Shin-Minamata Station

Line(s)HistoryOpened13 March 2004; 20 years ago (2004-03-13)Services

Preceding station	JR Kyushu			Following station
Izumi towards Kagoshima-Chūō		Kyūshū Shinkansen Sakura Tsubame		Shin-Yatsushiro towards Hakata

Location
Shin-Minamata Station Location within Kumamoto Prefecture Show map of Kumamoto Prefecture Shin-Minamata Station Shin-Minamata Station (Kyushu) Show map of Kyushu Shin-Minamata Station Shin-Minamata Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Shin-Minamata Station (新水俣駅, Shin-Minamata-eki) is a railway station in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). The station building was designed by Makoto Sei Watanabe^[1] and opened on 13 March 2004.

Lines

• Kyushu Railway Company
  • Kyūshū Shinkansen
• Hisatsu Orange Railway
  • Hisatsu Orange Railway Line

Platforms

JR Kyushu

11/12	■ Kyushu Shinkansen	for Kumamoto, Hakata, and Shin-Ōsaka (island platform)
13	■ Kyushu Shinkansen	for Izumi, Sendai, and Kagoshima-Chūō (side platform)

Hisatsu Orange Railway

The Hisatsu Orange Railway serves one island platform at Shin-Minamata. This station is unmanned.

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Tsunagi		-	Minamata

History

• 19 September 1968: The site opened as JNR Hatsuno S.B.^{[clarification needed]}
• 1 April 1987: Hatuno S.B. was inherited by JR Kyushu.
• 13 March 2004: The Kyushu Shinkansen Shin-Minamata Station was opened. The JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line was transferred to the control of the Hisatsu Orange Railway, and Hatsuno S.B. became Shin-Minamata Station.

References

External links

• Media related to Shin-Minamata Station at Wikimedia Commons
• JR Kyushu station information
• Kumamoto pref. Station information - 2008 Archive
• Design concept description - Makoto Sei Watanabe