Sakuranomiya Station

Sakuranomiya Station 桜ノ宮駅
Location	Miyakojima, Osaka, Osaka Japan
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Osaka Loop Line
History
Opened	1898

Sakuranomiya Station (桜ノ宮駅 Sakuranomiya-eki) is a train station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Osaka Loop Line in Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, Japan.

Layout

There are two side platforms with two tracks elevated.

1	■ Osaka Loop Line	inner track for Ōsaka and Nishikujō
2	■ Osaka Loop Line	outer track for Kyōbashi and Tsuruhashi

History

The station opened on April 27, 1898 on the exiting railway that would be called the Osaka Loop Line. Between December 21, 1901 and November 15, 1913, the Sakuranomiya Line connected Sakuranomiya and Hanaten Station on the present-day Katamachi Line.^[1]

Surroundings

• Osaka City General Hospital
• Miyakojima Station (Osaka Municipal Subway Tanimachi Line)
• Osaka Amenity Park (OAP)

Stations next to Sakuranomiya

«		Service	»
Osaka Loop Line
Kyōbashi		All types	Temma

Past railway line

«		Service	»
Japanese Government Railway Sakuranomiya Line (1901–1913)
Amijima		-	Terminus

References

1. Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 121, 358. ISBN 4533029809.

Coordinates: 34°42′17.71″N 135°31′13.16″E / 34.7049194°N 135.5203222°E