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Osaka Loop line


JR West 西日本旅客鉄道 [JR西日本]  Nishi Nippon Ryokaku Tetsudō [JR West]     West Japan Railway Company

Ōsaka kanjō (Osaka Loop) 大阪環状線 JR railway      1067 mm     1500V DC
Read more about the line in English Wikipedia: Osaka Loop Line

Opened1889JR Namba - (Imamiya) - TennōjiOpened1899Imamiya station openedTracksThree tracksFukushima - Nishikujō
(One track used by Umeda Freight Line trains)
1895Tennōji - Umeda1900Merge of Umeda and Ōsaka stationsDouble trackThe rest of the line
See note below regarding Imamiya - Tennōji
1898Ōsaka - Nishikujō1961Nishikujō - Imamiya
Partially using existing freight tracks

Between Imamiya and Tennōji, Ōsaka Loop line has two tracks and Kansai Hon line has two tracks. Officially, they are separate lines between Imamiya and Shin-Imamiya, but one line (Kansai Hon line) between Shin-Imamiya and Tennōji.
MapsKmStation name Official name Furigana nameConnecting linesCityPrefecture
0.0 Tennōji天王寺てんのうじ Hankai: Uemachi [Tennōji-ekimae] >Sumiyoshikōen
JR West: Hanwa >Wakayama
JR West: Kansai hon "Yamatoji line" >Kamo
JR West: Ōsaka kanjō >Bentenchō - Ōsaka - Tennōji
Kintetsu: Minami-Ōsaka [Ōsaka-Abenobashi] >Kashihara-jingū-mae
Osaka Metro: Midōsuji >Esaka >Nakamozu
Osaka Metro: Tanimachi >Dainichi >Yao-minami
Ōsaka-shi Ōsaka
1.0 Teradachō寺田町てらだちょう
2.2 Momodani桃谷ももだに
3.0 Tsuruhashi鶴橋つるはし Kintetsu: Nara >Ōsaka-Namba >Kintetsu-Nara
Kintetsu: Ōsaka >Ōsaka-Namba >Ise-Nakagawa
Osaka Metro: Sennichimae >Noda-Hanshin >Minami-Tatsumi
3.9 Tamatsukuri玉造たまつくり Osaka Metro: Nagahori Tsurumi-Ryokuchi >Taishō >Kadoma-minami
4.8 Morinomiya森ノ宮もりのみや Osaka Metro: Chūō >Cosmosquare >Nagata
Osaka Metro: Nagahori Tsurumi-Ryokuchi >Taishō >Kadoma-minami
5.7 Ōsakajō-kōen大阪城公園おおさかじょうこうえん
6.5 Kyōbashi京橋きょうばし JR West: JR Tōzai >Amagasaki
JR West: Katamachi "Gakkentoshi line" >Kizu
Keihan: Keihan Hon >Yodoyabashi >Demachiyanagi
Osaka Metro: Nagahori Tsurumi-Ryokuchi >Taishō >Kadoma-minami
8.3 Sakuranomiya桜ノ宮さくらのみや
9.1 Temma天満てんま Osaka Metro: Sakaisuji [Ōgimachi] >Tenjimbashisuji 6-chōme >Tengachaya
10.7 Ōsaka大阪おおさか Hankyū: Kōbe [Ōsaka-Umeda] >Kōbe-Sannomiya
Hankyū: Kyōto* [Ōsaka-Umeda] >Kawaramachi
Hankyū: Takarazuka [Ōsaka-Umeda] >Takarazuka
Hanshin: Hon [Ōsaka-Umeda] >Motomachi
JR West: Fukuchiyama* >Fukuchiyama
JR West: JR Tōzai [Kitashinchi] >Kyōbashi >Amagasaki
JR West: Tōkaidō hon >"JR Kyōto line" Maibara >"JR Kōbe line" Kōbe
Osaka Metro: Midōsuji [Umeda] >Esaka >Nakamozu
Osaka Metro: Tanimachi [Higashi-Umeda] >Dainichi >Yao-minami
Osaka Metro: Yotsubashi [Nishi-Umeda] >Suminoekōen
11.7 Fukushima福島ふくしま Hanshin: Hon >Umeda >Motomachi
JR West: JR Tōzai [Shin-Fukushima] >Kyōbashi >Amagasaki
13.1 Noda野田のだ Osaka Metro: Sennichimae [Tamagawa] >Noda-Hanshin >Minami-Tatsumi
14.3 Nishikujō西九条にしくじょう Hanshin: Hanshin Namba >Amagasaki >Ōsaka-Namba
JR West: Sakurajima "JR Yumesaki line" >Sakurajima
JR West: Tōkaidō hon (Umeda Kamotsu) >Shin-Ōsaka
15.9 Bentenchō弁天町べんてんちょう Osaka Metro: Chūō >Cosmosquare >Nagata
17.7 Taishō大正たいしょう Osaka Metro: Nagahori Tsurumi-Ryokuchi >Kadoma-minami
18.9 Ashiharaba芦原橋あしはらば
19.5 Imamiya今宮いまみや JR West: Kansai hon "Yamatoji line" >JR Namba
20.7 Shin-Imamiya新今宮しんいまみや Hankai: Hankai [Shin-Imamiya-ekimae] >Ebisuchō >Hamadera-ekimae
Nankai: Kōya* >Gokurakubashi
Nankai: Nankai Hon >Namba >Wakayamashi
Osaka Metro: Midōsuji [Dōbutsuen-mae] >Esaka >Nakamozu
Osaka Metro: Sakaisuji [Dōbutsuen-mae] >Tenjimbashisuji 6-chōme >Tengachaya
21.7 Tennōji天王寺てんのうじ Hankai: Uemachi [Tennōji-ekimae] >Sumiyoshikōen
JR West: Hanwa >Wakayama
JR West: Kansai hon "Yamatoji line" >Kamo
JR West: Ōsaka kanjō >Kyōbashi - Ōsaka - Tennōji
Kintetsu: Minami-Ōsaka [Ōsaka-Abenobashi] >Kashihara-jingū-mae
Osaka Metro: Midōsuji >Esaka >Nakamozu
Osaka Metro: Tanimachi >Dainichi >Yao-minami
Ōsaka-shi Ōsaka

Other lines used by this service
Traffic notes
Outer loop 外回り Soto mawari: Tennōji - Nishikujō - Ōsaka - Kyōbashi - Tennōji
Inner loop 内回り Uchi mawari: Tennōji - Kyōbashi - Ōsaka - Nishikujō - Tennōji

The Ōsaka Loop line is also used:
- (Fukushima-) Nishikujō - Tennōji by Limited Express and Rapid trains between Shin-Ōsaka station and Hanwa line using Umeda Freight line.
- Kyōbashi - Nishikujō - Tennōji by Hanwa line trains.
- Ōsaka - Nishikujō - Tennōji by Kansai main line trains.



This page is updated Mar 29, 2023