Shin-Shimonoseki Station

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
Shin-Shimonoseki Station East exit
General information
Location1-11-1 Akineminami-machi, Shimonoseki-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 751-0872
Japan
Coordinates34°0′20.5″N 130°56′55.7″E
Owned by West Japan Railway Company
Operated by=
Line(s)
Distance1,088.7 km (676.5 mi) from Tokyo
Platforms4 side + 1 island platforms
Connections
  • Bus stop
Construction
Structure typeElevated (Shinkansen)
At grade (Conventional line)
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened27 May 1901 (1901-05-27)
Previous namesIchinomiya (to 1916),
Nagato-Ichinomiya (to 1975)
Passengers
20203515 daily (boarding only)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West Following station
Kokura
towards Hakata
San'yō Shinkansen Shin-Yamaguchi
towards Shin-Ōsaka
San'yō Shinkansen
Kokura San'yō Shinkansen Asa
towards Shin-Ōsaka
Location
Shin-Shimonoseki Station is located in Yamaguchi Prefecture
Shin-Shimonoseki Station
Shin-Shimonoseki Station
Location within Yamaguchi Prefecture
Shin-Shimonoseki Station is located in Japan
Shin-Shimonoseki Station
Shin-Shimonoseki Station
Shin-Shimonoseki Station (Japan)

Lines

Shin-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

The 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

1, 2   San'yō Shinkansen for Kokura and Hakata
3   San'yō Shinkansen for Hiroshima, Shin-Osaka and Tokyo
4   for Asa and Shin-Yamaguchi
6   for Shimonoseki

Note: Track 5 has no platform.

History

Shin-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

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3515 passengers daily.[2]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. Yamaguchi Prefecture Statistical Yearbook

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