Kagoshima-Chūō Station
Railway station in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kagoshima-Chūō Station (鹿児島中央駅, Kagoshima-Chūō-eki, Kagoshima Central Station) is a major railway station in Kagoshima, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It is the main railway terminal serving Kagoshima, the southern terminus of the Kyushu Shinkansen, and is located on the Kagoshima Main Line and Ibusuki-Makurazaki Line. It is also the southernmost high-speed Shinkansen railway terminal in Japan.
Kagoshima-Chūō Station 鹿児島中央駅 | |||||||||||
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Shinjitai | 鹿児島中央駅 | ||||||||||
Kyūjitai | 鹿兒島中央驛 | ||||||||||
Hiragana | かごしまちゅうおうえき | ||||||||||
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Location | 1-1 Chūō-chō, Kagoshima City Kagoshima Prefecture Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°35′01″N 130°32′30″E | ||||||||||
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Connections | Bus terminal | ||||||||||
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Opened | 11 October 1913; 110 years ago (1913-10-11) | ||||||||||
Previous names | Take (until 1927); Nishi-Kagoshima (until 2004) | ||||||||||
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FY2016 | 19,842 daily | ||||||||||
Rank | 3rd (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||||||||
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Before the Kyushu Shinkansen opened in 2004, the station was called Nishi-Kagoshima Station (西鹿児島駅, Nishi-Kagoshima-eki, West Kagoshima Station).
In fiscal year 2016, the station was used by an average of 19,842 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked third among the busiest JR Kyushu stations.[1]