In Japan some railway stations were built in response to a petition of the

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s or companies near the new station etc., and the railway company did not bear all construction costs. These are called in Japanese. This article lists some of these stations. The first station opened by petition on a JR line was

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on the

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, which was opened in 1964 before privatization of the

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(JNR). This station is located close to a commemoration hall.

Shinkansen stations

Sorted by opening year * ¹ * * * * ¹ * * * * * ² * :¹ A station already existed on the

Tōkaidō Main Line The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen largely parallel ...

. :² A station already existed on the

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JR lines other than Shinkansen

Stations opened after privatization of JNR

JR Hokkaido

* Ōasa * Shinrin-Kōen * Hoshimi * Sapporo Beer Teien * Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku * Shin-Fuji * Midorigaoka * Nishi-Rubeshibe * ROYCE' Town * Nayorokōkō * Hokkaido Ball Park Station (Under construction, to be opened by 2028)

JR East

* WeSPa-Tsubakiyama * Shiwachūō * Akitashirakami * Ikawa-Sakura * Maegata * Ishinomakiayumino * Izumi-Sotoasahikawa * Iwaki-Minato * Mangokuura * Kokufu-Tagajō * Kozurushinden * Taishidō * Tōshōgū *

Kitayama is an exclave List of villages in Japan, village that belongs to Higashimuro District, Wakayama, Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, but is located on the border between Mie Prefecture, Mie and Nara Prefecture, Nara Prefectures. It ...

* Tōhokufukushidaimae * Kunimi * Kuzuoka *

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* Tendō-Minami * Kōriyamatomita * Takasakitonyamachi * Onogami-Onsen * Maebashi-Ōshima * Hitachino-Ushiku * Tamado *

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* Toro * Saitama-Shintoshin * Kita-Ageo * Koshigaya-Laketown * Yoshikawaminami * Kita-Kashiwa * Higashi-Matsudo * Makuharitoyosuna * Higashi-Koganei * Nishifu * Hachiōji-Minamino * Kobuchi * Naruse * Tōkaichiba * Kamoi * Higashi-Totsuka * Musashi-Kosugi * Odasakae * Aoyama * Uchino-Nishigaoka * Satsukino * Suzurannosato *

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* Imai *

Hirata Hirata may refer to: Places *Hirata, Fukushima, former village in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan *Hirata, Gifu, former town in Gifu Prefecture, Japan *Hirata, Shimane, former city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan *Hirata, Yamagata was a town located in ...

JR Tokai

* Aizuma * Abekawa * Aino *

Aimi Aimi may refer to: * Aimi, Tottori, a former town in Saihaku District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan * Aimi Station, a railway station in Kōta, Aichi Prefecture, Japan People with the surname * Aldo Aimi (1906–1980), Italian footballer * Mohamma ...

Asahi Asahi (朝日, 旭, or あさひ) means "morning sun" in Japanese and may refer to: Cities * Asahi, Chiba (旭市; ''Asahi-shi'') Wards * Asahi-ku, Osaka (旭区; ''Asahi-ku'') * Asahi-ku, Yokohama (旭; ''Asahi-ku'') Towns * Asahi, Aichi (旭� ...

* Mikuriya * Nagaizumi-Nameri * Nishi-Okazaki * Haruta * Higashi-Shizuoka * Noda-Shimmachi * Toyodachō

JR West

* Himeji-Bessho * Kōnan-Yamate *

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* Rittō * Minami-Kusatsu *

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* Emmachi * Uzumasa * Rokujizō * JR Fujinomori * Matsuiyamate * JR Goidō * Kitanagase * Tōbu-shijō-mae * Kure-Portopia * Nishigawara * Higashiyamakōen * Ōmachi * Akinagahama * Nagaokakyō * Tottoridaigakumae * Kamisuge * Shinkyū-Daigaku-mae * Higashi-Onomichi * Miyauchi-Kushido * Meihō * JR Nonoichi * Hirokawa Beach * Maezora * Tamade * Nakanohigashi * Hesaka *

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* Kimmeiji *

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* Kajikuri-Gōdaichi *

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* Harima-Katsuhara * Motomachi

JR Kyushu

* Itoshimakōkō-mae * Heisei * Satsuma-Matsumoto * Tomiai *

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* Nishi-Kumamoto * Shin-Tosu * Kamimuragakuenmae

Railways other than JR

* ( 板倉東洋大前駅,

Tōbu Nikkō Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the private railway company Tobu Railway. It branches from Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen Station in Miyashiro, Saitama on the Skytree Line, extending north to Tōbu Nikkō Station in Nikkō, Tochigi. The ...

) * ( 船橋日大前駅, Toyo Rapid Railway Line) * Arakawa-itchūmae ( 荒川一中前駅,

Toden Arakawa Line The , branded as the , is a hybrid light rail/tram line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). The Arakawa Line is the sole survivor of Tokyo's once-extensive Tokyo Toden streetcar system. It is one ...

) * (

Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit The is a railway line in Tokyo, Japan. It is the only line operated by the third-sector company Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit. It connects central Tokyo to the artificial islands of Aomi and Odaiba. The line is served by some trains on th ...

Rinkai Line) * (

Odakyū Tama Line The is a railway line operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway in the Greater Tokyo of Japan. The line extends from Shin-Yurigaoka Station in Kanagawa Prefecture to Karakida Station in Tokyo. Used for commuter service ...

) * ( 日華化学前駅,

Echizen Railway is a third-sector railway operating company located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It owns and operates the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line between Fukui and Katsuyama and the Mikuni Awara Line between Fukui and Sakai. History In 1992, Keifuku Ele ...

Mikuni Awara Line The is a railway line operated by Echizen Railway in Fukui Prefecture. The line extends 27.8 km from the city of Fukui to Mikuni-Minato station at Sakai with a total of 22 stations. It was operated by Keifuku Electric Railway until 2001; Ec ...

) * ( 八ツ島駅, Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line) * ( Ohmi Railway Main Line) * ( 大阪教育大前駅,

Kintetsu ''Kintetsu'' is the abbreviation of , or Kintetsu Railway, a Japanese railway corporation. It may also refer to: Companies * Kintetsu Group Holdings, the holding corporation of the Kintetsu Railway ** Kintetsu Bus, a bus company and a subsidiary ...

Osaka Line) * ( 和歌山大学前駅,

Nankai Main Line The is one of the two main railway lines of Japanese private railway company Nankai Electric Railway, together with Kōya Line. The route is from Namba Station in south downtown of Osaka to Wakayamashi Station in Wakayama via Sakai, Izumiōtsu ...

) * Tanoura Otachimisaki Park ( たのうら御立岬公園駅, Hisatsu Orange Railway)

Closed stations that were opened by petitions

* Shiriuchi * Tsugaru-Imabetsu * Kamaya * Toyogaoka * Hiraishi

References

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