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Kyobashi Station (Osaka)

Kyobashi
京橋
Location Joto-ku, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, Osaka
(大阪市城東区・都島区)
Japan
Operated by
Connections
  • Bus stop
Kyōbashi
京橋
JR West station
The 2nd floor of Daiei Kyobashi store at night.jpg
West Entrance
Location 2-31, Shin-Kita Itchome, Joto, Osaka, Osaka
(大阪市城東区新喜多1丁目2-31)
Japan
Coordinates 34°41′45.59″N 135°32′4.92″E / 34.6959972°N 135.5347000°E / 34.6959972; 135.5347000
Operated by JR West
Line(s)
History
Opened 1895
Kyobashi
京橋
Keihan station
Kyobashi-Keihan.jpg
Entrance
Location 1-38, Higashinodacho Nichome, Miyakojima, Osaka, Osaka
(大阪市都島区東野田町2丁目1-38)
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 1910
Previous names Gamo (until 1949)
Kyōbashi
京橋
Osaka Municipal Subway station
Location 6-18, Higashinodacho Nichome, Miyakojima, Osaka, Osaka
(大阪市都島区東野田町2丁目6-18)
Japan
Coordinates 34°41′48.18″N 135°31′47.32″E / 34.6967167°N 135.5298111°E / 34.6967167; 135.5298111
Operated by Osaka Municipal Subway
Line(s) Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line
Other information
Station code N22
History
Opened 1990

Kyobashi Station (京橋駅 Kyōbashi-eki?) is a railway station in the Kyōbashi district of Jōtō-ku and Miyakojima-ku Osaka, Japan.

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

Shigino

Ōsakajō-kitazume

Sakuranomiya

Ōsakajōkōen
Morinomiya Branch Depot→

As of 2010, Kyobashi was the fourth busiest station in the JR West network after Osaka Station, Kyoto Station and Tennoji Station.

The station was built in 1895 as part of the Osaka Railway (now Osaka Loop Line) extension from Tennoji to Umeda (now Osaka Station). The Katamachi Line station was opened in 1912.

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.

The JR Tozai Line opened in 1997, at which point Kyobashi became a terminal for both the Tozai Line and Katamachi Line.

Kyobashi is the busiest station in the Keihan network. The Keihan terminal was originally built in 1910 and relocated twice in 1932 and 1969.


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