[1] It serves the Rinku Town commercial district located adjacent to Kansai International Airport.

The station has two island platforms on the third floor, serving two tracks each.

Trains for different railway companies stop at adjacent platforms without any physical barriers, but transfers can only be made between the two by using special IC card terminals located within the station.

The station is directly connected to the Rinku Gate Tower Building.

[3][4] In fiscal 2019, the JR West portion of the station was used by an average of 3574 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), while the Nankai portion of the station was used by an average of 6,263 passengers daily during the same period..[5] Media related to Rinku-town Station at Wikimedia Commons