Nishi-Umeda Station

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Nishi-Umeda Station 西梅田駅
Nishi-Umeda Station entrance
Location
Prefecture	Osaka (See other stations in Osaka)
City	Osaka
Ward	Kita
Neighborhood etc.	Umeda Nichōme
Coordinates	34°41′58.58″N 135°29′44.4″E / 34.6996056°N 135.495667°E / 34.6996056; 135.495667Coordinates: 34°41′58.58″N 135°29′44.4″E / 34.6996056°N 135.495667°E / 34.6996056; 135.495667
(in Japanese)	大阪市北区梅田二丁目
History
Year opened	1965
Rail services
Station number(s)	Y11
Operator(s)	Osaka Municipal Subway
Line(s)	Yotsubashi Line
Osaka Station, Kitashinchi Station, Umeda Station and Higashi-Umeda Station connected

Nishi-Umeda Station (西梅田駅, Nishi-Umeda-eki^?, Y11) is the terminus of the Osaka Municipal Subway Yotsubashi Line in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, close to Herbis OSAKA and Herbis ENT operated by Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. and the two Hilton Plazas.

Connecting lines from Nishi-Umeda

• Osaka Municipal Subway
  • Midosuji Line (Umeda Station, M16)
  • Tanimachi Line (Higashi-Umeda Station, T20)
• West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
  • Tokaido Main Line (JR Kyoto Line, JR Kobe Line, JR Takarazuka Line), Osaka Loop Line (Osaka Station)
  • JR Tōzai Line (Kitashinchi Station)
• Hankyu Railway (Umeda Station)
  • Kobe Line
  • Takarazuka Line
  • Kyoto Line
• Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line (Umeda Station)

When using regular tickets of Osaka Municipal Subway, Surutto Kansai cards, and IC cards (PiTaPa, ICOCA), it is limited to 30 minutes to change to the Midosuji Line and the Tanimachi Line.

Layout

• There is an island platform with two tracks on the third basement. On the second basement, north ticket gate is used for exit, center ticket gate for entrance, and south ticket gate for both entrance and exit.

Surroundings

• Diamor Osaka
• Hanshin Department Store (operated by Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, Inc.)
• South Gate Building
  • Daimaru Umeda
  • Hotel Granvia Osaka
  • Pokémon Center Osaka
• Osaka City Bus terminal
• Expressway bus terminal
• Osaka Marubiru
• Osaka Garden City
  • Herbis OSAKA
    • the Ritz-Carlton Osaka
  • Herbis ENT
    • Osaka Shiki Theatre
    • Billboard Live Osaka
• the Hilton Plaza East
  • Hilton Osaka
  • Junkudo Umeda
• the Hilton Plaza West
• the Mainichi Shimbun Building (the Mainichi Shimbun, Sports Nippon)
• Osaka Ekimae Buildings
  • Osaka Central Post Office
• Breezé Tower
  • Sankei Hall Breezé
• Dojima Underground Shopping Center (Dotica)
• Dojima Avanza
  • Junkudo Osaka

Station next to Nishi-Umeda