JR Freight Umeda Station operations to Kudara, Suita

[miyakoji]

Maybe overshadowed by more interesting things going on, JR Freight's Umeda Station, immediately north of JR West's Osaka Station, is being phased out. Operations are being transfered to the renewed and renamed Kudara Freight Terminal in Higashi-Sumiyoshi Ward, near Tōbu-shijō-mae Station on the Kansai Line, and to the new Suita Freight Terminal, built on the site of the former Suita Marshalling Yard. Its history going back to 1874, Umeda is set to be closed on April 1. I'm looking for what will be built here (I assume there's a plan), an eastern slice of the yard was already closed and redeveloped, on the google map of Umeda below, it appears that 4 high-rises are under construction there.

 

Tetsudou Fan news: http://railf.jp/news/2013/03/16/134200.html

blog with pictures of the new freight yard at Suita: http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/map/2013/01/post-a8c6.html

blog with pictures of Kudara: http://osaka-salon2.seesaa.net/article/347362598.html

 

YT videos of a bus tour of the Suita yard, by amateur7in7suita:

 

 

 

- at the beginning of the first one, the bus passes the Asahi brewery seen in the map of Suita below, immediately northwest of Suita passenger station. I think the tunnels they're driving in don't exist yet in the aerial map.

 

google maps centered on:

- Umeda: http://maps.google.co.jp/?ll=34.70365,135.492808&spn=0.007612,0.012048&t=h&z=17&brcurrent=3,0x6000e68ed900723d:0xc7854729407d3dc3,1

- Kudara: http://maps.google.co.jp/?ll=34.636748,135.541173&spn=0.003809,0.006024&t=h&z=18&brcurrent=3,0x6000de66a8e6cc73:0x7221ad8920c6e9fd,1

- Suita: http://maps.google.com/?ll=34.767493,135.530584&spn=0.015212,0.024097&t=h&z=16

Edited March 16, 2013 by miyakoji

[Sacto1985]

I expect more high-rise buildings in what used to be Umeda Yard, since the land there is so valuable in the first place.