is a major interchange railway station in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the western terminus of the high-speed Tà Âkaidà  Shinkansen from Tokyo, the eastern terminus of the San'yà  Shinkansen from Fukuoka, and one of the primary rail hubs in Osaka. The two Shinkansen lines are physically connected, allowing many services to operate through between them.
The station opened in 1964 and was built about from the older à Âsaka Station to avoid the engineering challenges of extending the Shinkansen line into the city center. The JR Kyoto Line and the Midà Âsuji Line subway offer convenient connections to other major destinations throughout central Osaka.
The JR station consists of five island platforms serving ten tracks for JR West Lines at ground level, with two side platforms and three island platforms serving eight Shinkansen tracks operated by JR Central located on the fourth level, over the platforms and tracks for the JR West Lines in the east. There was a space on the east side of former Track 10 from the opening of the station, where another platform serving current Tracks 9 and 10 is located, and the existing services shifted eastward one platform at a time (and renovations performed on each newly vacated platform), with the westernmost platform used by services on the Osaka Higashi Line, was commenced by the 16 March 2019. On the northern side of the station, an additional eastbound Shinkansen platform, Track 27, was opened on 16 March 2013. (This northern area was originally reserved for a connection from Awaji Station and Jà «sà  Station by Hankyu Railway, but these plans were later cancelled and the space unused).
This station has one island platform with two tracks on the third level, located to the west of the platforms and tracks for the Shinkansen.
Although the station is elevated, access is only available through the Shinkansen platforms.
In 2020, a viewing space was added on the north side of the platforms.
Inside the station
North
South
East (Hinode side)