Shin-Ōsaka Station

Shin-Ōsaka Station (新大阪駅) 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 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)

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).

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

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.

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