Editing Osaka (section)

== Transportation ==
{{Main|Transport in Keihanshin}}{{Easy CSS image crop|Image=Osaka Urban Railway network.svg|desired_width=300|crop_left_perc=5|crop_right_perc=35|crop_top_perc=15|crop_bottom_perc=|Location=right|caption=The black lines represent the [[commuter rail]] network serving the Osaka metropolitan area. The pink lines represent the [[Osaka Metro]] system. The blue lines represent three rail extension projects: the [[Osaka Monorail Main Line]] (right), the [[Naniwasuji Line]] (center), and the {{ill|Osaka Port Transport System Hokkō Line|ja|大阪港トランスポートシステム北港テクノポート線}} (left).}}Greater Osaka has an extensive network of railway lines, comparable to that of Greater Tokyo. Major stations within the city include {{Nihongo4|[[Umeda Station|Umeda]]|梅田}}, {{Nihongo4|[[Namba Station|Namba]]|難波}}, {{Nihongo4|[[Shinsaibashi Station|Shinsaibashi]]|心斎橋}}, {{Nihongo4|[[Tennōji Station|Tennōji]]|天王寺}}, {{Nihongo4|[[Kyōbashi Station (Osaka)|Kyōbashi]]|京橋}}, and {{Nihongo4|[[Yodoyabashi Station|Yodoyabashi]]|淀屋橋}}.

Osaka connects to its surrounding cities and suburbs via the [[JR West]] [[Urban Network]] as well as numerous private lines such as [[Keihan Electric Railway]], [[Hankyu Railway]], [[Hanshin Electric Railway]], [[Kintetsu Railway]], and [[Nankai Electric Railway]].

The [[Osaka Metro]] system alone ranks 8th in the world by annual passenger ridership, serving over 912&nbsp;million people annually (a quarter of Greater Osaka Rail System's 4&nbsp;billion annual riders), despite being only 8 of more than 70 lines in the metro area.

All [[Shinkansen]] trains including ''[[Nozomi (train)|Nozomi]]'' stop at [[Shin-Ōsaka Station|Shin-Osaka Station]] and provide access to other major cities in Japan, such as Kobe, Kyoto, Nagoya, Yokohama, and Tokyo.

Regular bus services are provided by [[Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau|Osaka City Bus]], as well Hankyu, Hanshin and Kintetsu, providing a dense network covering most parts of the city.

Osaka is served by two airports situated just outside of the city, [[Kansai International Airport]] ([[IATA]]: '''KIX''') which handles primarily international passenger flights and [[Osaka International Airport]] ([[IATA]]: '''ITM''') which handles mostly domestic services and some international cargo flights.

Due to its geographical position, Osaka's international ferry connections are far greater than that of Tokyo, with international service to Shanghai, [[Tianjin]], and [[Busan]] along with domestic routes to [[Kitakyushu]], [[Kagoshima]], [[Miyazaki, Miyazaki|Miyazaki]] and [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]].