Urakami Station

Urakami Station
浦上駅
Location Kawaguchi-machi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki
( 長崎県長崎市川口町)
Japan
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s) Nagasaki Main Line
History
Opened 1897
Previous names Nagasaki (until 1905)
Traffic
Passengers (2005) 3,801 daily
The platforms at Urakami Station

Urakami Station (浦上駅 Urakami-eki) is a railway station in Kawaguchi-chō, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nagasaki Main Line. It is the station where the "old line" and "new line" sections of the Nagasaki Line intersect. In front of the station is the Urakami Ekimae stop on the Nagasaki Electric Tramway.

Layout

The current station building was built after the previous one was burnt down by the atomic bombing. There is one automatic ticket machine, but no automatic turnstile. Urakami Station has two island platforms facing each other, servicing two tracks. There is an overhead walkway connecting the two platforms.

Tracks
1 Limited Express Kamome
Express Seaside Liner
Nagasaki Main Line
To Nagasaki
2 Limited Express Kamome To IsahayaSagaHakata
Express Seaside Liner To Isahaya・ŌmuraHuis ten BoschSasebo
Nagasaki Main Line(via Ichinuno To Isahaya・YueHizen-YamaguchiTosu
Nagasaki Main Line(via Nagayo)・Ōmura Line To Isahaya・Ōmura・Huis ten Bosch・Sasebo

Environs

In front of the station is the Urakami Ekimae stop of the Nagasaki Electric Tramway. Behind the station is a hospital, and nearby are condos, concert halls, broadcast stations and schools among other things. Many of the people who use this station are commuters to these places.

Educational facilities

Medical care

Cultural facilities

Media

Usage

On average 3,801 people use this station per day (2005 estimate).

History

Stone monument noting that this was the site of the original Nagasaki Station.
Urakami Station immediately following the atomic bombing.
View of the old station circa 1899.

When this station first opened on July 22, 1897, it was called Nagasaki Station. Even today there is a stone monument in one corner of the station plaza which reads "The Site of Nagasaki Station" (「長崎駅址」). On August 9, 1945 the station was destroyed by the nuclear bomb dropped on Nagasaki.

Adjacent stations

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«Service»
Isahaya   Nagasaki Main Line (Limited Express Kamome)   Nagasaki
Kikitsu   Nagasaki Main Line (Rapid Seaside Liner※)   Nagasaki
Utsutsugawa   Nagasaki Main Line ("new line" local service)   Nagasaki
Nishi-Urakami   Nagasaki Main Line ("old line" local service)   Nagasaki

※Some trains are different in a station to stop.

Coordinates: 32°45′56″N 129°51′48″E / 32.765449°N 129.863292°E / 32.765449; 129.863292

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