Kitahama Station (Osaka)

Kitahama Station (北浜駅, Kitahama-eki) is a railway station on the Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Main Line and the Osaka Metro Sakaisuji Line in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan.

Kitahama Station 北浜駅
Osaka Metro station
Keihan Main Line platform (September 2007)
General information
Location	Osaka Japan
Operated by	Osaka Metro Keihan Electric Railway
Line(s)	Sakaisuji Line Keihan Main Line
Platforms	2 island platforms (1 for each line)
Tracks	4 (2 for each line)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	KH02 (Keihan Electric Railway)  K 14
History
Opened	1963 (Keihan Main Line) 1969 (Sakaisuji Line)
Services
Preceding station Osaka Metro Following station Minami-morimachi  K 13  towards Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme Sakaisuji Line Sakaisuji-Hommachi  K 15  towards Tengachaya
Location Kitahama Station Location within Osaka Prefecture Kitahama Station Kitahama Station (Japan)

Kitahama is the closest station to the Osaka Securities Exchange and the financial district.

Lines

• Keihan Electric Railway
  • Keihan Main Line
• Osaka Metro
  • Sakaisuji Line (Station Number: K14)

Layout

Sakaisuji Line platform (January 2008)

Keihan Electric Railway Kaihan Main Line

• There is an island platform with two tracks

1	■ Keihan Main Line	for Hirakatashi, Chushojima, Sanjo and Demachiyanagi
2	■ Keihan Main Line	to Yodoyabashi

Osaka Metro Sakaisuji Line

• There is an island platform with two tracks

1	■ Sakaisuji Line	for Sakaisuji-Hommachi, Nippombashi, Dobutsuen-mae and Tengachaya
2	■ Sakaisuji Line	for Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchome, Awaji, Kita-Senri and Takatsuki-shi

Around the station

• Naniwa Bridge
• Nakanoshima Park
• Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library
• The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
• Naniwabashi Station on the Keihan Nakanoshima Line
• Osaka Securities Exchange
• Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. Osaka branch
• Shionogi (Doshomachi)
• The Kitahama
• Capcom
• Animation Do (subsidiary of Kyoto Animation)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Keihan Railway Keihan Main Line
Yodoyabashi		All types	Temmabashi
Osaka Metro Sakaisuji Line  K14
Minami-morimachi  K13		Local		Sakaisuji-Hommachi  K15
Minami-morimachi  K13		Semi-Express		Sakaisuji-Hommachi  K15
Extra Limited Express "Hozu": Does not stop at this station

External links

• (in Japanese) Kitahama Station from Osaka Metro website
• (in English) Kitahama Station from Osaka Metro website
• (in Japanese) Kitahama Station from Keihan Electric Railway website