History
Shōwa-machi-dōri opened on 8 May 1960 on the Nagasaki Electric Tramway main line as stop 13A. Originally it had paired platforms with a pedestrian overpass connecting the two sides. The overpass was removed in 1998 as part of road-widening work near the Sumiyoshi intersection on National Route 206. At the same time the Nagasaki Electric Tramway consolidated stops: on 7 May 1998 the Nagasaki-eki-bound platform was abolished and a new Chitose-machi stop opened just to the south, with the remaining Akasako-bound platform put on hold; on 1 July 1998 the Akasako-bound platform was relocated slightly north and reopened. Since then Shōwa-machi-dōri has been served only by Akasako-bound trams.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
The remaining Akasako-bound platform is just 1.6 m wide and reaches the road via a ramp — a deliberately barrier-free design that accommodates wheelchairs. Because the line's Akasako terminus is only two stops away, almost no one actually boards here: most riders are alighting.