurabashi concourse has gates on ground level but is primarily on the mezzanine level, connected to

672-652: The Japanese Misplaced Pages Japan Freight Railway Company Japan Freight Railway Company ( 日本貨物鉄道株式会社 , Nippon Kamotsu Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha ) , or JR Freight ( JR貨物 , Jeiāru Kamotsu ) , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide throughout Japan . Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station . The Japan Railways Group

714-548: The Loop Line, new tracks were constructed between Nishi-Kujō and Sakaigawa Signal Box by the then Japanese National Railways . In 1961, this section opened and the new Osaka Loop Line was named for the entirety of the then Jōtō Line, Osaka – Nishi-Kujō section of the Nishinari Line (the rest, Nishi-Kujō – Sakurajima was named the Sakurajima Line ) and the new Nishi-Kujō – Taishō – Tennōji section. In 1964, operation as

756-535: The Tokaido Line platforms being assigned station number JR-A47, the Fukuchiyama Line platforms being assigned station number JR-G48, and the Osaka Loop Line platforms being assigned station number JR-O11. The new underground facilities at Osaka Station (nicknamed Ume-kita during planning and construction) opened for service from the start of the revised timetable on 18 March 2023. In preparation for

798-558: The abandonment of the Naniwa freight terminal, freight trains on the line operate only between Fukushima and Nishikujō, from the "Umeda Freight Line" to Ajikawaguchi on the Sakurajima Line (JR Yumesaki Line). Listed counterclockwise: All stations are in the city of Osaka , Osaka Prefecture . The first of a fleet of 21 new 323 series eight-car EMU trains were introduced from 24 December 2016, scheduled to entirely replace

840-530: The busiest station in Western Japan, serving 2,343,727 passengers daily in 2005, and the fourth-busiest railway station in the world. Ōsaka Station also houses a large terminal for overnight bus services to other cities in Japan, and until March 2013 also had a nearby freight terminal complex, Umeda Freight Terminal, owned by JR Freight . Ōsaka station is elevated above street level, on the second floor of

882-532: The central concourse by a corridor; and the Bridge Gate is on the third level above the platforms, and connected by escalators and elevators. An additional concourse is planned for the west side of the station, which will link the elevated platforms with the under-construction underground platforms to the northwest of the main station. Platforms and tracks are on the second floor. There were previously six island platforms and one side platform serving 13 tracks;

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924-504: The closure of Track 11, the platform for Tracks 9 and 10 was expanded and this track was used temporarily as Track 9. Since 12 October 2010, this track has been used permanently as Track 8 after the widening of the adjoining platform. An additional four tracks are located under the northwest side of the station complex, via relocated underground JR Freight tracks (Umeda branch line) originally used for Umeda Freight Station . Opened for passenger service on 18 March 2023, these tracks serve as

966-399: The company was nationalized under the act of the same year. In 1909, the line was named the "Nishinari Line" ( 西成線 , Nishinari sen ) which included the present-day Sakurajima Line . The Nishinari Line was electrified in 1941. The Tennōji to Sakaigawa Signal Box (between Taishō and Bentenchō, closed in 2006 when the branch to the port closed) section (south-western portion of the loop)

1008-635: The distance changed from 6.6 miles. to 10.7 km. Electrification of the Jōtō Line was commissioned in 1933. The Osaka to Nishi-Kujō section (the northwestern quarter of the line) was built by the Nishinari Railway ( 西成鉄道 , Nishinari Tetsudō ) to provide rail access to the Osaka Port. In 1898, the company opened the Osaka – Ajikawaguchi line, which was leased to JGR in 1904. In 1906

1050-450: The fleet of 23 103 and 201 series trains by 2018. As of December 2021, few of the remaining 103 series (from Nara Line) and 201 series (Osaka Higashi & Yamatoji Line) continue to be used on the Loop Line. Locomotives seen hauling freight trains include the M250 series , EF65 , EF66 , EF81 , EF210 and DE10 . A special discount rate is applied for travels within the Osaka Loop Line,

1092-474: The highest-numbered track was Track 11, as the Osaka Loop Line tracks were referred to as "Inner Loop" and "Outer Loop" only. In preparation for the construction of the new north building, the sixth platform was closed and the seventh was removed altogether; at the same time, the remaining platforms were renumbered so that Tracks 1 and 2 were for the Ōsaka Loop Line, and so on. The sixth platform reopened on 20 December 2009 and there became five island platforms and

1134-548: The inner loop via Osaka, pausing at Tennoji and then exiting from the loop. This pattern commenced in 1989, but increased significantly in 1994 on the opening of Kansai Airport . 8-car 223 series and 225 series EMUs in 4+4 formations are used for Kansai Airport and Kishūji rapids. 113 series 4-car units were used for rapids of Shin-Ōsaka - Kii-Tanabe in early morning and late night. They were withdrawn in 2010. Charged Limited Express services such as Haruka for Kansai International Airport , and south bound Kuroshio on

1176-509: The line at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism , the inner loop is considered "down". Local trains are operated all day. Some operate over the complete loop, while some serve the eastern half between Osaka and Tennōji via Kyōbashi. Eight-car EMUs of 323 series are used. 221 series, 223 series and 225 series are used only for morning rush. Trains of the Sakurajima Line (JR Yumesaki Line) are now operated through to

1218-413: The loop line to/from Kyōbashi and Tennoji. Eight-car 323 series EMUs are used. Through trains to the Kansai Main Line ( Yamatoji Line ) began operated in 1973. "Yamatoji Rapid" ( 大和路快速 , Yamatoji Kaisoku ) and "Regional Rapid" ( 区間快速 , Kukan Kaisoku ) trains originate at Tennōji on the loop, passing the loop as "inner" via Osaka, and after stopping at Tennōji after a complete circuit, exit

