Kagoshima-Chūō Station
railway station in Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
Kagoshima-Chūō Station (鹿児島中央駅, Kagoshima-Chūō-eki; lit. Kagoshima Central Station) is a major railway station in the city of Kagoshima, Japan. Operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu), it is the main railway terminal serving Kagoshima and is also the southernmost high-speed Shinkansen railway terminal in Japan.
Lines
The station is the southern terminus of the Kyushu Shinkansen and is located 288.9 km from Hakata and 1463.8 km from Tokyo. It is also served by the Kagoshima Main Line and the Nippo Main Line and is 395.3 km from Mojiko. It is also the northern terminus of the 87.8 kilometer Ibusuki-Makurazaki Line.
Layout
The conventional portion of the station consists of three ground-level island platforms and six tracks laid in a roughly north-south direction, while the Shinkansen portion of the station is elevated (three stories) with two island platforms and four tracks laid in a right-angle. The Shinkansen platform can accommodate trains of up to eight cars in length (can be extended to ten cars), and has a movable platform safety fence. The station building is located on the second floor, halfway between the conventional line platform and the Shinkansen platform, and the exits are connected by a concourse. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1316913. Authority coordinates are 31.584, 130.542. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1463.
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