is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

on the

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 ...

Kita-ku, Osaka is one of 24 wards of Osaka in Japan. Incidents and accidents 2021 Osaka building fire Notable locations Kita-ku, particularly the Umeda area surrounding Osaka Station, is one of the main commercial centers of Osaka. Kita-ku is also a fina ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. It opened on October 19, 2008 (the day of the opening of the Nakanoshima Line). The station is the terminal of the Nakanoshima Line. A separate Nakanoshima Station, to be operated jointly by

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

Nankai Railway is a private railway in Japan, founded in 1884. The name ''Nankai'' (which means "South Sea") comes from the company's routes along the Nankaidō, the old highway that ran south from the old capital, Kyoto, along the sea coast. Nankai predates a ...

, is to be constructed as part of the

Naniwasuji Line The is the tentative name for a planned underground heavy rail line, which will run north-south through Osaka City, primarily under the avenue . It has long been pursued by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Nankai Railway in order to conn ...

project, with opening anticipated around spring 2031. The station name occasionally accompanies the secondary name .

Station layout

The station consists of an underground

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 three tracks.

Surroundings

;Nakanoshima Yonchōme, Kita-ku * The National Museum of Art, Osaka *

Osaka Science Museum The is a science museum in Naka-no-shima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. The museum is located between the Dōjima River and the Tosabori River, above Osaka's subterranean National Museum of Art. Opened in 1989, the museum was constructed to mark th ...

;Nakanoshima Gochōme, Kita-ku *Rihga Royal Hotel *

Osaka International Convention Center , also known as , is a convention center in the city of Osaka, Japan. Located adjacent to the convention center is underground Nakanoshima Station served by Keihan Electric Railway Nakanoshima Line as the terminus. Past events *2001 World To ...

*Sumitomo Hospital ;Nakanoshima Rokuchōme, Kita-ku *Nakanoshima Center Building *Nakanoshima Plaza *Nakanoshima Intes ;Fukushima Itchōme, Fukushima-ku *

Hotarumachi is a mixed-use redevelopment project in Fukushima-ku ward of Osaka City, Japan, located on the former site of Osaka University Hospital. Facilities *Headquarters of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation *:ABC Hall *Dōjima River Forum (hall) *The T ...

(

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, etc.) *Nakanoshima Public Prosecutors Office Building (Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office, Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, etc.) ;Fukushima Nichōme, Fukushima-ku * KEPCO Hospital ;Fukushima Yonchōme, Fukushima-ku *Osaka Koseinenkin Hospital *

Shimo-fukushima Park is a public urban park, situated at 4 chōme Fukushima in Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan. The park was constructed at the site of the former spinning factory of the Dai-Nihon Spinning Company (current company is Unitika, Ltd.), and is the largest ...

;Fukushima Gohōme, Fukushima-ku *Laxa Osaka **Hotel Hanshin, etc. ;Noda Itchōme, Fukushima-ku
Osaka Central Wholesale Market
;Tosabori, Nishi-ku *Tosabori Daibiru **

JSOL The , formally known as JRI Solutions, Limited, is a subsidiary of NTT Data and an equity method affiliate of the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group that acts as an IT consulting services corporation for general industries and public corporations. ...

Osaka Head Office **The Japan Research Institute, Limited. Osaka Head Office

Train stations

Hanshin 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 ...

Main Line Mainline, ''Main line'', or ''Main Line'' may refer to: Transportation Railway * Main line (railway), the principal artery of a railway system * Main line railway preservation, the practice of operating preserved trains on an operational railw ...

Fukushima Station *

JR West , 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fukushima Station

Adjacent stations

Fukushima-ku, Osaka Nakanoshima Railway stations in Japan opened in 2008 Railway stations in Osaka Stations of Keihan Electric Railway {{Osaka-railstation-stub