History
Bentenchō Station opened in two parts — the JNR Osaka Loop Line station on 25 April 1961 between Nishi-Kujō and the Sakaigawa Signal Box, then the Osaka Municipal Subway 4th Line (today the Chuo Line) Bentenchō Station on 11 December 1961, making it a transfer point. The Chuo Line was extended on 31 October 1964, the station passed to JR West on 1 April 1987, and a north exit financed mainly by the city opened in July 1990. ICOCA and PiTaPa became usable in November 2003 and February 2006 respectively, and the long-standing Transportation Science Museum closed beside the JR station on 6 April 2014, with portions of its collection moving to the Kyoto Railway Museum that opened in April 2016. A new JR station building entered service on 1 March 2025.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Notes
The Osaka Metro platform is the highest geometric subway platform in Japan, sitting on a viaduct deck above the JR station.