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Shin-Yamaguchi Station

Coordinates: 34°05′35″N 131°23′50″E / 34.0930596°N 131.3971603°E / 34.0930596; 131.3971603
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Shin-Yamaguchi Station

新山口駅
Shin-Yamaguchi Station in February 2019
General information
Location1294, Ogōri-Shimogō, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 754-0041
Coordinates34°05′35″N 131°23′50″E / 34.0930596°N 131.3971603°E / 34.0930596; 131.3971603
Operated byLogo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West
Line(s)
Platforms2 side platforms (Shinkansen)
3 island platforms and 2 side platforms (conventional line)
Tracks4 Shinkansen, 8 conventional lines
Connections
  • Bus interchange Bus terminal
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened3 December 1900 (1900-12-03)
Previous namesOgōri (until 2003)
Passengers
FY20204531
Services
Preceding station Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West Following station
Kokura
towards Hakata
San'yō Shinkansen Hiroshima
towards Shin-Ōsaka
San'yō Shinkansen Tokuyama
towards Shin-Ōsaka
Shin-Shimonoseki
towards Hakata
San'yō Shinkansen
San'yō Shinkansen
Asa San'yō Shinkansen
Platform

Shin-Yamaguchi Station (新山口駅, Shin-Yamaguchi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]

Lines

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Shin-Yamaguchi Station is served by the Sanyō Shinkansen and is 474.4 kilometers from Shin-Osaka and 1027.0 kilometers from Tokyo. It is also served by the JR West San'yō Main Line, and is located 459.2 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Kobe. The station is also the southern terminus for the 93.9 kilometer Yamaguchi Line to Masuda and the eastern terminus of the 33.2 kilometer Ube Line to Ube It is also the starting station of the rapid sightseeing train SL Yamaguchi steam train on the Yamaguchi Line.

Layout

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The station has two opposed side platforms sandwiching three island platforms for regular train services. The platforms are connected by an elevated station building. The Shinkansen portion of the station has two elevated side platforms on the third floor of the station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

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0  Yamaguchi Line for Yamaguchi, Tsuwano, Masuda
1  Yamaguchi Line for Yamaguchi, Tsuwano, Masuda
(including "Super Oki" and "SL Yamaguchi")
2  Yamaguchi Line for Yamaguchi, Tsuwano, Masuda
3  no entrance  
4  Sanyō Main Line for Tokuyama, Yanai, Iwakuni
5  Sanyō Main Line returning for Tokuyama, Yanai, Iwakuni
returning for Ube, Asa, Shimonoseki
6  Sanyō Main Line for Ube, Asa, Shimonoseki
returning for Tokuyama, Yanai, Iwakuni
7  Sanyō Main Line for Ube, Asa, Shimonoseki (part of trains)
8  Ube Line for Ubemisaki, Ube-Shinkawa
11  Sanyō Shinkansen for Hiroshima, Shin-Ōsaka, Tokyo
12  Sanyō Shinkansen for Kokura, Hakata, Kumamoto, Kagoshima-Chūō

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Sanyō Main Line
Shin-Shimonoseki (Shimonoseki bound trains)
Ube (Osaka bound trains)
  West Express Ginga   Tokuyama (Shimonoseki bound trains)
Hofu (Osaka bound trains)
Yotsutsuji   Local   Kagawa
Yamaguchi Line
Terminus   Limited Express Super Oki   Yudaonsen
Terminus   Rapid Commuter Liner   Ōtoshi
Terminus   Local   Suō-Shimogō
Ube Line
Terminus   Local   Kami-Kagawa

Some Nozomi, Mizuho, Hikari, and Sakura Shinkansen services pass through this station without stopping.

History

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Shin-Yamaguchi Station was opened on 3 December 1900 as Ogōri Station (小郡駅) on the San'yō Railway when the line was extended from Mitajiri (present-day Hōfu Station) to Asa Station. The San'yō Railway was railway nationalized in 1906 and the line renamed the San'yō Main Line in 1909. The Yamaguchi Line began operations from 20 February 1913 and the Ube Railway (later Ube Line) on 26 March 1925. The Sanyō Shinkansen station opened on 10 March 1975. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company (JR West). On 1 October 2003, the station was renamed Shin-Yamaguchi Station.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 4531 passengers daily.[2]

Surrounding area

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  • Yamaguchi City Ogori Cultural Museum
  • Yamaguchi City Ogori General Branch (Former Ogori Town Hall)
  • Yamaguchi Municipal Ogori Junior High School

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第6巻 広島東部・呉エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 6 east Hiroshima/Kure Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
  2. ^ Yamaguchi Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
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