Umeda Station (Osaka Metro)

E58855

metro station railway station in Japan

Umeda Station (Osaka Metro) is a major subway hub in Osaka’s Umeda district, serving multiple Osaka Metro lines and providing extensive connections to nearby JR and private railway stations.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Umeda Station (Osaka Metro Midosuji Line)	5
Higashi-Umeda Station	1
Higashi-Umeda Station (Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line)	1
Nishi-Umeda Station	1
Umeda Station (Hankyu Railway)	1
Umeda Station (Hanshin Electric Railway)	1
Umeda Station (Osaka Metro) canonical	1
Umeda subway station (Osaka Metro Midosuji Line)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T438558 — 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: Umeda Station (Osaka Metro)
Context triple: [Osaka Station, connectsTo, Umeda Station (Osaka Metro)]

A. Shin-Osaka Station
Shin-Osaka Station is a major railway and Shinkansen hub in Osaka that serves as a key gateway connecting the city with other regions across Japan.
B. Tennoji Station
Tennoji Station is a major railway and transportation hub in Osaka, Japan, serving multiple JR, subway, and private railway lines and connecting key commercial and tourist areas.
C. Osaka Station
Osaka Station is a major railway terminal and transportation hub in Osaka, Japan, serving numerous local and long-distance train lines and connecting key commercial districts.
D. Amagasaki Station
Amagasaki Station is a major railway hub in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, served by several JR West lines and functioning as an important commuter gateway to the Osaka–Kobe urban area.
E. Namba Station
Namba Station is one of Osaka’s major railway and subway terminals, serving as a key commercial and transportation hub in the city’s bustling Namba 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: Umeda Station (Osaka Metro)
Target entity description: Umeda Station (Osaka Metro) is a major subway hub in Osaka’s Umeda district, serving multiple Osaka Metro lines and providing extensive connections to nearby JR and private railway stations.

A. Shin-Osaka Station
Shin-Osaka Station is a major railway and Shinkansen hub in Osaka that serves as a key gateway connecting the city with other regions across Japan.
B. Tennoji Station
Tennoji Station is a major railway and transportation hub in Osaka, Japan, serving multiple JR, subway, and private railway lines and connecting key commercial and tourist areas.
C. Osaka Station
Osaka Station is a major railway terminal and transportation hub in Osaka, Japan, serving numerous local and long-distance train lines and connecting key commercial districts.
D. Amagasaki Station
Amagasaki Station is a major railway hub in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, served by several JR West lines and functioning as an important commuter gateway to the Osaka–Kobe urban area.
E. Namba Station
Namba Station is one of Osaka’s major railway and subway terminals, serving as a key commercial and transportation hub in the city’s bustling Namba district.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	metro station ⓘ railway station in Japan ⓘ
connectsTo	Hankyu Osaka-umeda Station ⓘ Hanshin Osaka-Umeda Station ⓘ linked to: Umeda Station Higashi-Umeda Station ⓘ linked to: Nishi-Umeda Station JR West Osaka Station ⓘ linked to: Osaka Station Nishi-Umeda Station ⓘ Osaka Station ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
fareSystem	IC card compatible ⓘ ICOCA accepted ⓘ PiTaPa accepted ⓘ
formerOperator	Osaka Municipal Subway ⓘ linked to: Osaka Metro
hasConnections	underground shopping malls ⓘ
hasExitsTo	department stores ⓘ office buildings ⓘ underground passages ⓘ
hasFacilities	coin lockers ⓘ restrooms ⓘ shops ⓘ vending machines ⓘ
hasStationCode	M16 ⓘ
hasTicketGates	multiple concourse-level gates ⓘ
isMajorHub	true ⓘ
languageOfSignage	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Korean ⓘ
locatedIn	Kita-ku, Osaka ⓘ Osaka City ⓘ linked to: Osaka Osaka Prefecture ⓘ Umeda district ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Japan Standard Time ⓘ
locatedUnder	Midosuji Avenue ⓘ
nearbyArea	Kita business district ⓘ
nearbyAttraction	Grand Front Osaka ⓘ HEP Five ⓘ Umeda Sky Building ⓘ
numberOfPlatforms	2 ⓘ
numberOfTracks	3 ⓘ
operator	Osaka Metro ⓘ
partOfNetwork	Osaka Metro network ⓘ
platformType	island platform ⓘ
servesDistrict	Umeda commercial district ⓘ linked to: Umeda district
servesLine	Osaka Metro Midosuji Line ⓘ
structureType	underground station ⓘ
ticketing	IC card recharge machines ⓘ automatic ticket machines ⓘ

How these facts were elicited