Ōsaka Namba Station

E896374

railway station underground railway station

Ōsaka Namba Station is a major underground railway hub in central Osaka, Japan, serving multiple private railway and subway lines and providing convenient access to the bustling Namba district.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Osaka Namba Station	5
Ōsaka Namba Station canonical	4
Kintetsu Namba Station	2
Namba Station (Osaka Metro)	1
Osaka-Namba Station	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4733138 — 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: Ōsaka Namba Station
Context triple: [Kintetsu Namba Line, terminus, Ōsaka Namba Station]

A. Osaka Abenobashi Station
Osaka Abenobashi Station is a major Kintetsu railway terminal in Osaka’s Abeno district, serving as a key gateway to the surrounding commercial complexes and transit connections.
B. Nishinomiya Station
Nishinomiya Station is a railway station in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, serving as a local transit hub on major regional rail lines.
C. Nankai Railway Namba Station
Nankai Railway Namba Station is a major terminal railway station in Osaka’s Namba district, serving as a key gateway to southern Osaka and Kansai International Airport.
D. Motomachi Station
Motomachi Station is a railway station in Japan that serves the Motomachi district, providing local and regional train access for commuters and visitors.
E. Kintetsu Nipponbashi Station
Kintetsu Nipponbashi Station is a railway station in Osaka, Japan, serving Kintetsu lines and providing access to the bustling Nippombashi shopping and entertainment district.
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: Ōsaka Namba Station
Target entity description: Ōsaka Namba Station is a major underground railway hub in central Osaka, Japan, serving multiple private railway and subway lines and providing convenient access to the bustling Namba district.

A. Osaka Abenobashi Station
Osaka Abenobashi Station is a major Kintetsu railway terminal in Osaka’s Abeno district, serving as a key gateway to the surrounding commercial complexes and transit connections.
B. Nishinomiya Station
Nishinomiya Station is a railway station in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, serving as a local transit hub on major regional rail lines.
C. Nankai Railway Namba Station
Nankai Railway Namba Station is a major terminal railway station in Osaka’s Namba district, serving as a key gateway to southern Osaka and Kansai International Airport.
D. Motomachi Station
Motomachi Station is a railway station in Japan that serves the Motomachi district, providing local and regional train access for commuters and visitors.
E. Kintetsu Nipponbashi Station
Kintetsu Nipponbashi Station is a railway station in Osaka, Japan, serving Kintetsu lines and providing access to the bustling Nippombashi shopping and entertainment district.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway station ⓘ underground railway station ⓘ
adjacentStation	Hanshin Kujo Station ⓘ Hanshin Sakuragawa Station ⓘ Kintetsu Nippombashi Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Kintetsu Osaka Uehommachi Station ⓘ
connectsTo	JR Namba Station ⓘ Nankai Namba Station ⓘ linked to: Nankai Railway Namba Station Osaka Metro Namba Station ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
fareZone	central Osaka fare zone ⓘ
formerName	Kintetsu Namba Station ⓘ linked to: Ōsaka Namba Station
hasConnectionType	through services between Kintetsu and Hanshin lines ⓘ
hasFacility	elevators ⓘ escalators ⓘ restrooms ⓘ ticket gates ⓘ underground concourse ⓘ
hasStationCode	A01 ⓘ HS 41 ⓘ
language	English signage ⓘ Japanese signage ⓘ
locatedIn	Chūō-ku, Osaka ⓘ linked to: Chuo-ku, Osaka Kansai region ⓘ Namba ⓘ Osaka ⓘ Osaka Prefecture ⓘ central Osaka ⓘ
locatedUndergroundBelow	Namba area streets ⓘ
nameChangeDate	2009-03-20 ⓘ
numberOfPlatforms	2 ⓘ
numberOfTracks	4 ⓘ
openingDate	2009-03-20 ⓘ
operator	Hanshin Electric Railway ⓘ linked to: Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. Kintetsu Railway ⓘ
partOfTransportNetwork	Hanshin Electric Railway network ⓘ linked to: Hanshin Railway network Kintetsu Railway network ⓘ linked to: Kintetsu Railway
platformType	island platform ⓘ
providesAccessTo	entertainment district of Namba ⓘ restaurants in Namba ⓘ shopping facilities in Namba ⓘ
railwayLine	Hanshin Namba Line ⓘ Kintetsu Namba Line ⓘ
serves	Minami area of Osaka ⓘ linked to: Minami (South Osaka) area Namba district ⓘ
structureType	underground station ⓘ
ticketingSystem	IC card compatible ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Kintetsu Namba Line → terminus → Ōsaka Namba Station ⓘ

Kintetsu Namba Line → hasStation → Ōsaka Namba Station ⓘ

Hanshin Namba Line → startingStation → Osaka Namba Station ⓘ