{
  "edition": "2026-11-07",
  "id": "kagoshima-chuo",
  "locale": "en",
  "url": "https://senroam.com/en/stations/kagoshima-chuo/",
  "name": "Kagoshima-Chūō",
  "summary": "For Ibusuki, leave the Shinkansen platform and follow 新幹線乗換口 to the JR conventional lines. Look for 指宿枕崎線 on the departure board.",
  "type": "station",
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": "ibusuki-destination",
      "question": "At Kagoshima-Chūō, will every train on the Ibusuki Makurazaki Line take me to Ibusuki?",
      "answer": "Some trains end at Kiire (喜入), before Ibusuki. From the Shinkansen follow 新幹線乗換口 to the conventional lines, then check that 指宿 appears in the stop list for your departure.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.jrkyushu-timetable.jp/cgi-bin/jr-k_time/tt_dep.cgi?c=29007",
        "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2023/03/14/kagoshimacyuuoueki_kounaizu.pdf"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "駅別時刻表 · 鹿児島中央",
      "publisher": "JR Kyushu",
      "url": "https://www.jrkyushu-timetable.jp/cgi-bin/jr-k_time/tt_dep.cgi?c=29007",
      "lang": "ja",
      "support": "Dated departures, service names, directions and destinations. Open the time to inspect the stops.",
      "supportJa": "指定日の列車名・方面・行先。時刻を選ぶと停車駅を確認できます。",
      "checked": "2026-11-07",
      "date": "2026-11-06"
    },
    {
      "title": "鹿児島中央駅構内図",
      "publisher": "JR Kyushu",
      "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2023/03/14/kagoshimacyuuoueki_kounaizu.pdf",
      "lang": "ja",
      "support": "Station signs, gate names and onward directions shown on page 1.",
      "supportJa": "1ページの駅構内図に示された案内表示、改札口名、方面。",
      "checked": "2026-11-07",
      "date": "2023-03",
      "page": 1
    },
    {
      "title": "駅情報一覧 · 九州新幹線",
      "publisher": "JR Kyushu",
      "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/",
      "lang": "ja",
      "support": "Ordered corridor stations, kana and conventional-line station listings.",
      "supportJa": "九州新幹線の駅順、読み、在来線の駅一覧。",
      "checked": "2026-11-07"
    },
    {
      "title": "お身体の不自由なお客さまへ",
      "publisher": "JR Kyushu",
      "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/facility/barrier_free/assist/",
      "lang": "ja",
      "support": "Current channels for requesting assistance online, by telephone or at a staffed station.",
      "supportJa": "介助の事前申込みを受け付けるウェブ・電話・有人駅の案内。",
      "checked": "2026-11-07"
    },
    {
      "title": "鹿児島中央駅前 · 駅の歴史",
      "publisher": "JR Kyushu",
      "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/mjr/kagoshimachuoekimae/development.html",
      "lang": "ja",
      "support": "Former name Nishi-Kagoshima from 1927 until the March 2004 renaming.",
      "supportJa": "1927年から西鹿児島を名乗り、2004年3月に鹿児島中央へ改称。",
      "checked": "2026-11-07"
    }
  ],
  "detail": "The line name includes Ibusuki, but some trains terminate earlier at Kiire (喜入). Check your destination in the individual train’s stop list. JR’s plan marks lifts, but a continuous step-free path from your arriving platform to your onward platform has yet to be verified. For assistance, use JR Kyushu’s request page or ask staff at the transfer gate.",
  "related": [
    "/en/services/mizuho/",
    "/en/services/sakura/",
    "/en/services/tsubame/"
  ],
  "literature": [],
  "fieldNotes": [
    {
      "label": "platforms",
      "text": "The map separates Shinkansen platforms 11–14 from conventional platforms 1–6. For a connection to a conventional train, use the train’s destination and the departure board to choose among 1–6. The Shinkansen arrows point back towards Kumamoto and Hakata.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "鹿児島中央駅構内図",
          "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2023/03/14/kagoshimacyuuoueki_kounaizu.pdf",
          "publisher": "JR九州",
          "lang": "ja",
          "page": 1,
          "date": "2023-03",
          "checked": "2026-11-07"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "wayfinding",
      "text": "For the east-side plaza and taxi rank, follow 桜島口（東口）, the Sakurajima Exit. JR draws an underground passage beneath the plaza. The general information counter (総合案内所) is on the concourse near the conventional-line gate.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "鹿児島中央駅構内図",
          "url": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2023/03/14/kagoshimacyuuoueki_kounaizu.pdf",
          "publisher": "JR九州",
          "lang": "ja",
          "page": 1,
          "date": "2023-03",
          "checked": "2026-11-07"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "placeId": "P0012",
  "previous": "sendai",
  "next": null,
  "line": "kyushu-shinkansen",
  "timetable": "https://www.jrkyushu-timetable.jp/cgi-bin/jr-k_time/tt_dep.cgi?c=29007",
  "diagram": "https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/railway/station/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2023/03/14/kagoshimacyuuoueki_kounaizu.pdf"
}