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Shin-Yamaguchi Station (新山口駅, Shin-Yamaguchi Eki?) is operated by JR West in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, and is a stopping point for the Sanyō Shinkansen and the Sanyō Main Line, and serves as termini of Yamaguchi Line and Ube Line. It is located in southern Yamaguchi. And it is also the starting station of sightseeing train "SL Yamaguchi steam train" of Yamaguchi Line.
[edit] History
- December 3, 1900: Station opens as Ogōri Station
- December 1, 1906: Station is transferred to Japanese National Railways as a part of railway nationalization
- February 21, 1909: Dainippon Kido Yamaguchi Branch Office Line begins operation
- February 20, 1913: Yamaguchi Line between Yamaguchi Station begins operation, Dainippon Kido Line closes
- March 26, 1925: Ube Tetsudou Line between Ajisu Station begins operation
- May 1, 1943: Ube Tetsudou Line transferred to Japanese National Railways Ube Line
- September, 1961: Present station building (North Entrance) begins to be used
- March 10, 1975: The Sanyō Shinkansen stops here for the first time
- April 1, 1987: Station operation is taken over by JR West after privatization of Japanese National Railways
- October 1, 2003: Ogōri Station changes its name to Shin-Yamaguchi Station
[edit] Layout
The station has nine regular tracks (for the Sanyō Main Line, the Yamaguchi Line and the Ube Line) and two Shinkansen tracks. Three local tracks are located on the north side of the station, and the Shinkansen tracks are elevated and located on the south side of the station. Each of the platforms is connected by an overpass at end of the station.
[edit] Platforms
[edit] Adjacent stations
West Japan Railway (JR West)
- █ Sanyō Shinkansen
- Tokuyama - Shin-Yamaguchi - Asa
- █ Sanyō Main Line
- Yotsutsuji - Shin-Yamaguchi - Kagawa
- █ Yamaguchi Line
- Shin-Yamaguchi - Suō-Shimogō
- █ Ube Line
- Shin-Yamaguchi - Kami-Kagawa
[edit] External links
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Stations of the JR Sanyō Main Line (Tokuyama - Moji) |
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(to Hiroshima<<) - Tokuyama - Shin-Nan'yō - Fukugawa - Heta - Tonomi - Hōfu-Kamotsu (freight) - Hōfu - Daidō - Yotsutsuji - Shin-Yamaguchi - Kagawa - Hon'yura - Kotō - Ube - Onoda - Asa - Habu - Ozuki - Chōfu - Shin-Shimonoseki - Hatabu - Shimonoseki - Moji
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Stations of the Yamaguchi Line |
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Shin-Yamaguchi - Suō-Shimogō - Kamigō - Nihozu - Ōtoshi - Yabara - Yudaonsen - Yamaguchi - Kami-Yamaguchi - Miyano - Niho - Shinome - Chōmonkyō - Watarigawa - Mitani - Nagusa - Jifuku - Nabekura - Tokusa - Funahirayama - Tsuwano - Aonoyama - Nichihara - Aohara - Higashi-Aohara - Iwami-Yokota - Honmataga - Masuda
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