History
The tram stop opened in 1915 as Take-eki-mae fronting the then-named Take Station, the Kawauchi Line's terminus. When the JR station was renamed Nishi-Kagoshima in 1927, the tram stop became Nishi-Kagoshima-ekimae in 1928. On 13 March 2004 the JR station became Kagoshima-Chūō to coincide with the partial opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, and the tram stop adopted its current name in tandem. It is the joint terminus of the Second-Phase Line and Tōsō Line, operationally functioning as a single stop on Route 2. The platforms front the city's primary intercity transport hub — the Kyushu Shinkansen, JR conventional lines, and major bus routes converge here, with the AMU Plaza Kagoshima shopping complex above the station carrying 270-plus tenants.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.