Ōsaka Station

Location
	Ōsaka Station Location within Osaka Prefecture Ōsaka Station Ōsaka Station (Japan)

Ōsaka Station

大阪駅
Ōsaka Station; 大阪駅
	Ōsaka Station in 2015
General information
Location	1-1 Umeda Sanchōme, Kita Ward, Osaka City; Osaka Prefecture; Japan
Coordinates	34°42′09″N 135°29′46″E / 34.70250°N 135.49611°E
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	F Osaka Higashi Line; Via Tōkaidō Main Line; A JR Kōbe Line; A JR Kyōto Line; G JR Takarazuka Line; Via Osaka Loop Line; O Osaka Loop Line; P JR Yumesaki Line; Q Yamatoji Line; R Hanwa Line;
Platforms	7 island platforms and 1 side platform
Tracks	15
Connections	Bus terminal; Osaka Metro:; Yotsubashi Line at Nishi-Umeda; Midōsuji Line at Umeda; Tanimachi Line at Higashi-Umeda; Hankyu Railway at Umeda; Kōbe Main Line; Takarazuka Main Line; Kyoto Main Line; Hanshin Main Line at Umeda; JR Tozai Line at Kitashinchi;
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (Tracks 1–11); Underground (Tracks 21–24);
Other information
Station code	JR-A47 (Kyoto/Kobe Line); JR-G47 (Takarazuka Line); JR-O11 (Osaka Loop Line); JR-F01 (Osaka Higashi Line);
History
Opened	11 May 1874
Passengers
FY 2023	734,838 daily
Location
Location
	Ōsaka Station Location within Osaka Prefecture Ōsaka Station Ōsaka Station (Japan)

Ōsaka Station (大阪駅, Ōsaka-eki) is a major railway station in the Umeda district of Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It forms as one of the city's main railway terminals to the north, the other being Shin-Ōsaka.

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 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 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.