Urakami Station
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Urakami Station
浦上駅 |
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| Location | Kawaguchi-machi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki （ 長崎県長崎市川口町） Japan |
| Operated by | JR Kyushu |
| Line(s) | Nagasaki Main Line |
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| Opened | 1897 |
| Previous names | Nagasaki (until 1905) |
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| Passengers (2005) | 3,801 daily |
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.
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.
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.
On average 3,801 people use this station per day (2005 estimate).
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.
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