Tennōji Station

Tennōji Station (天王寺駅, Tennōji-eki) is a major railway station on the JR West Osaka Loop Line, Hanwa Line, Yamatoji Line, Osaka Metro Midōsuji Line, and Tanimachi Line, located in Tennōji-ku and Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, and Tennōji-ekimae Station (天王寺駅前駅, Tennōji-eki-mae-eki) is a railway station on the tram Hankai Uemachi Line in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. They are also connected to Ōsaka Abenobashi Station on the Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line. It forms as one of Osaka's main railway terminals to the south for lines operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Tennōji Station 天王寺駅
Tennōji Station
General information
Location	Tennōji-ku, Abeno-ku, Osaka city, Osaka Prefecture Japan
Operated by	JR West Osaka Metro Hankai Tramway
Connections	Bus terminal
Location Tennōji Station Location within Osaka Prefecture Show map of Osaka Prefecture Tennōji Station Tennōji Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Tennōji Station

• West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
  • Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line)
  • Osaka Loop Line
  • Hanwa Line
• Osaka Metro
  • Midōsuji Line (M23)
  • Tanimachi Line (T27)

Tennōji-eki-mae Station

• Hankai Uemachi Line

Connecting station

• Ōsaka Abenobashi Station (F01)
  • Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line

JR West Tennōji Station

Tennōji Station 天王寺駅
General information
Location	10-45, Hiden-inchō, Tennōji Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture Japan
Coordinates	34°38′50.36″N 135°30′50.18″E
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Kansai Main Line ( Yamatoji Line) Osaka Loop Line Hanwa Line
Platforms	2 island platforms (Yamatoji Line, Osaka Loop Line), 5 bay platforms (Hanwa Line)
Other information
Station code	JR-Q20 (Yamatoji Line)  JR-O01  (Osaka Loop Line) JR-R20 (Hanwa Line)
History
Opened	14 May 1889; 136 years ago (1889-05-14)
Location Tennōji Station Location within Japan

Platforms of Hanwa Line

Concourse of JR Tennōji Station after renovation in 2013

Concourse of JR Tennōji Station before renovation

Layout

• Hanwa Line - 5 bay platforms serving 5 tracks on the ground.

1	■ Hanwa Line Kinokuni Line	only for disembarking passengers in the morning Extra limited express train "Kuroshio 81"
2	■ only for disembarking passengers
3, 4	■ Hanwa Line Kinokuni Line	rapid services and regional rapid services for Otori, Hineno, Wakayama, Gobo and Kii-Tanabe
	■ Kansai Airport Line	Kansai Airport rapid services starting for Kansai Airport
5, 6	■ only for disembarking passengers
7	■ Hanwa Line	local trains and regional rapid services for Otori, Hineno and Wakayama
8	■ Hanwa Line	local trains for Otori, Hineno and Wakayama
9	■ only for disembarking passengers

• Osaka Loop Line - 2 island platforms serving 3 tracks on the lower level than the Hanwa Line

11, 12	■ Osaka Loop Line	counterclockwise for Tsuruhashi, Kyobashi and Osaka
13	■ only for disembarking passengers
14	■ Osaka Loop Line	clockwise local trains from Tsuruhashi for Bentencho, Nishikujo and Osaka Change trains at Nishikujo for Universal City

• Yamatoji Line - 2 island platforms serving 4 tracks on the lower level than the Hanwa Line

15	■ Hanwa Line	from the Osaka Loop Line counterclockwise track for Otori and Wakayama
	■ Kansai Airport Line	Kansai Airport limited express trains "Haruka" for Kansai Airport Kansai Airport rapid services for Kansai Airport
	■ Kinokuni Line	limited express trains "Kuroshio" for Shirahama and Shingu (except "Kuroshio 81") Kishuji rapid service for Yuasa and Gobo
	■ Yamatoji Line	for Oji, Nara, Kamo and Takada (only in the morning)
16	■ Yamatoji Line	for Oji, Nara, Kamo and Takada
17	■ Yamatoji Line	for JR Namba
	■ Osaka Loop Line	clockwise trains from the Yamatoji Line for Bentencho, Nishikujo and Osaka Change trains at Nishikujo for Universal City
18	■ Yamatoji Line	part of trains for JR Namba
	■ Osaka Loop Line	clockwise trains from the Yamatoji Line and the Hanwa Line for Bentencho, Nishikujo and Osaka Change trains at Nishikujo for Universal City
	■ JR Kyoto Line	limited express trains for Shin-Osaka and Kyoto

Track layout of Tennōji Station and vicinity^[1][2][3][4]

	Osaka Loop Line to Kyōbashi
Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) to JR Namba
Osaka Loop Line to Nishikujō		Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) to Nara
	Hanwa Line to Wakayama

