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Development of Kansai Urban Areaosaka WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY CONTENTS CORPORATE OPERATING BUSINESS DATA OTHER OVERVIEW ENVIRONMENT 12 Business Development of Kansai Urban Area ■ Development of Kansai Urban Area *New station names are provisional. (As of May 2014) ■ Development of the Districts around Osaka Station Tanigawa Ibaraki Station improvement Yamashina Amagasaki and development Station improvement Kusatsu Fundamental reevaluation of the West Wing inside station of North Gate Building and development Spring 2018 Kyoto inside station Kyoto • Combine topical shopping centers and department stores Spring 2015 New Railway Musuem specializing in fields where they have a competitive advantage Spring 2016 → Innovate to create an entirely new, attractive facility Himeji Maya* Shin-Osaka • Sales targets Approx. ¥80.0 billion total for East Wing New station Takatsuki Spring 2016 (LUCUA) and West Wing Kakogawa Station improvement Spring 2016 • Outlook for profitability West Japan Railway Isetan Limited: Shin-Kobe Profitable in FY2016/3 Higashi Himeji* Amagasaki JR Soujiji* Kyobashi • Opening schedule In spring 2015 (Plan) New station Sannnomiya New station Spring 2016 Spring 2018 Nara Nara Line Kobe Nishi-Akashi Osaka Double track Tennoji Spring 2023 Oji : JR-West related Takada facilities 関西空港 ■ Development of Osaka Loop Line Area Shin Osaka JR Kyoto Line Station improvement FY2016 Osaka Higashi Line Development inside station Shin Osaka Hankyu Spring 2015 (northern part) Hanaten – Shin-Osaka Umeda Station Umekita Spring 2019 JR Kobe Line new underground station plan Umekita Phase II plan Hankyu Osaka Hanaten Umekita Phase I plan Sanbangai Kyobashi Gakkentoshi Line (Grand Front Osaka) Yodobashi Camera SC (Development plan) Nishikujo JR Tozai Line Yodobashi Camera Osaka Loop Line Renovation Project Morinomiya LUCUA Hankyu Department Tamatsukuri Store JR Namba JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan Department Store Daimaru Morinomiya Station VIERRA TAMATSUKURI Osaka StationDepartment Osaka improvement March 2014 Planned site for new station ALBi Eki Store Higashi Line Marché June 2014 (Plan) Osaka (southern part) Hotel Granvia Osaka Tennoji Hanshin Department Store Kizuri* Umesan Koji (Reconstruction plan) Yamatoji Line New station Spring 2018 Kyuhoji Cetral Post Office Hanshin Reconstruction plan Umeda Station Fact Sheets 2014.
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