History
Rinkū-town Station opened on 15 June 1994, simultaneously with the JR Kansai Airport Line and the Nankai Airport Line, as a joint station for the two operators. The two carriers share tracks between this station and Kansai Airport Station, leased from third-sector New Kansai International Airport. Unlike at Kansai Airport, here the fare gates and concourse are shared, with an IC-card transfer terminal inside the paid area. ICOCA began on 1 November 2003, PiTaPa on 1 July 2006. Service was suspended from 4 September 2018 due to typhoon damage to the airport access bridge; partial service to this station resumed on 8 September and full operation on 18 September.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Rinkū-town is the only Nankai station with no kanji in its name, and as of 2026 it is the only station where Nankai and JR West passengers can transfer without leaving the paid area.