Umeda Station (梅田駅, Umeda-eki) is a major railway station in Kita-ku in the northern commercial center of Osaka, Japan. It is the busiest station in western Japan, serving 2,343,727 passengers daily in 2005.[citation needed][clarification needed] Umeda Station is served by the following railways: The freight terminal of Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) (Umeda Freight Branch of Tōkaidō Main Line), closed in 2013, was also called Umeda. | ||||||
Location: 2-25, Ōfukachō, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka PrefectureJapan | ||||||
Operated by: JR Freight | ||||||
Opened: 1928 | ||||||