Shin-Minamata Station

Shin-Minamata Station

新水俣駅
Shin-Minamata Station; 新水俣駅
General information
Location	Hatsuno, Minamata, Kumamoto; Japan
Coordinates	32°12′40″N 130°25′45″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu; Hisatsu Orange Railway;
Line(s)	Kyūshū Shinkansen; Hisatsu Orange Railway Line;
History
Opened	13 March 2004
Services
Location
	Shin-Minamata Station Location within Kumamoto Prefecture Shin-Minamata Station Shin-Minamata Station (Kyushu) Shin-Minamata Station Shin-Minamata Station (Japan)

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[1] and opened on 13 March 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

The Hisatsu Orange Railway serves one island platform at Shin-Minamata. This station is unmanned.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
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.

References

"Shin-Minamata Station - Makoto Sei Watanabe". Archello. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

External links

Media related to Shin-Minamata Station at Wikimedia Commons
JR Kyushu station information
Kumamoto pref. Station information - 2008 Archive
Design concept description - Makoto Sei Watanabe

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[1] "Shin-Minamata Station - Makoto Sei Watanabe". Archello. Retrieved 9 May 2023.