Nagasaki Station

Nagasaki Station (長崎駅, Nagasaki-eki) is a railway station in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It is the terminus of the Nagasaki Main Line.

Nagasaki Station 長崎駅
Nagasaki Station in April 2020
Location	Onoue-machi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Japan
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	Nagasaki Main Line
History
Opened	1905
Passengers
FY2016	10,650 daily
Rank	13th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Nagasaki Station Location within Japan

The station is connected by the Kamome limited express to Hakata and by the Seaside Liner rapid service to Sasebo. Nagasaki Electric Tramway services call at a stop in front of the station.

Lines

• Nagasaki Main Line

Station layout

The station has three platforms serving five tracks.

Platforms

0-4	■ Nagasaki Main Line	for Isahaya, Ōmura, Huis Ten Bosch, Haiki, and Sasebo
	■ Nagasaki Main Line	for Kikitsu, Isahaya, Hizen-Yamaguchi, Saga, and Tosu
	■ Kamome limited express	for Saga and Hakata

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nagasaki Main Line
Urakami		Kamome	Terminus
Urakami		Rapid	Terminus
Urakami		Local	Terminus

History

The station was opened on 5 April 1905 when the railway was extended from the former Nagasaki Station to the present station. The former station, opened in 1897, was renamed Urakami Station.

• 5 April 1905 - Opened by Kyushu Railway.
• 1 July 1907 - The railways are nationalized and the station becomes part of Japanese Government Railways.
• 12 October 1909 – Japanese National Railways (JNR) renames the line the Nagasaki Main Line (長崎本線).
• 9 August 1945 – Station damaged in the atomic bombing of the city.
• June 1969 – The elevated station is completed.
• 6 June 1976 – The track between Tosu and Nagasaki is electrified.
• 1 April 1987 – JNR is privatized and the station is inherited by JR Kyushu.
• 28 March 2020 - The station is rebuilt and is open as a fully elevated station in preparation for the Kyushu Shinkansen Nagasaki Route[1]

Surrounding area

Nagasaki-Ekimae tram stop

• Nagasaki Electric Tramway Nagasaki-Ekimae tram stop
• Nagasaki Ken-ei Bus Terminal
• JR Kyushu Nagasaki Railway Division Nagasaki transportation center
• National Route 202
• Amu Plaza Nagasaki
• JR Kyushu Hotel Nagasaki
• Hotel New Nagasaki
• Nishi Kyushu Daiichi Hotel
• Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan
• NHK Nagasaki Broadcasting Station
• Nagasaki Chūō Post Office

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 10,650 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 13th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[2]

References

1. "JR 新「長崎駅」開業 高架化、踏切4カ所廃止 長崎－浦上両駅 新型コロナで式典で中止". 長崎新聞. March 29, 2020. Archived from the original on March 29, 2020. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
2. "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2018.