Shin-Shimonoseki Station (新下関駅, Shin-Shimonoseki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1] It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight)
Shin-Shimonoseki Station 新下関駅 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Shin-Shimonoseki Station East exit | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-11-1 Akineminami-machi, Shimonoseki-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 751-0872 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°0′20.5″N 130°56′55.7″E / 34.005694°N 130.948806°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by |  West Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | = | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 1,088.7 km (676.5 miles) from Tokyo | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 side + 1 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated (Shinkansen) At grade (Conventional line) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 27 May 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Ichinomiya (to 1916), Nagato-Ichinomiya (to 1975) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020 | 3515 daily (boarding only) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editShin-Shimonoseki Station is served by the San'yō Shinkansen and is 536.1 kilometers from Shin-Osaka and 1088.7 km from Tokyo. It is also served San'yō Main Line, and is located 520.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe and is the southern terminus of the 85.1 kilometer Fukuen Line to Miyoshi.
Station layout
editThe San'yō Shinkansen has one island platform and one side platform with a prepared track layer and two through tracks without platforms. These tracks are elevated. The San'yō Main Line has two side platforms and one siding track without platform on the ground level, with the tracks at a right angle to the elevated Shinkansen tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
edit| 1, 2 | ■ |
for Kokura and Hakata |
| 3 | ■ |
for Hiroshima, Shin-Osaka and Tokyo |
| 4 | ■ | for Asa and Shin-Yamaguchi |
| 6 | ■ | for Shimonoseki |
Note: Track 5 has no platform.
History
editShin-Shimonoseki Station opened on 27 May 1901 as Ichinomiya Station (一ノ宮駅) when the line was extended from Asa Station to Bakan Station (present-day Shimonoseki Station) The San'yō Railway was railway nationalized in 1906 and the line renamed the San'yō Main Line in 1909. The station was renamed Nagato Ichinomiya Station (長門一宮駅) on 1 January 1916. The station was moved to its present location on 19 November 1928, per a route change of the San'yō Main Line between Chōfu and Shimonoseki. The Shinkansen began operations on 10 March 1975 and the station was renamed to its present name. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company (JR West).
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3515 passengers daily.[2]
Surrounding area
edit- Shimonoseki City Hall Katsuyama Branch
- University of East Asia
- Shimonoseki International High School
- Shimonoseki Municipal Katsuyama Junior High School
- Sumiyoshi Shrine (Shimonoseki)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第6巻 広島東部・呉エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 6 east Hiroshima/Kure Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
- ^ Yamaguchi Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
External links
edit Media related to Shin-Shimonoseki Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR West Station information (JR West) (in Japanese)