| Urakami Station | |
| Native Name: | 浦上駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Style: | JR Kyushu |
| Address: | Kawaguchi-machi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki |
| Country: | Japan |
| Operator: | JR Kyushu |
| Line: | Nagasaki Main Line |
| Opened: | 1897 |
| Former: | Nagasaki (until 1905) |
| Passengers: | 3,801 daily |
| Pass Year: | 2005 |
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.
Urakami Station has a single elevated island platform servicing two tracks.[1] The station entrance and ticketing area are located on the ground level with the platforms on the upper level.[2] There are two automatic ticket machines, a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office and two SUGOCA card readers instead of automatic ticket gates.
| 1 | ■Express Seaside Liner ■Nagasaki Main Line | To Nagasaki |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | ■Express Seaside Liner | To Isahaya・Ōmura・Huis ten Bosch・Sasebo |
| ■Nagasaki Main Line (via Ichinuno) | To Isahaya・Yue・Kōhoku・Tosu | |
| ■Nagasaki Main Line (via Nagayo)・Ōmura Line | To Isahaya・Ōmura・Huis ten Bosch・Sasebo |
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.
The station was rebuilt as an elevated station and reopened on March 28, 2020. The elevation of Urakami Station, together with Nagasaki Station, which started in 2009 as a grade separation project to abolish busy level crossings, is completed in preparation for the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen.
※Some trains are different in a station to stop.