Shin-Tosu Station

Shin-Tosu Station
新鳥栖駅
Shin-Tosu Station in March 2011
Location Harakogamachi, Tosu, Saga
Japan
Coordinates 33°22′13″N 130°29′28″E / 33.370278°N 130.491111°E / 33.370278; 130.491111Coordinates: 33°22′13″N 130°29′28″E / 33.370278°N 130.491111°E / 33.370278; 130.491111
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)
History
Opened 2011
Location
Shin-Tosu Station
Location within Japan

Shin-Tosu Station (新鳥栖駅, Shin-Tosu-eki) is a railway station in Tosu, Saga, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). The station opened on March 12, 2011. The name of the station was officially announced by JR Kyushu on December 17, 2010.[1]

Lines

Shin-Tosu Station under construction in July 2007

Shin-Tosu Station is served by the Kyushu Shinkansen, and will also form the junction with the planned West Kyushu Route of the Kyushu Shinkansen to Nagasaki in the future. The Nagasaki Main Line platforms are accessible through a separate set of ticket gates across from the Shinkansen gates.[2]

Station layout

Shin-Tosu Station under construction from East Entrance on 21 March 2010

The station consists of two elevated island platforms serving four tracks.[2]

Tracks
1 ■Limited express: Kamome, Midori, Huis Ten Bosch for Tosu and Hakata
■Nagasaki Main Line for Tosu
2 ■Limited express: Kamome, Midori, Huis Ten Bosch for Saga, Hizen-Yamaguchi, Nagasaki, Sasebo, and Huis Ten Bosch
■Nagasaki Main Line for Saga, Hizen-Yamaguchi, Isahaya
11,12 ■Kyushu Shinkansen for Hakata and Shin-Ōsaka
13,14 ■Kyushu Shinkansen for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō

Adjacent stations

←Service→
Kyushu Shinkansen
Hakata Kagoshima Route Kurume
Hakata Planned
Nishi-Kyushu Route
(Nagasaki Route)		 Saga
Nagasaki Main Line
Tosu - Hizen-Fumoto

See also

References

  1. ↑ JR Kyushu News Release (December 17, 2010) Archived December 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine., retrieved on December 18, 2010 (in Japanese)
  2. 1 2 Misawa, Manabu (January 2010). "東北新幹線・九州新幹線　建設状況最新レポート". Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine. Vol. 39 no. 309. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 29–35.
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