Suita Station (吹田駅, Suita-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is also the location of a freight depot operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

Lines

Suita Station is served by the JR Kyoto Line (Tōkaidō Main Line), and is 35.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kyoto and 548.8 kilometers from the terminus at Tokyo.

Start Layout

The station has two island platform connected by an elevated station building; however, only the inner tracks on both platforms are in use, as the outer tracks are fenced off and used only for passing trains. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1 ■ JR Kyoto Line Passing trains only
2 ■ JR Kyoto Line for Shin-Osaka, Osaka and Sannomiya
3 ■ JR Kyoto Line for Takatsuki and Kyoto
4 ■ JR Kyoto Line Passing trains only

Adjacent stations

« Service »
JR West
Tōkaidō Line passenger tracks (JR Kyōto Line)
Kishibe   Local   Higashi-Yodogawa
Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
Special Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express "Hida": Does not stop at this station
Limited Express "Kuroshio": Does not stop at this station
Tōkaidō Line freight tracks
Suita Signal Box Umeda Freight Line
(no passenger trains stop)
(route for limited express trains "Haruka") 		Shin-Ōsaka
Suita Signal Box Hoppo Freight Line (freight only) Miyahara Depot
Katamachi Line freight branch
Terminus Joto Freight Line Shigino

History

The station opened on 9 August 1876.[1]

Station numbering was introduced to the station in March 2018 with Suita being assigned station number JR-A44.[2][3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 22,896 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

Surrounding area

  • Kita-Osaka Health and Medical City
  • National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
  • Suita Municipal Hospital
  • JR Freight Suita Locomotive Depot
  • JR West Suita Factory
  • Osaka Gakuin University

See also

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. p. 36. 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.
  4. ^ 大阪府統計年鑑（令和2年）

External links

Media related to Suita Station (JR West) at Wikimedia Commons