Shin-Yamaguchi Station

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]

Shin-Yamaguchi Station 新山口駅
Shin-Yamaguchi Station in February 2019
General information
Location	1294, Ogōri-Shimogō, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 754-0041
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) 3 island platforms and 2 side platforms (conventional line)
Tracks	4 Shinkansen, 8 conventional lines
Connections	Bus terminal
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	3 December 1900 (1900-12-03)
Previous names	Ogōri (until 2003)
Passengers
FY2020	4531
Services
Preceding station JR West Following station Kokura towards Hakata San'yō Shinkansen Mizuho Hiroshima towards Shin-Ōsaka San'yō Shinkansen Nozomi Tokuyama towards Shin-Ōsaka Shin-Shimonoseki towards Hakata San'yō Shinkansen Sakura San'yō Shinkansen Hikari Asa towards Hakata or Hakata-Minami San'yō Shinkansen Kodama

Platform

Lines

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

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

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
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

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

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

Surrounding area

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

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

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

External links

• JR West station information (in Japanese)