is a railway station in Tennoji-ku,

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, served by the

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, and Namba Lines. Trains on the

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arrive at and depart from an underground platform. The station is connected to Tanimachi Kyuchome Station on the

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(T25) and the

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(S18) of the

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. It has been the Kintetsu Railway's terminus since the Nara Line was opened in 1914. The station is also known as 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 on 20 March 2009, when it started being served by trains on the

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Layout

*The station has two

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s serving two tracks on the third basement level, and seven

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s serving six tracks on the first floor. File:Osaka Uehommachi Station West gate 01.jpg, West ticket gates File:Osaka Uehommachi Station Central gate 01.jpg, Central ticket gates File:Uehonmachi4.JPG, Ground ticket gates File:Uehonmachi sta02s3216.jpg, Platform of first floor File:大阪上本町駅地下ホーム.jpg, Underground platforms

Surroundings

*the headquarters of

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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 via Miyukidori / for Tamatsukuri via Uehommachi Itchome ::Route 22 for Suwa Jinja-mae via Tsuruhashi-ekimae and Tamatsukuri / for via Tennoji Kumin Center and Tennoji Kuyakusho ::Route 62 for Sumiyoshishako-mae via Uehommachi Hatchome and Abenobashi / for via ::Route 73 for via Katsuyama Yonchome and / for :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 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 (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

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

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(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) ::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.

Adjacent stations

References

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