The existence of the station naturally made the area the primary transport hub of the city.

The air raids in World War II flattened the blocks in front of the station.

Immediately after the war, the area turned into a huge black market, the atmosphere of which remained until redevelopment in the 1970s.

In 1983, a high-rise building, Acty Osaka, which housed a department store and a hotel, was added to the south of the station.

This is the first step in a larger drive to redevelop the land used by JR Freight's Umeda Terminal, which is seen as the last undeveloped piece of real estate in the area.

[4][5] The new underground facilities at Osaka Station (nicknamed Ume-kita during planning and construction) opened for service from the start of the revised timetable on 18 March 2023.

[6] In preparation for the opening, all limited express trains running on the Umeda Freight Line were re-routed through the new underground tracks in February 2023.