is a
train station in
Minamata
is a city located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is on the west coast of Kyūshū and faces Amakusa islands. Minamata was established as a village in 1889, re-designated as a town in 1912 and grew into a city in 1949. As of March 2017, the ...
,
Kumamoto Prefecture,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. It is served by the third sector
Hisatsu Orange Railway that follows the former coastal route of the
JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line connecting
Yatsushiro and
Sendai
is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,091,407 in 525,828 households, and is one of Japan's 20 Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, desig ...
.
Station layout
The station consists of two platforms at street level. Platform 1 services trains bound for , platform 2 for trains to .
Adjacent stations
Gallery
Minamata Station2.JPG, Station sign
Minamata Station in Taisho and Pre-war Showa eras.JPG, Building in Tasho and pre-war Showa era
Minamata Station3.JPG, View of station platforms
Minamata Station 6.JPG, Approaching 100 series train
Minamata Station 7.JPG, Intersection outside station
See also
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List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
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{{Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Stations of Hisatsu Orange Railway
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1926