SMART STATIONS IN SMART CITIES 6th International Conference on Railway Stations Madrid, 19‐21 OCTOBER 2017
Development of the Area to the North of Osaka Station Utilizing the Former Umeda Freight Depot (Umekita Urban Development) and the Project to Build a New Station and Undergrounded Section of Track Necessary for Urban Development
Naoko Fukase West Japan Railway Company, Japan Osaka’s location
★ OSAKA ★TOKYO
Page１ The Kinki region around Osaka
20 min. Kyoto Kobe Port (Kobe) 30 min. Kobe 35 min. Osaka 50 km Kansai Kinkakuji Temple International (Kyoto) Airport Nara 80 min.
Wakayama
Daibutsu Nankishirahama (Nara) Page2 (Wakayama) Urban Renewal in Central Osaka Osaka Station City Opened in May 2011
Area around Osaka Station
Top-priority urban Page3 renewal zone The Area around Osaka Station Hankyu 急梅田駅 阪急 １期開発地区Stage 1 development zone Stage２期開発地区 2
Development Zone Umeda Stn.
駅前広場Station Plaza （計画）（Planned） Stage２期開発地区 2 Development Zone
Diamorディアモール Osaka大阪
JR Kitashinchi北新地駅 Stn.
Around 2.5 million passengers per day
Page4 The Area around Osaka Station 2011 2015
Tokaido Line branch line
Freight Station
An obstacle to straightforward urban development
Page5 Tokaido Line feeder line Tokaido Kyoto Line
Tokaido Line branch line Shin-Osaka Shinkansen line
KobeTokaido Line Osaka
HARUKA (Limited express) Osaka Loop Line
Nara
- Limited expresses trains to the airport do not Kansai Airport stop at Osaka Station Kansai Airport Line Page6 Wakayama The Undergrounded Section of Track and New Station
1st stage Tokaido Line branch line development zone [Approx. 7 ha] Opened in 2013
2nd stage [Approx. 24 ha] Scheduled to be completed in 2026 Undergrounded section of track
Municipal park New station Scheduled to be completed in 2023
Facilitating efficient use of urban space
Page7 The effect of the new station Tokaido Kyoto New station Line Shin-Osaka Shinkansen line
KobeTokaido Line Osaka HARUKA (Limited express) Usage situation Osaka Loop Line
Nara
- Limited expresses trains to the airport do not stop at Osaka Station Kansai Airport Limited express trains to the airport will be able to stop at Osaka Station Kansai Airport Line Wakayama Page8 The Significance of Undergrounding the Track and Building a New Station Kyoto Shin-Osaka Kobe
Osaka
Major cities overseas
Nara Kansai Airport （Kansai International Airport） - Boost links with cities in the Kinki region
Develop into a venue for wide-ranging interactions Wakayama - Improve access to Kansai International Airport Strengthen function as a gateway to the global community Page9 The current state of the site
Page10 SMART STATIONS IN SMART CITIES 6th International Conference on Railway Stations Madrid, 19‐21 OCTOBER 2017
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