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Shinjō Station

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Operated by
  
JR East

Passengers (FY2012)
  
1,582 daily

Opened
  
1903

Connections
  
Bus stop

Address
  
Japan

Shinjō Station

Location
  
1-1 Tamon-machi, Shinjō, Yamagata (山形県新庄市多門町1-1) Japan

Line(s)
  
Yamagata Shinkansen Ōu Main Line Rikuu East Line Rikuu West Line

Similar
  
Yamagata Station, Ōmagari Station, Akita Station, Amarume Station, Kogota Station

Yamagata shinkansen 140 passenger s view


Shinjō Station (新庄駅, Shinjō-eki) is a railway station in Shinjō, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is the terminus for the Yamagata Shinkansen, Rikuu West Line and Rikuu East Line.

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Lines

Shinjō Station is served by the following lines.

  • Ōu Main Line
  • Yamagata Shinkansen
  • Rikuu East Line
  • Rikuu West Line
  • Station layout

    The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and a View Plaza travel agency.

    Platforms

  • Platforms 1 and 2 serve 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge tracks, while platforms 3 to 5 serve narrow gauge (1,067 mm) tracks.
  • Adjacent stations

  • Down trains only stop at Funagata
  • History

    Shinjō Station opened on 11 June 1903. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in October 1998. From 4 December 1999, the station became the terminus of the Yamagata Shinkansen, following its extension from Yamagata.

    Passenger statistics

    In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 1,582 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

    Surrounding area

  • Shinjō City Hall
  • Shinjō Post Office
  • National Route 13
  • National Route 47
  • References

    Shinjō Station Wikipedia