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Shin Shimonoseki Station

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Operated by
  
JR West

Passengers (2009)
  
4,958 daily

Opened
  
1901

Connections
  
Bus terminal

Address
  
Japan

Shin-Shimonoseki Station

Location
  
11-1, Akineminami-machi 1-chome, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi （山口県下関市秋根南町一丁目11-1） Japan

Line(s)
  
San'yō Main Line Sanyō Shinkansen

Previous names
  
Ichinomiya; Nagato-Ichinomiya (until 1975)

Similar
  
Shimonoseki Station, Hatabu Station, Ayaragi Station, Chōfu Station, Shin‑Yamaguchi Station

500 series shinkansen passing shin shimonoseki station


Shin-Shimonoseki Station (新下関駅, Shin-Shimonoseki eki) is a railway station on the San'yō Shinkansen and the San'yō Main Line, operated by West Japan Railway Company in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan.

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Lines

  • West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
  • San'yō Shinkansen
  • San'yō Main Line

    • Structure

    San'yō Shinkansen has one island platform, one side platform with a prepared track layer and two through tracks without platforms. All of them are elevated. San'yō Main Line has two side platforms and one siding track without platform. All of them are on ground. Two lines cross spatially.

    Track 5 has no platform.

    History

  • 27 May 1901: San'yo Railway opened Asa - Bakan. This station was opened as Ichinomiya (一ノ宮) station. It was located near the Sumiyoshi shrine (住吉神社) which is also called Nagato Ichinomiya (長門一宮).
  • 1 December 1906: San'yo railway was nationalized.
  • 1 January 1916: Station name was changed to Nagato-Ichinomiya (長門一ノ宮).
  • 19 November 1928: The station was moved to today's location, according to the route change of San'yo main line between Chōfu and Shimonoseki.
  • 10 March 1975: Sanyo Shinkansen was opened and station name was changed to Shin-shimonoseki.
  • 1 April 1987: Privatization of JNR.

    • Adjacent stations

    West Japan Railway (JR West)

    Some Hikari and Sakura Shinkansen trains pass this station.

    Main sightseeing spots and institutions

    Shops
  • You me town Shin-Shimonoseki (open schedule in 2009)
    • Sightseeing
  • Sumiyoshi shrine(National treasure)

    • Bus

  • Bus company (A loop-line bus in the city.)
  • Sanden Kohtsu Co.,Ltd.

    • References

    Shin-Shimonoseki Station Wikipedia
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