Shin-Yamaguchi Station

Shin-Yamaguchi Station

新山口駅
Shin-Yamaguchi Station; 新山口駅
	Shin-Yamaguchi Station in February 2019
General information
Location	1294, Ogōri-Shimogō, Yamagauchi City; Yamaguchi Prefecture; Japan
Coordinates	34°05′35″N 131°23′50″E
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	San'yō Shinkansen; San'yō Line; Ube Line; Yamaguchi Line;
Platforms	2 side platforms (Shinkansen); 4 island platforms and 1 side platform (conventional line)
Tracks	4 Shinkansen, 8 conventional lines
Connections	Bus terminal;
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (Shinkansen); At grade (conventional line)
History
Opened	3 December 1900
Previous names	Ogōri (until 2003)
Passengers
FY2009	7,068 daily
Services
Location
	Shin-Yamaguchi Station Location within Yamaguchi Prefecture Shin-Yamaguchi Station Shin-Yamaguchi Station (Japan)

Shin-Yamaguchi Station (新山口駅, Shin-Yamaguchi-eki, literally "New Yamaguchi Station") is a railway station operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, and is a stopping point for the Sanyō Shinkansen and the Sanyō Main Line, and serves as termini of Yamaguchi Line and Ube Line. It is also the starting station of the rapid sightseeing train SL Yamaguchi steam train on the Yamaguchi Line.

Platform

Layout

The station has nine regular tracks (for the Sanyō Main Line, the Yamaguchi Line and the Ube Line) and two Shinkansen tracks. Three local tracks are located on the north side of the station, and the Shinkansen tracks are elevated and located on the south side of the station. Each of the platforms is connected by an overpass at end of the station.

Platforms

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

«	Service
Sanyō Main Line
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

December 3, 1900: Sanyō Railway opens Ogōri Station
December 1, 1906: Station is transferred to Japanese Government Railways as a part of railway nationalization
February 21, 1909: Dainippon Kido Yamaguchi Branch Office Line begins operation
February 20, 1913: Yamaguchi Line between Yamaguchi Station begins operation, Dainippon Kido Line closes
March 26, 1925: Ube Tetsudō Line to Ajisu Station begins operation
May 1, 1943: Ube Tetsudō Line transferred to Japanese Government Railways Ube Line
September, 1961: Present station building (North Entrance) begins to be used
March 10, 1975: The Sanyō Shinkansen stops here for the first time
April 1, 1987: Station operation is taken over by JR West after privatization of Japanese National Railways
October 1, 2003: Ogōri Station changes its name to Shin-Yamaguchi Station

External links

JR West station information (in Japanese)

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