Suita Station (JR West)

Suita Station (吹田駅) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is also the location of a freight depot operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

Lines
Suita Station is served by the JR Kyoto Line (Tōkaidō Main Line), and is 35.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kyoto and 548.8 kilometers from the terminus at Tokyo.

Start Layout
The station has two island platform connected by an elevated station building; however, only the inner tracks on both platforms are in use, as the outer tracks are fenced off and used only for passing trains. The station is staffed.

History
The station opened on 9 August 1876.

Station numbering was introduced to the station in March 2018 with Suita being assigned station number JR-A44.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 22,896 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

 * Kita-Osaka Health and Medical City
 * National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
 * Suita Municipal Hospital
 * JR Freight Suita Locomotive Depot
 * JR West Suita Factory
 * Osaka Gakuin University