Rinkū-town Station (りんくうタウン駅, Rinkū-taun-eki) is an elevated passenger railway station shared by Nankai Electric Railway and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) located in Izumisano, Osaka, Japan, jointly operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway.[1] It serves the Rinku Town commercial district located adjacent to Kansai International Airport. With the exception of Kansai Airport Limited Express Haruka services, all train services to and from the airport make stop at this station. It has the Nankai station number "NK31",[1] and the JR West station number "JR-S46".
Rinkū-town Station りんくうタウン駅 | |||||||||||
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 Rinkū-town Station building in March 2007 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1, Rinkū Ōrai-kita, Izumisano City, Osaka Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°24′37.64″N 135°17′59.61″E / 34.4104556°N 135.2998917°E | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Bus terminal | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
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| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 June 1994[1] | ||||||||||
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| 2019 | 6,263 daily (Nankai) 3,574 daily (JR West) | ||||||||||
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Lines
editRinkū-town Station is served by the Nankai Airport Line and is 39.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Namba. It is also served by the Kansai Airport Line and is 39.1 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Tennōji.
Station layout
editThe station has two island platforms on the third floor, serving two tracks each. Trains for different railway companies stop at adjacent platforms without any physical barriers, but transfers can only be made between the two by using special IC card terminals located within the station. The station is directly connected to the Rinku Gate Tower Building.[1]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Nankai Railway Airport Line | for Kansai Airport |
| 2 | ■ JR West Kansai Airport Line | for Kansai Airport |
| 3 | ■ JR West Kansai Airport Line | Kansai Airport Rapid Service and Direct Rapid Service for Tennōji and Osaka Shuttle trains for Hineno |
| 4 | ■ Nankai Railway Airport Line | for Namba |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| Nankai Electric Railway Airport Line (NK31) | ||||
| Izumisano (NK30) | Local | Kansai Airport (NK32) | ||
| Izumisano (NK30) | Airport Express | Kansai Airport (NK32) | ||
| Izumisano (NK30) | Airport Limited Express "Rapi:t" | Kansai Airport (NK32) | ||
| West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Kansai Airport Line | ||||
| Hineno | Local (shuttle trains) | Kansai Airport | ||
| Hineno | Kansai Airport Rapid Service | Kansai Airport | ||
| Hineno | Direct Rapid Service | Kansai Airport | ||
| Kansai Airport Limited Express "Haruka": Does not stop at this station | ||||
History
editThe station opened on 15 June 1994.[2]
Station numbering was introduced to the JR West facilities in March 2018 with Rinkū-town being assigned station number JR-R46 for the Kansai Airport Line.[3][4]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the JR West portion of the station was used by an average of 3574 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), while the Nankai portion of the station was used by an average of 6,263 passengers daily during the same period..[5]
Surrounding area
edit- Rinku Gate Tower Building
- Rinku Premium Outlet shopping mall
- Rinku Pleasure Town Seacle, commercial facility
- Marble Beach
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d りんくうタウン駅｜南海電鉄. www.nankai.co.jp (in Japanese). Nankai Electric Railway. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
Rinkū-town Station
- ^ "データで見るJR西日本 2022" [JR West Japan 2022 in Data] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 2022. pp. 88–90. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ "近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ 大阪府統計年鑑（令和2年 [Osaka Prefectural Statistical Yearbook] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Osaka Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
External links
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Media related to Rinku-town Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Nankai Electric Railway station information (in Japanese)