Osaka

Weekday departures: 2,022/day · Sat & holiday departures: 2,022/day

First / last departure (weekday): 4:55 / 24:16 (00:16 next day)

Busiest hour: 17:00–18:00 (136)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• Osaka Loop Line: Temma ⇄ Fukushima (Osaka)
• Tokaido Main Line: Shin-Osaka ⇄ Tsukamoto ⇄ Fukushima (Osaka)

Ōsaka Station opened on 11 May 1874 as one of the first stations in the Kansai region, with the start of railway service between Osaka and Kobe; the Tōkaidō Main Line was electrified through the station in 1934. Successive rebuildings replaced the original building in 1901, 1940, and 1979 (the North Building), and Acty Osaka rose on the south side in 1983. A second redevelopment in 2011 added the new North Gate Building. The current underground facility on the northwest side of the complex (the "Umekita" platforms), with two platforms serving four tracks, opened for service on 18 March 2023, serving as the western terminus of the Osaka Higashi Line and accommodating Haruka and Kuroshio limited expresses. Station numbering — JR-A47, JR-G47, and JR-O11 — was assigned in March 2018.

World War II air raids levelled the blocks immediately in front of Ōsaka Station, and the cleared land turned into a huge black market after the war, an atmosphere that lingered until the 1970s redevelopment.