is a railway station on the

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 ...

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 ...

Hanwa Line The is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The 61.3 km (38.1 mi) line runs between Osaka and Wakayama, Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan and has a 1.7 km branchlin ...

Yamatoji Line The is the common name of the western portion of the Kansai Main Line. The line is owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), and starts at Kamo Station in Kyoto Prefecture and ends at JR Namba Station in Naniwa-ku, Osaka. O ...

Osaka Metro The is a major rapid transit system in the Osaka Metropolitan Area of Japan, operated by the Osaka Metro Company, Ltd. It serves the city of Osaka and the adjacent municipalities of Higashiosaka, Kadoma, Moriguchi, Sakai, Suita, and Yao. O ...

Midōsuji Line The is a rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, operated by Osaka Metro. Constructed under Midōsuji, a major north-south street, it is the oldest line in the Osaka subway system and the second oldest in Japan, following the Tokyo Metro Ginza Lin ...

, and

Tanimachi Line The is a rapid transit line of Osaka Metro, running from Dainichi Station in Moriguchi to Yaominami Station in Yao through Osaka. Its official name is , while the Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau refers to it as , and in MLIT publicati ...

, located in Tennōji-ku and Abeno-ku,

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

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 ...

, and is a railway station on the tram

Hankai Uemachi Line The is a tramway line of Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd. in Osaka, Japan. History *September 20, 1900 – Osaka Horse Rail Co. (, ''Osaka Basha Tetsudo'') from Tennoji-nishimon-mae to Higashi-Tengachaya was opened, with gauge rails. *November 29, 19 ...

in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. They are also connected to

Ōsaka Abenobashi Station is a railway station on Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. The station is also called "Abenobashi Station" (あべの橋駅). According to the research on November 13, 2012, 159,075 passengers got on and off trains at ...

on the

Kintetsu ''Kintetsu'' is the abbreviation of , or Kintetsu Railway, a Japanese railway corporation. It may also refer to: Companies * Kintetsu Group Holdings, the holding corporation of the Kintetsu Railway ** Kintetsu Bus, a bus company and a subsidiary ...

Minami Osaka Line is a railway line operated by Kintetsu Railway connecting in Osaka and in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture via Osaka's southern suburb cities of Matsubara, Fujiidera and Habikino in Osaka Prefecture, and Katsuragi and Yamato-Takada in Nara Prefe ...

Lines

;Tennōji Station *West Japan Railway Company (JR West) **

Kansai Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, which connects Nagoya Station with JR Namba Station in Osaka. It is jointly run by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), with the boundary between both comp ...

(

) **

*Osaka Metro ** (M23) ** (T27) ;Tennōji-eki-mae Station *

;Connecting station *

(F01) **

JR West Tennōji Station

Layout

*Hanwa Line - 5

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s serving 5 tracks on the ground. *Osaka Loop Line - 2

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 ...

s serving 3 tracks on the lower level than the Hanwa Line *Yamatoji Line - 2

s serving 4 tracks on the lower level than the Hanwa Line

Train services in off-peak hours

;Yamatoji Line :eastbound trains ::4 Yamatoji rapid services from the Osaka Loop Line to Nara (every 15 minutes), of which 2 continue to Kamo (every 30 minutes) ::4 local trains from JR Namba to Oji (every 15 minutes) :westbound trains ::4 local trains to JR Namba (every 15 minutes) ;Osaka Loop Line :counterclockwise trains ::12 trains to Osaka via Kyobashi (every 5 minutes) :clockwise trains ::4 Yamatoji rapid services to Osaka via Nishikujo (every 15 minutes) ::4 Airport/Kishuji rapid services to Osaka via Nishikujo (every 15 minutes) ::4 local trains to Osaka via Nishikujo (every 15 minutes) ;Hanwa Line :southbound trains ::4 Airport rapid services to Kansai Airport, coupling with Kishuji rapid services until Hineno ::4 Kishuji rapid services to Wakayama, coupling with Airport rapid services until Hineno ::4 regional rapid services to Hineno ::4 local trains to Otori

Adjacent stations

Osaka Metro station

Osaka Metro Tennōji Station is an interchange serving the Midōsuji and Tanimachi lines. The platforms are not adjacent to each other, but are connected by a long passageway within the ticket gates.

Layout

;Midosuji Line *The station has a

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 ...

and an

serving three tracks on the second basement. They have

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s. ;Tanimachi Line *The station has two

s with two tracks on the third basement, under the ticket gates and concourse under the

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"Avetika".