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

«		Service	»
Yamatoji Line
Shin-Imamiya		Local		Tōbu-shijō-mae
Shin-Imamiya		Regional Rapid		Kyūhōji
Shin-Imamiya		Rapid		Kyūhōji
Shin-Imamiya		Yamatoji Rapid		Kyūhōji
Osaka Loop Line
Shin-Imamiya		Local		Teradacho
Osaka		Limited Express Kuroshio		Hanwa Line
Osaka		Kansai Airport Limited Express Haruka		Hanwa Line
Hanwa Line
Terminus		Local		Bishōen
Terminus		Regional Rapid		Sakaishi
Shin-Imamiya (Yamatoji Line)		Direct Rapid (Northbound only)		Sakaishi
Shin-Imamiya (Yamatoji Line)		Rapid		Sakaishi
Shin-Imamiya (Yamatoji Line)		Kansai Airport Rapid Kishuji Rapid		Sakaishi
Osaka Loop Line		Limited Express Kuroshio		Izumi-Fuchu (some trains only) Hineno
Osaka Loop Line		Kansai Airport Limited Express Haruka		Izumi-Fuchu (some trains only) Kansai Airport
Shin-Osaka (JR-A46)		West Express Ginga		Wakayama (JR-R54)

History

Station numbering was introduced to the JR West facilities March 2018 with the Yamatoji Line being assigned station number JR-Q20, the Osaka Loop line being assigned station number JR-O01, and the Hanwa Line being assigned station number JR-R20. ^[5][6]

Osaka Metro station

Tennoji Station 天王寺駅
Osaka Metro station
Midōsuji Line platforms
General information
Location	1-48, Abenosuji Itchōme, Abeno-ku (Midosuji Line) 5-52, Chausuyamachō, Tennōji-ku (Tanimachi Line) Osaka, Osaka Japan
Coordinates	34°38′47.59″N 135°30′49.54″E (Midosuji Line) 34°38′50.87″N 135°30′47.4″E (Tanimachi Line)
Operated by	Osaka Metro
Line(s)	Midōsuji Line Tanimachi Line
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform (Midosuji Line) 2 side platforms (Tanimachi Line)
Tracks	5
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	M 23   T 27
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1938 (Midōsuji Line) 1968 (Tanimachi Line)
Passengers
FY2016	256,959 daily[7]
Services
Preceding station Osaka Metro Following station Dōbutsuen-mae  M 22  towards Esaka Midōsuji Line Shōwachō  M 24  towards Nakamozu Shitennōji-mae Yūhigaoka  T 26  towards Dainichi Tanimachi Line Abeno  T 28  towards Yaominami
Location

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 and an island platform serving three tracks on the second basement. They have automatic platform gates.

1	■ Midosuji Line	for Abiko and Nakamozu (including trains terminating at Tennōji)
2	■ Midosuji Line	Starting Tennoji for Namba, Umeda, Nakatsu and Shin-Osaka
3	■ Midosuji Line	from Nakamozu, Shinkanaoka and Abiko for Namba, Umeda, Shin-Osaka and Minoh-kayano

Tanimachi Line

• The station has two side platforms with two tracks on the third basement, under the ticket gates and concourse under the underground city "Avetika".

1	■ Tanimachi Line	for Yaominami
2	■ Tanimachi Line	for Higashi-Umeda, Miyakojima and Dainichi

Train services in off-peak hours

Midosuji Line (weekdays)

northbound trains

6 or 7 trains from Nakamozu to Minoh-kayano (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 Minoh-kayano (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

Tennōji-ekimae Station 天王寺駅前駅
Hankai Tramway
Station building
General information
Location	Abenosuji Itchōme, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Japan
Coordinates	34°38′46.74″N 135°30′46.56″E
Operated by	Hankai Tramway
Line(s)	Uemachi Line
Other information
Station code	HN01
History
Opened	1900
Location

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.^[8]

■ Uemachi Line

for Sumiyoshi-Toriimae, Abikomichi and Hamadera-ekimae

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

«		Service	»
Hankai Tramway (HN01)
Uemachi Line
Terminus		-	Abeno (HN02)

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
  • Tennōji Zoo
  • Osaka Municipal Museum of Art
• Tennoji MiO (shopping mall)
  • Main Building
  • Plaza Annex
• Abeno Harukas
  • Kintetsu Department Store Main Store Abeno Harukas
  • Harukas 300
  • Abeno Harukas Art Museum
  • Osaka Mariott Miyako Hotel
• Tennōji Miyako Hotel
• Hoop
• and
• Avetika (underground city)
• Abeno Cues Town (shopping mall)
• Shitennō-ji
• Isshin-ji
• 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

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• Official Site - Midōsuji Line (in Japanese)
• Official Site - Midōsuji Line (in English)
• Official Site - Tanimachi Line (in Japanese)
• Official Site - Tanimachi Line (in English)