Kyōbashi Station (Osaka)

Kyōbashi Station

京橋駅
Kyōbashi Station; 京橋駅
	West Entrance
General information
Location	1-2-31 Shin-Kita, Jōtō Ward, Osaka; Osaka Prefecture; Japan
Coordinates	34°41′45.59″N 135°32′4.92″E / 34.6959972°N 135.5347000°E
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	O Osaka Loop Line; H Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line); H JR Tōzai Line;
Platforms	4 island platforms (2 for each line)
Tracks	4 (2 for each line)
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (Osaka Loop); At grade (Katamachi/Tōzai)
Other information
Station code	JR-O08 (Osaka Loop Line); JR-H41 (JR Tozai Line);
History
Opened	17 October 1895; 128 years ago

Location
	Kyobashi Station Location within Osaka Prefecture Kyobashi Station Kyobashi Station (Kansai region) Kyobashi Station Kyobashi Station (Japan)

Kyobashi Station

京橋駅
Kyobashi Station; 京橋駅
	KH-KyobashiStation-CentralGate
General information
Location	Osaka, Osaka; Japan
Operated by	JR West; Keihan Railway; Osaka Metro;
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	17 October 1895; 128 years ago
Location
Location
	Kyobashi Station Location within Osaka Prefecture Kyobashi Station Kyobashi Station (Kansai region) Kyobashi Station Kyobashi Station (Japan)

Kyobashi Station (京橋駅, Kyōbashi-eki) is a railway station in the Kyōbashi district of Jōtō-ku and Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, Japan, jointly operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), the private railway operator Keihan Railway, and the Osaka Metro.

Lines

JR West

The Tōzai and Gakkentoshi Lines form a combined service line in practice.

Keihan Railway (KH04)

Keihan Main Line

Osaka Metro

Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line (N22)

JR West

Station layout
(JR West)

Legend

Gakkentoshi Line
and JR Tōzai Line

↑Shigino
			2 1











↓Ōsakajō-kitazume

Osaka Loop Line

↑Sakuranomiya
			3 4

















↓Ōsakajōkōen Morinomiya Branch Depot→

As of 2010^[update], Kyobashi was the fourth-busiest station in the JR West network after Osaka Station, Kyoto Station and Tennoji Station.^{[citation needed]}

Layout

Gakkentoshi Line (Katamachi Line) and JR Tōzai Line

There are an island platform and a side platform with two tracks at ground level.

1	■ JR Tōzai Line	for Kitashinchi and Amagasaki
2	■ Gakkentoshi Line	for Shijonawate and Doshisha-mae

Osaka Loop Line

There are two side platforms with two elevated tracks.

3	■ Osaka Loop Line	inner track (counter-clockwise) for Osaka, Nishikujo, Universal City, Nara, Kansai Airport, and Wakayama
4	■ Osaka Loop Line	outer track (clockwise) for Tsuruhashi and Tennoji

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Osaka Loop Line
Osakajōkōen	all types	Sakuranomiya
Gakkentoshi Line (Katamachi Line)
JR Tōzai Line
Shigino (Gakkentoshi Line)	Local trains		Osakajō-kitazume (JR Tōzai Line)
Hanaten (Gakkentoshi Line)	Regional Rapid Service		Osakajō-kitazume (JR Tōzai Line)
Hanaten (Gakkentoshi Line)	Rapid Service		Osakajō-kitazume (JR Tōzai Line)

History

The station opened on 17 October 1895.^[1]

During the bombing of Osaka on August 14, 1945, a one-ton bomb directly struck the Katamachi Line platform and killed 700 to 800 evacuees. Kyobashi was one of the last sites to be bombed in Japan during World War II, followed only by the bombing of Akita, later the same day. A memorial was erected on the site in 1947, and anniversary services have been held at the station every year since 1955.^{[citation needed]}

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.^[1]

The JR Tozai Line opened in 1997, at which point Kyobashi became a terminal for both the Tozai Line and Katamachi Line.^{[citation needed]}

Station numbering was introduced on the JR West lines in March 2018 with the Osaka Loop Line being assigned station number JR-O08 and the Tozai Line being assigned station number JR-H41.^[2]^[3]

Keihan Railway

Kyobashi Station 京橋駅
Keihan Railway station
The Keihan entrance
General information
Location	2-1-38 Higashinodacho, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka Japan
Coordinates	34°41′49.35″N 135°31′55.82″E / 34.6970417°N 135.5321722°E / 34.6970417; 135.5321722
Operated by	Keihan Railway
Line(s)	Keihan Main Line
Other information
Station code	KH04
History
Opened	15 April 1910
Previous names	Gamo (until 1949)

Kyobashi is the busiest station in the Keihan network.^{[citation needed]}

This station is the transfer station between the Keihan Line and the Nakanoshima Line. The connections are follows:

eastbound: trains from Nakanoshima ←→ trains from Yodoyabashi

westbound: trains for Nakanoshima ←→ trains for Yodoyabashi

Station layout
(Keihan)

Legend

↑Temmabashi















			4 3 2 1
↓Noe

Layout

Two island platforms on the 4th level serve four tracks.

1, 2	■ Keihan Line	for Hirakatashi, Chushojima, Sanjo, and Demachiyanagi
3, 4	■ Keihan Line	for Yodoyabashi and Nakanoshima

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Keihan Main Line
Temmabashi	Local	Noe
Temmabashi	Semi-express	Moriguchishi
Temmabashi	Sub-express	Moriguchishi
Temmabashi	Commuter sub-express (on weekday mornings, only running for Yodoyabashi or Nakanoshima)	Kayashima
Temmabashi	Express	Moriguchishi
Temmabashi	Midnight express for Kuzuha	Neyagawashi
Temmabashi	Rapid express	Moriguchishi
Temmabashi	Commuter rapid express (on weekday mornings, only running for or Nakanoshima)	Neyagawashi
Temmabashi	Limited express	Hirakatashi
Temmabashi	Rapid Limited Express Rakuraku	Shichijō
Temmabashi	Liner	Hirakatashi

History

The Keihan terminal opened on 15 April 1910, originally named Gamō Station (蒲生駅).^[4] It was renamed Kyōbashi on 1 October 1949, and was rebuilt as an elevated station, completed on 15 April 1970.^[4]

Osaka Metro

Kyōbashi Station

京橋駅

Osaka Metro station

General information

Location

2-6-18 Higashinodacho, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka
Japan

Coordinates

34°41′48.18″N 135°31′47.32″E / 34.6967167°N 135.5298111°E

Operated by

Osaka Metro

Line(s)

Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

2

Construction

Structure type

Underground

Other information

Station code

N 22

History

Opened

20 March 1990; 34 years ago

Services

Preceding station	Osaka Metro			Following station
Osaka Business Park N 21 towards Taishō		Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line		Gamō-yonchōme N 23 towards Kadoma-minami

Track layout

Legend

↑Osaka Business Park
			2 1





↓Gamō-yonchōme

The Osaka Metro Subway station opened on 20 March 1990 when the Tsurumi-Ryokuchi Line was extended between Kyobashi and Tsurumi-ryokuchi Station.^[4]

Layout

An island platform on the 3rd basement fenced with platform gates serves two tracks.

1	■ Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line	eastbound for Kadomaminami
2	■ Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line	westbound for Morinomiya, Shinsaibashi, and Taisho

Surrounding area

Keihan Mall
KiKi Kyobashi
Kyobashi Guranshato Building
COMS Garden
Miyakojima Ward office
Osaka Business Park
National Route 1

Buses

Bus services are operated by Osaka City Bus and Kintetsu Bus.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 121. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 276, 284. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.