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.
The conventional line station has two elevated island platforms serving five tracks.[1] The Shinkansen station has two island platforms serving four tracks.
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.
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
^花村, 隆広. "長崎駅が高架化される". 鉄道ファン・railf.jp (in Japanese).
^"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.