It is now official that the "Kita Umeda Station" is not going to be an actual new station, but a seperate set of underground platforms for the Osaka Station (similar to the Keiyo Line platforms for the Tokyo Station), which will also have a new entrance at the west side of the station and underground passage to access the underground platforms. This also means more commercial development for the empty-ish parcel of land at the west side and Haruka will finally stop at Osaka Station after 30+ years of service.
https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2020/03/page_15901.html>>1463419>Vintage pictures of various streetcar systemsIt is kind of interesting how the major cities had some sort of streetcar networks before they were scrapped / reduced significantly as subway systems have basically completely replaced them for obvious reasons
