Ōsaka Uehommachi Station

Ōsaka-Uehommachi Station (大阪上本町駅, Ōsaka-Uehonmachi-eki) is a railway station in Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan, served by the Kintetsu Railway's Osaka, Nara, and Namba Lines. Trains on the Nara Line arrive at and depart from an underground platform. The station is connected to Tanimachi Kyuchome Station on the Tanimachi Line (T25) and the Sennichimae Line (S18) of the Osaka Metro. It has been the Kintetsu Railway's terminus since the Nara Line was opened in 1914.

Ōsaka-Uehommachi Station 大阪上本町駅
Station building
General information
Location	1-55, Uehommachi 6-chōme, Tennōji Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Japan
Coordinates	34°39′56″N 135°31′17″E
Operated by	Kintetsu Railway
Line(s)	D Osaka Line A Kintetsu-Nara Line A Kintetsu Namba Line
Platforms	7 bay platforms (1st floor) 2 side platforms (underground)
Tracks	6 (1st floor) 2 (underground)
Connections	Bus Terminal
Construction
Structure type	At-grade (Osaka Line) Inderground (Nara Line)
Other information
Station code	A03  (Nara Line)  D03  (Osaka Line)
History
Opened	30 April 1914; 110 years ago (1914-04-30)
Previous names	Uehommachi (until 2009)
Passengers
2021	60,382
Track layout Legend 3rd basement ↑Kintetsu Nippombashi 2 1 ↓to the 1st level 1st level 9, 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 to the 3rd basement ↓Tsuruhashi
Location Ōsaka-Uehommachi Location within Osaka Prefecture Show map of Osaka Prefecture Ōsaka-Uehommachi Ōsaka-Uehommachi (Kansai region) Show map of Kansai region Ōsaka-Uehommachi Ōsaka-Uehommachi (Japan) Show map of Japan

The station is also known as Ueroku Station (上六駅, Ueroku-eki) since it is located in Uehommachi Rokuchōme (or Ueroku for short), which is currently used as the name of the connecting bus stops. The station was renamed from Uehommachi Station (上本町駅) on 20 March 2009, when it started being served by trains on the Hanshin Namba Line.^[1]

Layout

• The station has two side platforms serving two tracks on the third basement level, and seven bay platforms serving six tracks on the first floor.

A  Nara Line, Namba Line (Underground platforms)
Track	Direction	Destinations
1	Eastbound	for Kintetsu Nara, Kintetsu Nagoya, and Kashikojima[2] (Including limited express trains starting Osaka Namba)
2	Westbound	for Ōsaka Namba and Kobe Sannomiya[2] (via the Hanshin Namba Line)
D  Osaka Line (Ground platforms)
Track	Direction	Destinations
3 - 9	Eastbound	for Kawachi-Kokubu, Isuzugawa, and Toba[2] (Starting this station) (Limited express trains mainly depart from Track 9.)

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  West ticket gates
• 
  Central ticket gates
• 
  Ground ticket gates
• 
  Platform of first floor
• 
  Underground platforms

Surroundings

Sheraton Miyako Hotel Osaka

• the headquarters of Kintetsu Group
• Kintetsu Department Store Uehommachi
• Uehommachi Yufura
  • Shinkabukiza
• Sheraton Miyako Hotel Osaka
• Uehommachi Hi-Hi Town
• Oaska Red Cross Hospital
• Tanimachi Kyuchome Station (Osaka Metro)
• International House, Osaka
• Hotel Awina Osaka
• Uenomiya Junior/Senior High School
• Seifu Junior/Senior High School

Buses

Osaka City Bus

Uehommachi Rokuchome

Route 18 for Kita-Tatsumi Bus Terminal via Miyukidori / for Tamatsukuri via Uehommachi Itchome

Route 22 for Suwa Jinja-mae via Tsuruhashi-ekimae and Tamatsukuri / for Abenobashi via Tennoji Kumin Center and Tennoji Kuyakusho

Route 62 for Sumiyoshishako-mae via Uehommachi Hatchome and Abenobashi / for Osaka-ekimae (Osaka Station) via Temmabashi

