Nagasaki Station

For the station in Shikoku, see Nagasaki Station (Kōchi).

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 Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen and the Nagasaki Main Line, as well as the westernmost high-speed Shinkansen railway station in Japan.

Nagasaki Station 長崎駅
The west entrance of Nagasaki Station in April 2020
General information
Location	Onoue-machi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Japan
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen      Nagasaki Line
Platforms	4 island platforms (2 for Shinkansen, 2 for conventional lines)
Tracks	9 (4 for Shinkansen, 5 for conventional lines)
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	5 April 1905; 119 years ago (1905-04-05)
Passengers
FY2016	10,650 daily
Rank	13th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Services
Preceding station JR Kyushu Following station Terminus Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen Kamome Isahaya towards Takeo-Onsen Nagasaki Line Urakami towards Tosu
Location Nagasaki Station Location within Nagasaki Prefecture Show map of Nagasaki Prefecture Nagasaki Station Nagasaki Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Platform 11 and 12 of JR Kyushu/Nagasaki Station (Shinkansen platform)

Platform 13 and 14 of JR Kyushu/Nagasaki Station (Shinkansen platform)

The station is connected by the Kamome Shinkansen service and the Relay 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

• Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen
• Nagasaki Main Line

Station layout

The conventional line station has two elevated island platforms serving five tracks.^[1] The Shinkansen station has two island platforms serving four tracks.

Platforms

Platform No	Line Name	Direction	Notes
Conventional Lines
1-5	■ Nagasaki Main Line	for Isahaya・Ōmura・Huis Ten Bosch・Haiki・Sasebo
	■ Nagasaki Main Line	for Kikitsu・Isahaya・Kōhoku・Saga・Tosu
Shinkansen Platform
11-14	Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen	for Isahaya・Shin-Ōmura・Takeo-Onsen	Service to Hakata via limited express Relay Kamome, cross-platform transfer available at Takeo-Onsen

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 opened as a fully elevated station in preparation for the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen.^[2]
• 23 September 2022 - The station is serviced by the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen with new Shinkansen platforms.^[3]

Surrounding area

• 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
• Nagasaki Marriott
• Hilton 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.^[4]

References

1. 花村, 隆広. "長崎駅が高架化される". 鉄道ファン・railf.jp (in Japanese).
2. "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.
3. "西九州新幹線が開業、「かもめ」が出発…博多―長崎間は３０分短い最速１時間２０分に". 読売新聞オンライン (in Japanese). 2022-09-23. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
4. "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.

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