[1] The conventional portion of the station consists of three ground-level island platforms and six tracks laid in a roughly north-south direction, while the Shinkansen portion of the station is elevated (three stories) with two island platforms and four tracks laid in a right-angle.

Kagoshima-Chūō initially opened on October 11, 1913 as Take Station (武駅, Take-eki) on the Sendai Line.

[3][4] On December 17, 1915, the adjacent Take Ekimae tram stop (武駅前停留所) opened.

[5] Take Station changed its name to Nishi-Kagoshima Station (西鹿児島駅) on October 17, 1927,[3] with the Take Ekimae tram stop being renamed Nishi-Kagoshima Ekimae tram stop (西鹿児島駅前停留所) on August 7, 1928.

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