Umeda Station

Umeda 梅田
Hanshin Railway station
Location	Umeda Sanchōme, Kita, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市北区梅田三丁目） Japan
Coordinates	34°42′3.49″N 135°29′47.2″E / 34.7009694°N 135.496444°E / 34.7009694; 135.496444 (Umeda Station (Hanshin))
Operated by	Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)	Main Line
Other information
Station code	HS 01
History
Opened	1906

Umeda 梅田
Hankyu Railway station
Platforms of Hankyu Umeda Station
Location	1-2, Shibata Itchōme, Kita, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市北区芝田一丁目1-2） Japan
Coordinates	34°42′19.85″N 135°29′53.92″E / 34.7055139°N 135.4983111°E / 34.7055139; 135.4983111 (Umeda Station (Hankyu))
Operated by	Hankyu Corporation
Line(s)	Kobe Line Takarazuka Line Kyoto Line
Other information
Station code	HK-01
History
Opened	1910

Umeda 梅田
Osaka Municipal Subway station
Station mezzanine
Location	8-6, Kakudachō, Kita, Osaka, Osaka （大阪市北区角田町8-6） Japan
Coordinates	34°42′10.22″N 135°29′51.89″E / 34.7028389°N 135.4977472°E / 34.7028389; 135.4977472 (Umeda Station (Osaka Municipal Subway))
Operated by	Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau
Line(s)	Subway Midosuji Line
Platforms	2 inter-connected side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	M16
History
Opened	May 20, 1933 (temporary station) October 6, 1935 (permanent station)
Closed	October 5, 1935 (temporary station)
Rebuilt	1989

Umeda Station (梅田駅, Umeda-eki^?) is a railway station located in Kita-ku in the northern commercial center of Osaka, Japan. It is the busiest station in Western Japan, serving 2,343,727 passengers daily in 2005.

Umeda Station is served by the following railways:

The freight terminal of Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) (Umeda Freight Branch of Tōkaidō Main Line), closed in 2013, was also called Umeda.

The nearby stations Ōsaka (JR West), Kitashinchi (JR West Tōzai Line), Nishi-Umeda (Osaka Subway Yotsubashi Line, Y11) and Higashi-Umeda (Osaka Subway Tanimachi Line, T20) are within walking distance and connected by a large complex of underground malls.

The underground Umeda terminal of Hanshin Electric Railway (officially Umeda Station, but commonly called Hanshin Umeda Station) is located south of Ōsaka Station, next to underground of Hanshin Department Store. The Hanshin station first opened on December 21, 1906 as a ground level station and moved to the present underground location on March 21, 1939.

There are five bay platforms and four tracks on the second basement. There are east ticket gates on the second basement and center ticket gates and west ticket gates on the first basement.

■■limited express trains (for Kobe and Himeji)
including the first one departing for Himeji at 6:00

The Umeda terminal of Hankyu Railway (officially Umeda Station, but commonly called Hankyu Umeda Station) is located northeast of Ōsaka Station.