Umeda

Umeda Station ( 梅田駅 Umeda-eki ? ) is a railway station located in Kita-ku in the northern commercial center of Osaka , Japan . It is the busiest station in Western Japan, serving 2,343,727 passengers daily in 2005. Umeda Station is served by the following railways: Hankyu Railway ( Kōbe Line , Kyōto Line , Takarazuka Line ) Hanshin Electric Railway ( Main Line ) Osaka Municipal Subway ( Midōsuji Line , Station number: M16) The freight terminal of Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) (Umeda Freight Branch of Tōkaidō Main Line ), closed in 2013, was also called Umeda. The nearby stations Ōsaka ( JR West ), Kitashinchi (JR West Tōzai Line ), Nishi-Umeda (Osaka Subway Yotsubashi Line , Y11) and Higashi-Umeda (Osaka Subway Tanimachi Line , T20) are within walking distance and connected by a large complex of underground malls.