Shin-Yamaguchi Station

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Shin-Yamaguchi Station
新山口駅
Shin-Yamaguchi Station, April 2007
Location
Prefecture Yamaguchi
(See other stations in Yamaguchi)
City Yamaguchi
Neighborhood etc. 1294, Ogōri-Shimogō
Coordinates34°05′35″N 131°23′50″E / 34.0930596°N 131.3971603°E / 34.0930596; 131.3971603Coordinates: 34°05′35″N 131°23′50″E / 34.0930596°N 131.3971603°E / 34.0930596; 131.3971603
Postal code754-0002
(in Japanese)山口県山口市小郡下郷1294
History
Year opened 1900
Former name Ogōri Station
Present name since 2003
Rail services
Line(s) Sanyō Shinkansen, Sanyō Main Line, Yamaguchi Line, Ube Line
Statistics 7,068 passengers/day 2009
Medium bus terminal at this station

Shin-Yamaguchi Station (新山口駅 Shin-Yamaguchi-eki) is a railway station operated by West Japan Railway Company (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 also the starting station of sightseeing train SL Yamaguchi steam train on the Yamaguchi Line.

History

  • December 3, 1900: Sanyō Railway opens Ogōri Station
  • December 1, 1906: Station is transferred to Japanese Government 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 Tetsudō Line to Ajisu Station begins operation
  • May 1, 1943: Ube Tetsudō Line transferred to Japanese Government 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

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.

Platforms

0 Yamaguchi Line for Yamaguchi, Tsuwano, Masuda
1 Yamaguchi Line for Yamaguchi, Tsuwano, Masuda
(including "Super Oki" and "SL Yamaguchi")
2 Yamaguchi Line for Yamaguchi, Tsuwano, Masuda
3 no entrance  
4 Sanyō Main Line for Tokuyama, Yanai, Iwakuni
5 Sanyō Main Line returning for Tokuyama, Yanai, Iwakuni
returning for Ube, Asa, Shimonoseki
6 Sanyō Main Line for Ube, Asa, Shimonoseki
returning for Tokuyama, Yanai, Iwakuni
7 Sanyō Main Line for Ube, Asa, Shimonoseki (part of trains)
8 Ube Line for Ubemisaki, Ube-Shinkawa
11 Sanyō Shinkansen for Hiroshima, Shin-Ōsaka, Tokyo
12 Sanyō Shinkansen for Kokura, Hakata, Kumamoto, Kagoshima-Chūō

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sanyō Shinkansen
Tokuyama   -   Asa
Sanyō Main Line
Yotsutsuji   Local   Kagawa
Yamaguchi Line
Terminus   Ltd. Exp. Super Oki   Yudaonsen
Terminus   Rapid Commuter Liner   Ōtoshi
Terminus   Local   Suō-Shimogō
Ube Line
Terminus   Local   Kami-Kagawa

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