Minami-Kagoshima Eki-mae

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Minami-Kagoshima-eki-mae Station is the Kagoshima City Tram Taniyama Line tram stop adjacent to JR Kyushu's Minami-Kagoshima Station, in Minami-Kōrimoto-chō, Kagoshima. The tram stop traces its history to a Kagoshima Electric Tramway stop called Keibajō-mae ("in front of the racetrack"), whose opening date is not recorded. On 1 July 1928 it was transferred to the Kagoshima City Electric Bureau, and on 28 December 1928 it was converted from a light railway to a tramway and became Keibajō-mae tram stop. On 1 October 1944 the adjacent railway station, Minami-Kagoshima, was opened by Japanese Government Railways; on 1 October 1956 the tram stop was renamed Nankō-iriguchi ("South Port entrance"), and on 1 January 1967 it took its present name. The tram stop has two opposed side platforms with approach indicators on both, and sits on dedicated right-of-way that begins near Namidabashi and continues to Taniyama; wheelchairs cannot be used because the platform width is below regulation.

Many riders from the Ibusuki direction transfer here between JR Kyushu's Minami-Kagoshima Station and the tram, and there are also significant numbers of short-distance JR users along the stretch where the railway runs parallel to the Kagoshima City Tram. The two stations are run by different operators but function together as a transfer point.