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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

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

^ "Shin-Minamata Station - Makoto Sei Watanabe". Archello. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

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

[1] "Shin-Minamata Station - Makoto Sei Watanabe". Archello. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

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