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Shin Yamaguchi Station

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Connections
  
Bus terminal

Passengers (2009)
  
7,068 daily

Phone
  
+81 83-972-0763

Previous names
  
Ogōri (until 2003)

Opened
  
1900

Shin-Yamaguchi Station

Location
  
1294, Ogōri-Shimogō, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi (山口県山口市小郡下郷1294) Japan

Line(s)
  
Sanyō Shinkansen, Sanyō Main Line, Yamaguchi Line, Ube Line

Address
  
Japan, 〒754-0002 山口県山口市小郡下郷

Similar
  
Yamaguchi Station, Tokuyama Station, Asa Station, Shin‑Shimonoseki Station, Yudaonsen Station

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Shin-Yamaguchi Station (新山口駅, Shin-Yamaguchi-eki) is a railway station operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, and is a stopping point for the Sanyō Shinkansen and the Sanyō Main Line, and serves as termini of Yamaguchi Line and Ube Line. It is also the starting station of sightseeing train SL Yamaguchi steam train on the Yamaguchi Line.

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History

  • December 3, 1900: Sanyō Railway opens Ogōri Station
  • December 1, 1906: Station is transferred to Japanese Government Railways as a part of railway nationalization
  • February 21, 1909: Dainippon Kido Yamaguchi Branch Office Line begins operation
  • February 20, 1913: Yamaguchi Line between Yamaguchi Station begins operation, Dainippon Kido Line closes
  • March 26, 1925: Ube Tetsudō Line to Ajisu Station begins operation
  • May 1, 1943: Ube Tetsudō Line transferred to Japanese Government Railways Ube Line
  • September, 1961: Present station building (North Entrance) begins to be used
  • March 10, 1975: The Sanyō Shinkansen stops here for the first time
  • April 1, 1987: Station operation is taken over by JR West after privatization of Japanese National Railways
  • October 1, 2003: Ogōri Station changes its name to Shin-Yamaguchi Station
  • Layout

    The station has nine regular tracks (for the Sanyō Main Line, the Yamaguchi Line and the Ube Line) and two Shinkansen tracks. Three local tracks are located on the north side of the station, and the Shinkansen tracks are elevated and located on the south side of the station. Each of the platforms is connected by an overpass at end of the station.

    Adjacent stations

    Some Nozomi, Hikari, and Sakura Shinkansen services pass this station.

    References

    Shin-Yamaguchi Station Wikipedia