Namba Station (難波駅, なんば駅, Nanba-eki) is a name shared by two railway stations in the Namba district of Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. One is owned by Nankai Electric Railway,[1] while the other is by the Osaka Metro. The names of both stations are written in hiragana on signage within the stations, because the kanji “難波” can be also read “Naniwa”. However, the name of both stations officially employs kanji, printed on train tickets. from wiki
They are close to JR Namba Station and Ōsaka Namba Station.
Lines on Namba Station
There are five lines say as Namba Station:
1. Nankai Electric Railway (NK01)
- Nankai Main Line
- Nankai Koya Line
2. Osaka Metro
- Midōsuji Line (M20) – Red Color
- Sennichimae Line (S16) – Pink Color
- Yotsubashi Line(Y15) – Blue Color
3. Ōsaka Namba Station (renamed from Kintetsu Namba Station in 2009)
- Kintetsu Namba Line
- Hanshin Namba Line
4. JR Namba Station (renamed from Minatomachi Station in 1994)
5. Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)
What to See and Do Around Namba Station?
- Takashimaya
- Namba City
- Namba Walk
- Namba Marui
- Namba Parks
- Swissôtel Nankai Osaka
- Namba SkyO
- Namba Expressway Bus Terminal
- Osaka City Air Terminal (OCAT)
- Parks Tower (Namba Parks)
- Bic Camera Shopping
- Namba NanNan
- Minatomachi River Place (including FM OSAKA)
- Namba Grand Kagetsu
- Nankai Electric Railway headquarters
- Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
- Ebisubashi Shopping Arcade
- Doguyasuji Shopping Arcade
- NMB48
- Namba Yasaka Shrine
