Shin-Minamata Station

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Shin-Minamata Station
新水俣駅
Location
Prefecture Kumamoto
(See other stations in Kumamoto)
City Minamata
Neighborhood etc. Hatsuno
(in Japanese)熊本県水俣市初野
History
Year opened 2004
Rail services
Operator(s) JR Kyushu
Hisatsu Orange Railway
Line(s) Kyushu Shinkansen
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line

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 March 13, 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

One island platform. Unmanned station.

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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Coordinates: 32°12′40″N 130°25′45″E / 32.210993°N 130.42925°E / 32.210993; 130.42925

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