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Kansai Airport Station

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Platforms
  
2 island platforms

Address
  
Japan

Tracks
  
4

Opened
  
15 June 1994

Kansai Airport Station

Location
  
1, Senshu-kuko-naka, Tajiri, Sennan, Osaka (大阪府泉南郡田尻町泉州空港中1) Japan

Operated by
  
Nankai Electric Railway JR West

Line(s)
  
Nankai Airport Line Kansai Airport Line

Connections
  
Kansai International Airport

Connection
  
Kansai International Airport

Similar
  
Hineno Station, Rinkū Town Station, Namba Station, Shin‑Imamiya Station, Tennōji Station

Kansai airport station jr ticket office jr


Kansai Airport Station (関西空港駅, Kansaikūkō-eki) is a railway station shared by Nankai Electric Railway and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) at Kansai International Airport in Tajiri, Sennan District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The northern end of the platforms extends into the city of Izumisano.

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Layout

This station has an island platforms serving 2 tracks for each company.

Platforms

  • Nankai "Rapi:t" airport limited express trains depart mainly from Track 1.
  • History

    The station opened on June 15, 1994, two and a half months before the opening of the airport. During this initial period, the station was open to the public but only airport employees and related personnel were allowed to leave the station concourse (a similar situation to Umi-Shibaura Station in Tokyo).

    Since the mid-2000s, there have been plans to link Kansai Airport Station and central Osaka by a new underground railway line tentatively called the Naniwasuji Line, which would run between Namba and Shin-Osaka. In 2010, government calculations indicated that the new line would reduce travel time from Umeda to Kansai Airport to as little as 41 minutes, versus the current 56–68 minutes. The station is also one of the proposed terminals for the Hokuriku Shinkansen high-speed rail line.

    References

    Kansai Airport Station Wikipedia