Shin-Iwakuni Station (新岩国駅, Shin-Iwakuni-eki, lit. "New Iwakuni Station") is a railway station on the high-speed Sanyo Shinkansen line in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

Shin-Iwakuni Station is served by the high-speed Sanyo Shinkansen line.

It is linked by a walkway to the Seiryū-Shin-Iwakuni Station on the Nishikigawa Seiryū Line.

Platforms

The Shinkansen Platform consists of 1 island platform and 2 side platforms totalling 3 tracks. There are also 2 tracks in the centre for passing trains.

1 , 2 ■  San'yō Shinkansen for Hiroshima, Okayama and Shin-Osaka
3 ■  San'yō Shinkansen for Shin-Yamaguchi and Hakata

History

Shin-Iwakuni Station opened on 10 March 1975, coinciding with the opening of the Sanyo Shinkansen extension west of Okayama to Hakata. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

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