is a railway station in

Fukushima-ku, Osaka is one of 24 wards of Osaka city in Japan. The ward is primarily a residential quarter, but has some office buildings and a commercial district, as well as factories and wholesale businesses. In recent years, many high rise apartment buildings ...

, Japan, operated by the

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

(JR West) and the private railway operator

Hanshin Electric Railway is a Japanese private railway company of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group that links Osaka and Kobe. It also owns the Hanshin Tigers baseball team. The first character for Kobe (神戸) and the second character for Osaka (大阪) combine to form the c ...

Lines

Fukushima Station is served by the JR West

Osaka Loop Line The is a railway loop line in Japan operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It encircles central Osaka. Part of a second, proposed outer loop line, the Osaka Higashi Line, from Hanaten to Kyuhoji was opened on March 15, 2008, an ...

and the

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. It is close to

Shin-Fukushima Station is a railway station in Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Line * West Japan Railway Company (JR West) **JR Tōzai Line ;Stations and rail lines near Shin-Fukushima Station *JR West Osaka Loop Line: Fukushima Station (no connecti ...

on the JR West

JR Tōzai Line is one of several commuter rail lines and services in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line, whose name literally means "east-west", runs underground through central Osaka and conne ...

JR West

Platforms

The JR West station consists of an elevated

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

serving two tracks.

Adjacent stations

History

Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Fukushima being assigned station number JR-O12.

Hanshin

Platforms

The station consists of two underground

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

s serving two tracks.

Adjacent stations

History

What is now the JR West station opened on 5 April 1898. The Hanshin Electric Railway station opened on 12 April 1905.

Surrounding area

(

) * Nakanoshima Station (

Keihan Nakanoshima Line The is a railway line operated by the Keihan Electric Railway in Osaka, Japan. It opened on October 19, 2008, and has a ruling grade of 1 in 25 (4%). Services The following services operate on the Nakanoshima line, with through-running to/from t ...

) *Hotel Hanshin *Hotarumachi **

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation is a certified broadcasting holding company headquartered in Osaka, Japan. Until March 31, 2018, it was a unified radio and television broadcaster serving in the Kansai region. On April 1, 2018, its radio and television broadcasting divisions ...

**ABC Hall **Dojima River Forum

References

External links

Fukushima Station
(JR West)

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