Shin-Yatsushiro Station

新八代駅
Entrance of Shin-Yatsushiro Station
General information
Location4774-2 Kamihiokicho, Yatsushiro City
Kumamoto Prefecture
Japan
Operated byLogo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). JR Kyushu
Line(s)
Platforms4 side platforms (2 for Shinkansen, 2 for conventional lines)
Tracks4 (2 for Shinkansen, 2 for conventional lines)
Construction
Structure typeElevated (Shinkansen)
At grade (conventional)
History
Opened13 March 2004 (13 March 2004)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). JR Kyushu Following station
Shinkansen
Shin-Minamata
towards Kagoshima-Chūō
 Kyūshū Shinkansen
Sakura
Tsubame
 Kumamoto
towards Hakata
Local
Senchō
towards Kagoshima
 Kagoshima Main Line
Kumamoto Liner
Local
 Yatsushiro
towards Mojikō
Location
Shin-Yatsushiro Station is located in Kumamoto Prefecture
Shin-Yatsushiro Station
Shin-Yatsushiro Station
Location within Kumamoto Prefecture
Shin-Yatsushiro Station is located in Kyushu
Shin-Yatsushiro Station
Shin-Yatsushiro Station
Shin-Yatsushiro Station (Kyushu)
Shin-Yatsushiro Station is located in Japan
Shin-Yatsushiro Station
Shin-Yatsushiro Station
Shin-Yatsushiro Station (Japan)

Shin-Yatsushiro Station (新八代駅, Shin-Yatsushiro-eki) is a railway station in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).

Layout

A special elevated spur runs from north of the station to the Shinkansen platform. From 2004 to 2011, 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 is 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.[1] 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.[2]

History

The station opened on 13 March 2004, to coincide with the opening of a section of the Kyushu Shinkansen high speed railway line. 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.[3]

Platforms

PlatformLinesDestinationNotes
1 ■Kagoshima Main Line For Yatsushiro Station・Hitoyoshi Station Some trains depart from 2nd platform
2 For Kumamoto Station  
11 ■ Kyushu Shinkansen For Kumamoto・Hakata・Hiroshima・Shin-Ōsaka  
12 For Kagoshima-Chūō Station  

See also

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Man Arrested after Setting Fire on Kyushu Shinkansen Train". nippon.com. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
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