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
Location	1-11-1 Akineminami-machi, Shimonoseki-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 751-0872 Japan
Coordinates	34°0′20.5″N 130°56′55.7″E
Owned by	West Japan Railway Company
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company Japan Freight Railway Company
Line(s)	San'yō Shinkansen      San'yō Line
Distance	1,088.7 km (676.5 miles) from Tokyo
Platforms	4 side + 1 island platforms
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (Shinkansen) At grade (Conventional line)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	27 May 1901 (1901-05-27)
Previous names	Ichinomiya (to 1916), Nagato-Ichinomiya (to 1975)
Passengers
2020	3515 daily (boarding only)
Services
Preceding station JR West Following station Kokura towards Hakata San'yō Shinkansen Sakura Shin-Yamaguchi towards Shin-Ōsaka San'yō Shinkansen Hikari Kokura towards Hakata or Hakataminami San'yō Shinkansen Kodama Asa towards Shin-Ōsaka
Location Shin-Shimonoseki Station Location within Yamaguchi Prefecture Show map of Yamaguchi Prefecture Shin-Shimonoseki Station Shin-Shimonoseki Station (Japan) Show map of 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	■    San'yō Line	for Asa and Shin-Yamaguchi
6	■    San'yō Line	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

• Shimonoseki City Hall Katsuyama Branch
• University of East Asia
• Shimonoseki International High School
• Shimonoseki Municipal Katsuyama Junior High School
• Sumiyoshi Shrine (Shimonoseki)

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan