Kintetsu Osaka Namba Station

E101440

railway station underground railway station

Kintetsu Osaka Namba Station is a major terminal for Kintetsu Railway and Hanshin Electric Railway located in Osaka’s Namba district, providing regional and intercity rail connections.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Hanshin Osaka Namba Station	2
Kintetsu Osaka Namba Station canonical	2
Kintetsu Namba Station	1
Kintetsu Osaka Abenobashi Station	1
Kintetsu Railway Osaka Abenobashi Station	1
Kintetsu Railway at Namba Station	1
Osaka-Namba Station (railway)	1
Ōsaka Namba Station (Hanshin Railway)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T760256 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kintetsu Osaka Namba Station
Context triple: [Namba Station, hasPart, Kintetsu Osaka Namba Station]

A. Shin-Osaka Station
Shin-Osaka Station is a major railway and Shinkansen hub in Osaka that serves as a key gateway connecting the city with other regions across Japan.
B. Umeda Station (Osaka Metro)
Umeda Station (Osaka Metro) is a major subway hub in Osaka’s Umeda district, serving multiple Osaka Metro lines and providing extensive connections to nearby JR and private railway stations.
C. Osaka Station
Osaka Station is a major railway terminal and transportation hub in Osaka, Japan, serving numerous local and long-distance train lines and connecting key commercial districts.
D. Tennoji Station
Tennoji Station is a major railway and transportation hub in Osaka, Japan, serving multiple JR, subway, and private railway lines and connecting key commercial and tourist areas.
E. Amagasaki Station
Amagasaki Station is a major railway hub in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, served by several JR West lines and functioning as an important commuter gateway to the Osaka–Kobe urban area.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kintetsu Osaka Namba Station
Target entity description: Kintetsu Osaka Namba Station is a major terminal for Kintetsu Railway and Hanshin Electric Railway located in Osaka’s Namba district, providing regional and intercity rail connections.

A. Shin-Osaka Station
Shin-Osaka Station is a major railway and Shinkansen hub in Osaka that serves as a key gateway connecting the city with other regions across Japan.
B. Umeda Station (Osaka Metro)
Umeda Station (Osaka Metro) is a major subway hub in Osaka’s Umeda district, serving multiple Osaka Metro lines and providing extensive connections to nearby JR and private railway stations.
C. Osaka Station
Osaka Station is a major railway terminal and transportation hub in Osaka, Japan, serving numerous local and long-distance train lines and connecting key commercial districts.
D. Tennoji Station
Tennoji Station is a major railway and transportation hub in Osaka, Japan, serving multiple JR, subway, and private railway lines and connecting key commercial and tourist areas.
E. Amagasaki Station
Amagasaki Station is a major railway hub in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, served by several JR West lines and functioning as an important commuter gateway to the Osaka–Kobe urban area.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway station ⓘ underground railway station ⓘ
adjacentStation	Kintetsu Nipponbashi Station ⓘ Kintetsu Osaka Uehommachi Station ⓘ
category	Hanshin Electric Railway stations ⓘ Kintetsu Railway stations ⓘ Railway stations in Osaka Prefecture ⓘ
connectedTo	JR Namba Station ⓘ Osaka Metro Namba Station ⓘ surface form: Namba Station (Osaka Metro) Kintetsu Osaka Namba Station self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ōsaka Namba Station (Hanshin Railway)
country	Japan ⓘ
formerName	Namba Station ⓘ surface form: Kintetsu Namba Station
hasFacility	elevators ⓘ escalators ⓘ restrooms ⓘ shops ⓘ ticket gates ⓘ
hasService	limited express trains ⓘ local trains ⓘ rapid express trains ⓘ
locatedIn	Chuo-ku, Osaka ⓘ surface form: Chūō-ku, Osaka Kansai region ⓘ Namba ⓘ Osaka ⓘ Osaka Prefecture ⓘ
near	Dotonbori ⓘ surface form: Dōtonbori Namba City shopping mall ⓘ Namba Parks ⓘ Nankai Railway Namba Station ⓘ surface form: Nankai Namba Station
openingDate	1970 ⓘ
operator	Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ⓘ surface form: Hanshin Electric Railway Kintetsu Railway ⓘ
partOf	Kintetsu Namba Line terminal complex ⓘ
platformType	island platforms ⓘ
railwayLine	Hanshin Main Line through services ⓘ Hanshin Namba Line ⓘ Kintetsu Namba Line ⓘ Kintetsu Nara Line ⓘ Kintetsu Nara Line ⓘ surface form: Kintetsu Nara Line through services Kintetsu Osaka Line ⓘ
renovation	station renamed to Osaka Namba Station in 2009 ⓘ
serves	Namba commercial district ⓘ intercity rail traffic ⓘ regional rail traffic in Kansai ⓘ
structureType	underground ⓘ
ticketingSystem	IC cards accepted ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Namba Station → hasPart → Kintetsu Osaka Namba Station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanshin Osaka Namba Station

Kintetsu Railway → operates → Kintetsu Osaka Namba Station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kintetsu Osaka Abenobashi Station

Kintetsu Railway → operates → Kintetsu Osaka Namba Station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kintetsu Namba Station

Osaka Metro Midosuji Line → interchangeWith → Kintetsu Osaka Namba Station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kintetsu Railway at Namba Station

Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store → connectedTo → Kintetsu Osaka Namba Station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kintetsu Railway Osaka Abenobashi Station

Kintetsu Osaka Namba Station → connectedTo → Kintetsu Osaka Namba Station self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ōsaka Namba Station (Hanshin Railway)

Dotonbori Street → transportAccess → Kintetsu Osaka Namba Station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Osaka-Namba Station (railway)

Osaka Metro Namba Station → connectsTo → Kintetsu Osaka Namba Station ⓘ