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Shin-Yatsushiro Station

新八代駅
Shin-Yatsushiro Station; 新八代駅
	Entrance of Shin-Yatsushiro Station
General information
Location	4774-2 Kamihiokicho, Yatsushiro-shi, Kumamoto-ken 866-0824; Japan
Coordinates	32°31′7″N 130°38′5″E / 32.51861°N 130.63472°E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	Kyūshū Shinkansen; ■ Kagoshima Main Line;
Platforms	4 side platforms (2 for Shinkansen, 2 for conventional lines)
Tracks	4 (2 for Shinkansen, 2 for conventional lines)
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (Shinkansen); At grade (conventional)
Other information
Website	Official website
History
Opened	13 March 2004
Passengers
FY2020	1305
Services
Shinkansen
Local
Location
Location
	Shin-Yatsushiro Station Location within Kumamoto Prefecture Shin-Yatsushiro Station Shin-Yatsushiro Station (Japan)

Shin-Yatsushiro Station (新八代駅, Shin-Yatsushiro-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.^[1]^[2]

Lines

Shin-Yatsushiro Station is served by the Kyushu Shinkansen and is 151.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hakata and 773.6 kilometers from Shin-Osaka. The station is also served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 229.5 km from the starting point of the line at Mojiko. ^[3]

Layout

Although both the Shinkansen and conventional lines are operated by the same operator, they have separate station buildings, and although adacent to each other, there is no transfer gate between the two lines. When transferring, passengers must exit the ticket gates. The Shinkansen station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The platform is an elevated station with two side platforms and two tracks. There is no passing track, and a movable safety fence is installed.

The conventional line station has two side platforms and two tracks, and has an elevated station building. There are crossover tracks, and a siding (siding) for turnarounds for vehicles entering from the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line on the Hakata side. In addition, the Hisatsu Line (one morning train that stops at this station and returns to the station), and some trains that run directly to the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line (one daytime and two evening local trains bound for Izumi and one evening Orange Restaurant train that stops at this station and returns to the station) use the crossover toward Kagoshima from the upbound Kumamoto platform and return to Kagoshima.^[2]^[3]

Platforms

1	■ ■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Yatsushiro
2	■ ■ Kagoshima Main Line	for Kumamoto
11	■ Kyushu Shinkansen	for Kumamoto and Hakata
12	■ Kyushu Shinkansen	for Kagoshima-Chūō

East Exit (Shinkansen)
West Exit (conventional lines)
South Exit

History

The station opened on 13 March 2004, to coincide with the opening of a section of the Kyushu Shinkansen high speed railway line. A special elevated spur ran from north of the station to the Shinkansen platform from 2004 to 2011 and was used by Relay Tsubame limited express trains from Hakata on the Kagoshima Line provided the link to the Shinkansen line, and Shin-Yatsushiro was designed to facilitate an easy and fast connection between the Relay Tsubame train and the Tsubame shinkansen train on the same platform. The spur line was not used by regular services, but was utilized in 2014 for reliability trials of the Gauge Change Train between Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chuo Station, including gauge changing on the spur line.^[4] The trials were originally planned to run for three years starting in April 2014, but were suspended that December after defects were found in the train bogies.^[5]

The Kyushu Shinkansen Tsubame was operational from Shin-Yatushiro to Kagoshima-Chuo station in Kagoshima until 2011, when the Shinkansen was extended north to Hakata station in Fukuoka and joined with the Sanyo Shinkansen line.

On 8 November 2021, a man was arrested at the station after an attempted arson on board a Sakura service.^[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 1305 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 112th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[7]

Surrounding area

Kumamoto Prefecture Yatsushiro General Office
Nobuhiko Matsunaka Sports Museum

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "新八代駅" [Shin-Yatsushiro Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ ^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. 20, 68. ISBN 9784062951654.
^ "軌間可変電車に新型台車を装着" [Gauge Change Train fitted with new bogies]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine. Vol. 40, no. 329. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. September 2011. p. 65.
^ 九州新幹線のフリーゲージトレイン、欠損が見つかり耐久走行試験を一時休止 [Kyushu Shinkansen Free Gauge Train endurance testing suspended following discovery of defects]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan: Mynavi Corporation. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
^ "Man Arrested after Setting Fire on Kyushu Shinkansen Train". nippon.com. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-08.