Rinkū-town Station

Rinkū-town Station (りんくうタウン駅, Rinkū-taun-eki) is an elevated passenger railway station shared by Nankai Electric Railway and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) located in Izumisano, Osaka, Japan, jointly operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway.^[1] It serves the Rinku Town commercial district located adjacent to Kansai International Airport. With the exception of Kansai Airport Limited Express Haruka services, all train services to and from the airport make stop at this station. It has the Nankai station number "NK31",^[1] and the JR West station number "JR-S46".

Rinkū-town Station りんくうタウン駅
Rinkū-town Station building in March 2007
General information
Location	1, Rinkū Ōrai-kita, Izumisano City, Osaka Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Japan
Coordinates	34°24′37.64″N 135°17′59.61″E
Operated by	JR West Nankai Electric Railway
Line(s)	S Kansai Airport Line Nankai Airport Line
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus terminal
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	NK31 (Nankai Airport Line)  JR-S46  (JR West Kansai Airport Line)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 June 1994; 31 years ago (1994-06-15)[1]
Passengers
2019	6,263 daily (Nankai) 3,574 daily (JR West)
Services
Preceding station JR West Following station Kansai Airport Terminus Kansai Airport Line Local Hineno Terminus
Location Rinkū-town Station Location within Osaka Prefecture Show map of Osaka Prefecture Rinkū-town Station Rinkū-town Station (Kansai region) Show map of Kansai region Rinkū-town Station Rinkū-town Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Rinkū-town Station is served by the Nankai Airport Line and is 39.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Namba. It is also served by the Kansai Airport Line and is 39.1 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Tennōji.

Station layout

The station has two island platforms on the third floor, serving two tracks each. Trains for different railway companies stop at adjacent platforms without any physical barriers, but transfers can only be made between the two by using special IC card terminals located within the station. The station is directly connected to the Rinku Gate Tower Building.^[1]

Platforms

1	■ Nankai Railway Airport Line	for Kansai Airport
2	■ JR West Kansai Airport Line	for Kansai Airport
3	■ JR West Kansai Airport Line	Kansai Airport Rapid Service and Direct Rapid Service for Tennōji and Osaka Shuttle trains for Hineno
4	■ Nankai Railway Airport Line	for Namba

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nankai Electric Railway Airport Line (NK31)
Izumisano (NK30)		Local		Kansai Airport (NK32)
Izumisano (NK30)		Airport Express		Kansai Airport (NK32)
Izumisano (NK30)		Airport Limited Express "Rapi:t"		Kansai Airport (NK32)
West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Kansai Airport Line
Hineno		Local (shuttle trains)		Kansai Airport
Hineno		Kansai Airport Rapid Service		Kansai Airport
Hineno		Direct Rapid Service		Kansai Airport
Kansai Airport Limited Express "Haruka": Does not stop at this station

History

The station opened on 15 June 1994.^[2]

Station numbering was introduced to the JR West facilities in March 2018 with Rinkū-town being assigned station number JR-R46 for the Kansai Airport Line.^[3][4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR West portion of the station was used by an average of 3574 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), while the Nankai portion of the station was used by an average of 6,263 passengers daily during the same period..^[5]

Surrounding area

• Rinku Gate Tower Building
• Rinku Premium Outlet shopping mall
• Rinku Pleasure Town Seacle, commercial facility
• Marble Beach

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan