Umeda Station (梅田駅, Umeda-eki?) is a railway station located in Kita-ku in the northern commercial center of Osaka, Japan. It is the busiest station in Western Japan, serving 2,343,727 passengers daily in 2005.
Umeda Station is served by the following railways:
- Hankyu Railway (Kōbe Line, Kyōto Line, Takarazuka Line)
- Hanshin Electric Railway (Main Line)
- Osaka Municipal Subway (Midōsuji Line, Station number: M16)
- Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) (Umeda Freight Branch of Tōkaidō Main Line) - freight only
The nearby stations Ōsaka (JR West), Kitashinchi (JR West Tōzai Line), Nishi-Umeda (Osaka Subway Yotsubashi Line, Y11) and Higashi-Umeda (Osaka Subway Tanimachi Line, T20) are within walking distance and connected by a large complex of underground malls.
Read more about Umeda Station: Hanshin Railway, Hankyu Railway, Osaka Municipal Subway, Japan Freight Railway, Surroundings
Famous quotes containing the word station:
“How soon country people forget. When they fall in love with a city it is forever, and it is like forever. As though there never was a time when they didn’t love it. The minute they arrive at the train station or get off the ferry and glimpse the wide streets and the wasteful lamps lighting them, they know they are born for it. There, in a city, they are not so much new as themselves: their stronger, riskier selves.”
—Toni Morrison (b. 1931)