Shin-Minamata Station

Shin-Minamata Station 新水俣駅
General information
Location	Hatsuno, Minamata, Kumamoto Japan
Coordinates	32°12′40″N 130°25′45″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu Hisatsu Orange Railway
Line(s)	Kyūshū Shinkansen Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
History
Opened	13 March 2004 (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 Shin-Minamata Station Shin-Minamata Station (Kyushu) Shin-Minamata Station Shin-Minamata Station (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 and opened on 13 March 2004.

Lines

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

Platforms

Station sign

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.
• 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.

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