Higashi-Nagasaki Station

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What makes Higashi-Nagasaki Station special is both its history and the chance to watch different trains pass one another from the platform. The station opened in 1915, began using an over-track station building in 1964, and its current building was completed in 2007; it is located in Nagasaki 5-chome, Toshima Ward, and is the ward’s westernmost station. The station has two island platforms and four tracks, and the way trains stop or pass through illustrates its role as a passing station: local trains stop, while higher-tier services such as Rapid Express, Express, Rapid…