1260-526: The loop onto the Kansai Main Line and terminate at Kamo , Nara or Ōji . In the loop, Yamatoji Rapids pass some stations while Regional Rapids stop all. For "Yamatoji Rapid" and "Regional Rapid", usually 8-car and 4+4 car 221 series EMUs are used. Trains to the Hanwa Line , "Kansai Airport Rapid" ( 関空快速 , Kankū Kaisoku ) for Kansai Airport and Kishūji Rapid ( 紀州路快速 , Kishūji Kaisoku ) for Wakayama originate at either Tennoji or Kyobashi, and together with other types of rapid trains, operate on

1302-632: The northwest side of the station on 18 March 2023. The next phase of the Naniwasuji Line is to construct the underground tracks south to JR Namba Station and the Nankai Main Line. Osaka Loop Line The Osaka Loop Line ( 大阪環状線 , Ōsaka kanjō-sen ) is a railway loop line in Japan operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It encircles central Osaka . Part of a second, outer loop line,

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1344-612: The opening, all limited express trains running on the Umeda Freight Line were re-routed through the new underground tracks in February 2023. A new line called the Naniwasuji Line is planned to be opened by 2031 and will route trains under the Naniwasuji corridor to JR Namba Station and further south. To prepare for the opening of the line, an additional two underground platforms serving four tracks opened for service on

1386-561: The shorter route is always used irrespective of the actual travel route. The Ōsaka Loop Line consists of four segments, namely: The Ōsaka to Tennōji via Kyōbashi section (the eastern half of Osaka Loop Line) was opened by the Osaka Railway ( 大阪鉄道 , Osaka Tetsudō ) (which also opened the present Minami Osaka Line network) to link it to the Japanese Government Railway ( JGR ) network in 1895. The line

1428-626: The station complex. There are four concourses, corresponding to four sets of ticket gates: the Midosuji gates, serving as a transfer point to Hankyu and Subway Umeda Station and Higashi-Umeda Station ; the Central gates, with access to Daimaru, Lucua, Yodobashi Camera, Umeda Sky Building, Grand Front and transfers to Hanshin Umeda and JR Kitashinchi Station ; the Sakurabashi gates, with access to Ōsaka Garden City and transfers to Subway Nishi-Umeda Station , city bus, hotel shuttle buses and taxi; and

1470-484: The station. Immediately after the war, the area turned into a huge black market , the atmosphere of which remained until redevelopment in the 1970s. The station building was rebuilt in 1901, 1940, and 1979 (north building). In 1983, a high-rise building, Acty Osaka, which housed a department store and a hotel, was added to the south of the station. A new north station building (the North Gate Building)

1512-683: The western terminus of the Osaka Higashi Line, with single track connection for continuing Umeda branch freight service as well as Haruka and Kuroshio limited express services. There is also a stub tunnel west of the platforms, for planned connection to the Naniwasuji Line . for the Sanyo Line for the Kansai Airport Line via the Osaka Loop Line and the Hanwa Line for the Kisei Main Line via

1554-466: The zone or between two stations out of the zone, fares are calculated in accordance with a universal fare table and the discount rate as above is not applicable. For the calculation of the fare for travel between two stations out of the zone that includes the segment between Ōsaka Station and Tennōji Station of the Osaka Loop Line, where two routes (10.7 km or 6.6 mi route via Temma and 11.0 km or 6.8 mi route via Fukushima) are practical,

1596-599: Was constructed for freight traffic by the JGR to the port area in 1928, connecting to a freight branch line of the Kansai Main Line , Imamiya – Naniwa ( 浪速 ) – Osaka-minato ( 大阪港 , apart from the present Ōsakakō Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line ) with a distance of 5.2 mi. (ca. 8.4 km). In 1930 with the change to metric measurement, it became 8.2 km. The former Osaka-Minato and Osaka-Tōkō stations were closed in 1984. To complete

1638-506: Was founded on 1 April 1987, when Japanese National Railways (JNR) was privatized. Japanese National Railways was divided into six regional passenger rail companies and a single freight railway company, Japan Freight Railway Company. The company has only about 50 kilometers (31 mi) of track of its own, and therefore operates on track owned by the six JR passenger railways as well as other companies which provide rail transport in Japan . In 2017, only about 5% of all freight in Japan

1680-523: Was opened in 1890. The Osaka Railway merged with the Kansai Railway ( 関西鉄道 , Kansai Tetsudō , also read as Kansei or Kwansai) in 1900, creating a single entity for the line from Tennōji Station to JGR Ōsaka Station. The Kansai Railway was acquired by the national government in 1907 under the 1906 Railway Nationalization Act . In 1909 the line was named the "Jōtō Line" ( 城東線 , Jōtō sen ) . In 1930, distrances were changed to metric, thus

1722-445: Was opened in 2 stages: Tennōji – Tamatsukuri (2 mi. 28 chain , ca. 3.8 km) on 28 May; and Tamatsukuri – Umeda (4 mi. 29 chain, ca. 7.0 km) on 17 October. Earlier, in 1889, the company opened its main line from Kashiwara – Tennōji – Minatomachi ( 湊町 , present JR Namba ) which includes a short section of the Osaka Loop Line, being Tennōji – Imamiya ; Imamiya station itself, located between Tennōji and Minatomachi,

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1764-507: Was opened in 2011, coinciding with an expansion of Acty Osaka (now the South Gate Building) and major renovation of the station areas with a new concourse and north–south connection. This is the first step in a larger drive to redevelop the land used by JR Freight 's Umeda Terminal, which is seen as the last undeveloped piece of real estate in the area. Plans also call for moving the Umeda Freight Line underground and establishing

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