Train services in off-peak hours

;Midosuji Line (weekdays) :northbound trains ::6 or 7 trains from Nakamozu to Senri-chuo (every 8 minutes) ::6 or 7 trains starting from Tennoji to Shin-Osaka (every 8 minutes) :southbound trains ::6 or 7 trains to Nakamozu (every 8 minutes) ;Midosuji Line (weekends and holidays) :northbound trains ::8 trains from Nakamozu to Senri-chuo (every 7.5 minutes) ::8 trains starting from Tennoji to Shin-Osaka (every 7.5 minutes) :southbound trains ::8 trains to Nakamozu (every 7.5 minutes) ;Tanimachi Line :northbound trains ::10 trains to Dainichi (every 6 minutes) :southbound trains ::10 trains to Yao-minami (every 6 minutes)

Hankai Tramway Tennoji-ekimae Station

Layout

2 dead-end platforms serving a track are located on Abenosuji Avenue. After widening the avenue and relocated westward on December 3, 2016, the tram stop is connected from JR West Tennoji Station and Kintetsu Railway Osaka Abenobashi Station via Abeno Pedestrian Bridge and from Osaka Metro Tennoji Station via the underground passage. After the relocation, an elevator became in use to enable wheelchairs and baby buggies to access to the Uemachi Line.

Tram services in off-peak hours

10 trams to Abikomichi via Sumiyoshi-Toriimae, of which 5 continues to Hamadera-ekimae (every 6 minutes)

Adjacent stations

, - !colspan=5, Hankai Tramway (HN01)

Surrounding area

Since so many train lines meet in one location, Tennōji has become a large transfer station. As a result, the area around the station has become quite built up with may buildings as high as 10 or 12 stories high. *

Tennōji Park The is a park with botanical garden at 1–108, Chausuyama-cho, Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan. Establishments *Tennoji Zoo *Osaka Municipal Museum of Art *Greenhouse *Keitakuen *Chausuyama Tomb Tenshiba Area Restaurants, cafes, ...

Tennōji Zoo is a 11-hectare (27-acre) zoo located at Tennōji Park in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan, opened on January 1, 1915. It is the third zoo to be built in Japan and is located southwest of the Shitennō-ji temple, the first Buddhist temple in Japan. ...

**Osaka Municipal Museum of Art *Tennoji MiO (

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) **Main Building **Plaza Annex *Abeno Harukas **

Kintetsu Department Store is a department store chain in the Kansai region, Japan. It is headquartered in Abenosuji Itchome, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. History *January, 1920: was opened in front of Kyoto Station. *February, 1920: was founded. *1926: opened its own rest ...

Main Store Abeno Harukas **Harukas 300 **Abeno Harukas Art Museum **Osaka Mariott Miyako Hotel *Tennōji Miyako Hotel *Hoop *and *Avetika (

) *

Abeno Cues Town is the name of in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. Overview Abeno Cues Town consists of and . Via Abeno Walk is the area for the local tenants, and Q's Mall is the area the specific architect, Tokyu Land Corporation, manages. The area opened on April ...

(shopping mall) *

Shitennō-ji Shitennō-ji ( ja, 四天王寺, ''Temple of the Four Heavenly Kings'') is a Buddhist temple in Ōsaka, Japan. It is also known as Arahaka-ji, Nanba-ji, or Mitsu-ji. The temple is sometimes regarded as the first Buddhist and oldest officially-ad ...

Isshin-ji is a Pure Land Buddhist temple in Osaka, Japan. Starting in the Meiji period, thirteen images have been formed, each incorporating the ashes of tens of thousands of devotees. The annual burial ceremony on 21 April in turn draws tens of thousand ...

*Osaka City University Hospital

Buses

;Transit bus :Osaka City Bus Corporation (Abenobashi, Abenobashi-nishi) :Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd. (Abenobashi, Abenobashi-higashiguchi) ;Expressway bus :Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd. (Abenobashi Bus Station) :West JR Bus Company, JR Bus Kanto Co., Ltd., Osaka Bus Co., Ltd. (Tennoji Station, the east side of Tennoji Park) ;Airport limousine :Osaka Airport Transport Co., Ltd. (the north side of Apollo Building) :Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd., Kansai Airport Transportation Enterprise Co., Ltd. (the north side of Osaka Abenobashi Station) For details, see Osaka Abenobashi Station#Bus stops

External links

Official Site - Midōsuji Line
Official Site - Midōsuji Line

Official Site - Tanimachi Line

Official Site - Tanimachi Line

References

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Railway stations in Japan opened in 1900 Railway stations in Japan opened in 1938 Railway stations in Japan opened in 1889 Railway stations in Osaka Osaka Metro stations

Lines

JR West Tennōji Station

Layout

Train services in off-peak hours

Adjacent stations

Osaka Metro station

Layout

Train services in off-peak hours

Hankai Tramway Tennoji-ekimae Station

Layout

Tram services in off-peak hours

Adjacent stations

Surrounding area

Buses

See also

External links

References