JR Osaka Station: it is located in the center of the Kita district. Two other railway companies and three subway lines have their own stations in the vicinity of JR Osaka Station. These stations are named Umeda Station rather than Osaka Station. The shinkansen trains stops at Shin-Osaka Station which is located one station north of Osaka Station by JR train.

Minami: In the Namba area (Minami), three railway companies (JR, Nankai and Kintetsu) and three subway lines have their separate stations, all named Namba Station. The fourth of Osaka's major railway stations is Tennoji Station in the southeast of central Osaka. It is served by JR, Kintetsu Railways, the Hankai Tramway and two subway lines.

Shin-Osaka Station: it is a train station in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the western terminus of the Tokaido Shinkansen, and the eastern terminus of the Sanyo Shinkansen

Tennoji Station: it is the city's main southeastern rail terminal, and is the terminus of the Hanwa Line and the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line. The buildings around the station include, the Kintetsu department store, Mio, Station Plaza, and Hoop shopping malls, Apollo Moive Theater and Lucias department store.

The other rail stations in Osaka include:

    * Teradacho Station
    * Momodani Station
    * Tsuruhashi Station
    * Tamatsukuri Station
    * Tanimachi Kyu-chome Station
    * Tsuruhashi Station
    * Shitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka Station
    * Tennoji Station
    * Uehommachi Station
    * Tsuruhashi Station
    * Osaka Abenobashi Station
    * Tennoji-eki-mae Station