Shin-Minamata Station

Shin-Minamata Station
新水俣駅
Location Hatsuno, Minamata, Kumamoto
Japan
Coordinates 32°12′40″N 130°25′45″E / 32.210993°N 130.42925°E / 32.210993; 130.42925Coordinates: 32°12′40″N 130°25′45″E / 32.210993°N 130.42925°E / 32.210993; 130.42925
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History
Opened 13 March 2004
Location
Shin-Minamata Station
Location within Japan

Shin-Minamata Station (新水俣駅, Shin-Minamata-eki) is a railway station in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). The station building was designed by Makoto Sei Watanabe and opened on 13 March 2004.

Lines

Platforms

Station sign

JR Kyushu

11/12  Kyushu Shinkansen for Kumamoto, Hakata, and Shin-Ōsaka (island platform)
13  Kyushu Shinkansen for Izumi, Sendai, and Kagoshima-Chūō (side platform)

Hisatsu Orange Railway

The Hisatsu Orange Railway serves one island platform at Shin-Minamata. This station is unmanned.

Adjacent stations

Service
Kyūshū Shinkansen
Shin-Yatsushiro - Izumi
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Tsunagi - Minamata

History

  • 19 September 1968: The site opened as JNR Hatsuno S.B.
  • 1 April 1987: Hatuno S.B. was inherited by JR Kyushu.
  • 13 March 2004: The Kyushu Shinkansen Shin-Minamata Station was opened. The JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line was transferred to the control of the Hisatsu Orange Railway, and Hatsuno S.B. became Shin-Minamata Station.


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