Route 73 for Deto Bus Terminal via Katsuyama Yonchome and Kumata / for Namba

Uehommachi Rokuchome-minami

Route 62 for Abenobashi and Sumiyoshishako-mae via Uehommachi Hatchome / for Osaka-ekimae (Osaka Station) via Temmabashi

Uehommachi Rokuchome-higashi

Route 18 for Kita-Tatsumi Bus Terminal via Miyukidori

Route 22 for Suwa Jinja-mae via Tsuruhashi-ekimae and Tamatsukuri

Route 73 for Deto Bus Terminal via Katsuyama Yonchome and Kumata

Uehommachi Nanachome-kita

Route 62 for Uehommachi Rokuchome-minami and Osaka-ekimae (Osaka Station)

Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd.

from the south of the station (Kintetsu Uehommachi Station)

Route 01 for Osaka Red Cross Hospital (Not running on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, May 1 and from December 29 until January 3)

Route 66 for JR Momodani Station via Osaka Police Hospital (Not running on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and from December 30 until January 4)

Abeno-Uehommachi Shuttle Buses from Sheraton Miyako Hotel Osaka (Kintetsu Uehommachi)

Route 10 for Abenobashi (Abeno Harukas) via Shitenno-ji Sandoguchi

Route 11 for Abenobashi (Abeno Harukas) via Matsuyamachi-suji Avenue (7 buses per day, 10:05 a.m., 11:05 a.m., 12:05 p.m., 1:05 p.m., 2:05 p.m., 3:05 p.m. and 4:05 p.m. buses)

Route 12 for Abenobashi-higashiguchi (Miyako City Osaka Tennoji) via Shitenno-ji Sandoguchi (from the 7:35 p.m. bus until the last one)

airport limousine (Kintetsu Uehommachi)

for Osaka International Airport (departing from bus station on the 2nd floor of Ōsaka Uehommachi Station; operated by Osaka Airport Transport Co., Ltd.)

for Kansai International Airport (departing from Sheraton Miyako Hotel Osaka; operated by Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd. and Kansai Airport Transportation Enterprise Co., Ltd.)

tour bus (Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd.)

Osaka Sky Vista (departing from bus station on the 2nd floor of Ōsaka Uehommachi Station)^[3]

From the starting in 2014, Osaka Sky Vista started Uehommachi and passed Osaka Museum of History, Osaka Castle, Nakanoshima, Midosuji, Dotombori, Den Den Town, Tsutenkaku and Shitenno-ji. It does not run on Wednesdays. Passengers could get off at Abeno Harukas or Uehommachi. Osaka Sky Vista has started from JR Osaka Station since February 1, 2016.^[4]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kintetsu Railway
Osaka Line (D03)
Terminus		Local		Tsuruhashi (D04)
Terminus		Semi-Express Suburban Semi-Express		Tsuruhashi (D04)
Terminus		Express		Tsuruhashi (D04)
Terminus		Rapid Express		Tsuruhashi (D04)
Terminus		Limited Express (Ōsaka Uehommachi - Toba, Kashikojima)		Tsuruhashi (D04)
Namba Line-Nara Line (A03)
Kintetsu Nippombashi (A02)		Local		Tsuruhashi (A04)
Kintetsu Nippombashi (A02)		Semi-Express Suburban Semi-Express		Tsuruhashi (A04)
Kintetsu Nippombashi (A02)		Express		Tsuruhashi (A04)
Kintetsu Nippombashi (A02)		Rapid Express		Tsuruhashi (A04)
Ōsaka Namba (A01)		Limited Express (including the Osaka Line limited express trains to and from Ōsaka Namba)		Tsuruhashi (A04)

References

1. 阪神なんば線開業に合わせ、「近鉄難波駅」を「大阪難波駅」に、「上本町駅」を「大阪上本町駅」に駅名変更します。 ["Kintetsu Namba Station" will be renamed "Ōsaka Namba Station", and "Uehommachi Station" will be "Ōsaka Uehommachi Station".] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Kintetsu Corporation. March 31, 2008.
2. "Osaka-Uehommachi | Station facilities and services | Travel by Train". Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
3. "Osaka Sky Vista" (in Japanese). Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
4. "Osaka Sky Vista Starts at JR Osaka Station" (in Japanese). Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd. January 19, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2020.