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WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY CORPORATE OPERATING STRATEGY BUSINESS DATA OTHER Fact Sheets 2021 OVERVIEW ENVIRONMENT 11 Business Railway-related projects in the Kansai Urban Area DEVELOPMENT in KANSAI URBAN AREA (As of March 2021) Travel time from Osaka to Kansai Airport Tanikawa Umekoji-Kyotonishi New station Access Method Travel Time Opened in March 2019 Kusatsu Yamashina Kansai - Airport Rapid Current 64 min.*1 Ibaraki Station Service from Osaka Relocate a portion of a branch New station between improvement and After opening line of the Tokaido Line Himeji and Agaho Kyoto Kyoto “Haruka” from development inside Railway of underground 44 min.*2 underground and Umekita Kyoto opening in Spring 2026 Opened in April 2018 underground station Museum station (Osaka) Underground Station Opened in *1 March 2017 timetable basis April 2016 (Planned for Spring 2023) *2 After opening of Naniwasuji Line Tokaido Shinkansen Himeji Maya New station Timetable is under consideration Shin-Kobe Opened in Shin-Osaka Nara Line March 2016 Double track Sanyo Shinkansen Shin- Kakogawa II stage Osaka JR Soujiji Spring 2023 Kobe Shin-Kobe New station Opened in Kyobashi Higashi-Himeji Sannomiya March 2018 Amagasaki New station Transport access Opened in Amagasaki Nara March 2016 Kobe under consideration Osaka Hanaten Nishi-Akashi Osaka Tennoji Sakurajima Kyobashi Oji Naniwasuji Line Yumeshima Osaka Higashi Line Takada (The site of World Expo Nishikujo (Planned for Access to eastern part All segments open 2025 and candidate site Spring 2031) from March 2019 for an integrated resort) of Osaka and Nara JR-Namba Kansai-airport Tennoji Nara Kansai-airport Access to Kansai Airport MAJOR PROJECTS Kyuhoji • Naniwasuji Line • Relocate a portion of a branch line of the Tokaido Line underground and Hineno Project overview open a new station · Total cost: Approx. 330.0 billion yen Reference: Location of Yumeshima Project overview · length: Approx. 7.4 km · Total cost: approx. 69.0 billion yen N Project leaders · Length: Approx. 2.4 km · Construction: Kansai Rapid Railway Co., Ltd. · New station plan: underground station with Osaka · Operations: two unattached platforms and four train lines Umekita (Osaka) underground station NakanoshimaNakanoshima Project leaders Nishi-Hommachi Station (provisional name) – · Construction: Keihan JR Namba Station JR Yumesaki Line Nakanoshima Line City of Osaka, West Japan Railway Company : West Japan Railway Company · Operations: West Japan Railway Company Umekita (Osaka) underground station – Universal-cityUniversal-city Nishi-Hommachi Station (provisional name) – Project timeline Shin-Imamiya Station Nov. 2015 Construction started SakurajimaSakurajima : Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. Spring 2023 Scheduled switchover to Yumeshima underground operations and Project timeline Osaka Metro Chuo Line opening of a new station Spring 2031 Scheduled to start operations JR Osaka Loop Line CosmosquareCosmosquare.

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