History
Kansai Airport Station opened on 15 June 1994, two and a half months before the airport itself, as the shared terminus of Nankai's Airport Line and JR West's Kansai Airport Line. During the initial pre-opening period the station was operational but only airport-related personnel could leave the concourse. Each operator runs its own ticket gates; the track section from Rinkū-town is leased from third-sector New Kansai International Airport. Service was suspended from 4 September 2018 after Typhoon Jebi sent a tanker into the access bridge, and resumed on 18 September 2018 once the rail span was repaired.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station sits inside Tajiri town but the northern end of its platforms extends into neighbouring Izumisano city, so the platforms straddle a municipal boundary.