Sakuranomiya Station

Sakuranomiya Station 桜ノ宮駅
General information
Location	Miyakojima, Osaka, Osaka Japan
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Osaka Loop Line
Other information
Station code	JR-O09
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 27 April 1898 on the exiting railway that would be called the Osaka Loop Line. Between 21 December 1901 and 15 November 1913, the Sakuranomiya Line connected Sakuranomiya and Hanaten Station on the present-day Katamachi Line.^[1]

Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Sakuranomiya being assigned station number JR-O09.^[2][3]

Surrounding area

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

Adjacent stations

«		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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 121, 358. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
2. "近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
3. "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

34°42′17.71″N 135°31′13.16″E