# Shin-Ōsaka Station

Shin-Ōsaka Station (新大阪駅, Shin-Ōsaka-eki) is a major interchange railway station in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the western terminus of the high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen line from Tokyo, the eastern terminus of the San'yō Shinkansen and one of the main railway terminals in the north of Osaka. The Shinkansen lines are physically joined, and many trains offer through service.
Shin-Osaka is about 3 km (1.9 mi) from the older Ōsaka Station (Shin-Ōsaka-eki means "New Osaka Station"). The new station was built in 1964 to avoid the engineering difficulties of running Shinkansen lines into the center of the city. The JR Kyoto Line and subway Midōsuji Line provide convenient connections to other stations around the city center.

## Lines

* JR Kyoto Line (Tōkaidō Main Line, West Japan Railway Company (JR West))
* San'yō Shinkansen (JR West)
* Osaka Higashi Line (JR West)
* Tōkaidō Shinkansen (Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central))
* Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line (M13)

## JR
### Station layout

The JR station consists of five island platforms serving ten tracks for JR West Lines at ground level, with two side platforms and three island platforms serving eight Shinkansen tracks operated by JR Central located on the fourth level, over the platforms and tracks for the JR West Lines in the east. There was a space on the east side of former Track 10 from the opening of the station, where another platform serving current Tracks 9 and 10 is located, and the existing services shifted eastward one platform at a time (and renovations performed on each newly vacated platform), with the westernmost platform used by services on the Osaka Higashi Line, was commenced by the 16 March 2019. On the northern side of the station, an additional eastbound Shinkansen platform, Track 27, was opened on 16 March 2013. (This northern area was originally reserved for a connection from Awaji Station and Jūsō Station by Hankyu Railway, but these plans were later cancelled and the space unused).
| 1 | ■ Haruka limited express | for Kyoto, Kusatsu, and Maibara |
| 1 | ■ Kuroshio limited express | to Kyoto |
| 2 | ■ Limited express trains | termination platform |
| 2 | ■ Osaka Higashi Line | for Hanaten and Kyūhōji |
| 3 | ■ Haruka limited express | for Kansai Airport |
| 3 | ■ Kuroshio limited express | for Shirahama, Kii-Katsuura and Shingu |
| 4 | ■ Hida limited express | for Takayama |
| 4 | ■ Thunderbird limited express | for Tsuruga |
| 5, 6 | ■ JR Kyoto Line | for Suita, Takatsuki, and Kyoto |
| 7, 8 | ■ JR Kobe Line | for Osaka, Amagasaki, Ashiya and Sannomiya |
| 7, 8 | ■ JR Takarazuka Line (through to the Fukuchiyama Line) | local trains for Takarazuka and Shin-Sanda |
| 9, 10 | ■ Kounotori limited express | for Fukuchiyama and Kinosaki Onsen via the Fukuchiyama Line |
| 9, 10 | ■ Super Hakuto limited express | for Chizu and Tottori via the Chizu Express Chizu Line |
| 9, 10 | ■ limited express trains and express trains | to Osaka |
| 20 | ■ San'yō Shinkansen | Hikari, Kodama starting for Okayama, Hiroshima, and Hakata Mizuho, Sakura for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō |
| 21, 22 | ■ San'yō Shinkansen | Nozomi, Hikari, Kodama for Okayama, Hiroshima, and Hakata Mizuho and Sakura for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō |
| 23 | ■ Tōkaidō Shinkansen | for Nagoya and Tokyo |
| 23 | ■ San'yō Shinkansen | extra trains for Okayama, Hiroshima, and Hakata |
| 24, 25, 26, 27 | ■ Tōkaidō Shinkansen | for Nagoya and Tokyo |

### Limited express trains
#### for the Hokuriku Main Line

* Thunderbird: Osaka - Tsuruga

#### for the Tōkaidō Line, and the Takayama Line

* Hida: Osaka - Takayama, Toyama
* Rakuraku Biwako: Osaka - Maibara

#### for the Hanwa Line, the Kansai Airport Line, and the Kinokuni Line

* Haruka: Maibara, Kyoto - Kansai Airport
* Kuroshio: Kyoto, Shin-Osaka - Shirahama, Shingu

#### for the Fukuchiyama Line

* Kounotori: Shin-Osaka - Fukuchiyama, Toyooka, Kinosaki Onsen

#### for the Sanin region via the Chizu Express Chizu Line

* Super Hakuto: Kyoto - Tottori, Kurayoshi

### Adjacent stations

| « | Service | » |
| Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line) |||||
| Kyoto (JR-A31) | Limited Express Super Hakuto Limited Express Hida Rakuraku Biwako | Osaka (JR-A47) |
| Kyoto (JR-A31) | West Express Ginga | Osaka (JR-A47) or (JR-O11) |
| Kyoto (JR-A31) Takatsuki (JR-A38) | Limited Express Thunderbird | Osaka (JR-A47) |
| Terminus | Limited Express Kounotori | Osaka (JR-A47) |
| Kyoto (JR-A31) Takatsuki (JR-A38) (some trains only) | Kansai Airport Limited Express Haruka | Osaka (JR-O11) |
| Kyoto (JR-A31) | Limited Express Kuroshio | Osaka (JR-O11) |
| Takatsuki (JR-A38) | Special Rapid Service | Osaka (JR-A47) |
| Ibaraki (JR-A41) | Rapid Service | Osaka (JR-A47) |
| Higashi-Yodogawa (JR-A45) | Local | Osaka (JR-A47) |
| Osaka Higashi Line |||||
| Osaka (JR-F01) | Direct Rapid Service | JR-Awaji (JR-F04) |
| Osaka (JR-F01) | Local | Minami-Suita (JR-F03) |

## Osaka Metro
### Station layout

This station has one island platform with two tracks on the third level, located to the west of the platforms and tracks for the Shinkansen.
| 3F Platform level | Platform 1 | Midōsuji Line towards Nakamozu (Nishinakajima-Minamigata) → |
| Island platform, doors will open on the right ||
| 3F Platform level | Platform 2 | ← Midōsuji Line toward Minoh-kayano (Higashi-Mikuni) |
| 2F | Mezzanine | Ticket gates, ticket/ICOCA/PiTaPa machines, station agent, restrooms Passageways to JR and Shinkansen platforms |
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |

## Surrounding area

Inside the station
* Nippon Travel Agency TiS Shin-Osaka
* JR Tokai Tours Shin-Osaka Branch
* Osaka Prefectural Police, Railway Police Force Shin-Osaka
* Osaka Noren Meguri restaurant (in the paid area for the Shinkansen)
North
* Shin-Osaka Hankyu Building
* Mielparque Osaka
* Hotel La Foret Osaka
* Via Inn Shin-Osaka West
* Konami Sports Club
South
* Nissin Foods
* Shin-Osaka Washington Hotel Plaza
* Osaka Prefectural Police, Railway Police Force Headquarters
East (Hinode side)
* Shin-Osaka Youth Hostel
* Shin-Osaka Station Hotel
* Life Corporation