Shin-Ōmuta Station (新大牟田駅, Shin-Ōmuta-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan. It is operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). [1]

Lines

Shin-Ōmuta Station is served by the Kyushu Shinkansen and is 59.3 km from the starting point of the line at Hakata and 691.6 kilometers from Shin-Osaka.[2]

Layout

The station consists of two elevated side platforms and two tracks. There are no passing lines, and platform screen doors are installed for safety. The station building has a three-story structure, with brick-style tiles on the first floor inspired by the heritage of modernization, and gently waving exterior walls on the second and third floors, expressing the wind blowing into the future.The ticket gate and waiting room are on the 1st floor, and the platforms are on the 3rd floor. On the opposite side (north side) of the free passageway from the ticket gate and waiting room is the Shin-Omuta Station Tourist Plaza.

Platforms

11 ■  Kyūshū Shinkansen for Hakata and Shin-Ōsaka
12 ■  Kyūshū Shinkansen for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō

History

The station was on 12 March 2011.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 364 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

  • Omuta City Yoshino Elementary School

See also

References

  1. ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第6巻 熊本 大分 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 10, 65–66. ISBN 9784062951654.
  3. ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-08.

External links

Media related to Shin-Ōmuta Station at Wikimedia Commons