is a railway station on the

San'yō Shinkansen The is a line of the Japanese Shinkansen high-speed rail network, connecting Shin-Osaka in Osaka with Hakata Station in Fukuoka, the two largest cities in western Japan. Operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West), it is a westward cont ...

and

San'yō Main Line The is a major railway line owned by JR Group companies in western Japan, connecting Kōbe Station and Moji Station, largely paralleling the coast of the Seto Inland Sea, Inland Sea, in other words, the southern coast of western Honshu. The Sa ...

, operated by

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

(JR West) in

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. With a population of 265,684, it is the largest city in Yamaguchi Prefecture and the fifth-largest city in the Chūgoku region. It is located at the southwestern tip of Honshu facing the Tsushim ...

, Japan.

Lines

Shin-Shimonoseki Station is served by the following JR West lines: *

Sanyo Shinkansen , stylized as SANYO, is a Japanese electronics company and formerly a member of the Fortune Global 500, ''Fortune'' Global 500 whose headquarters was located in Moriguchi, Osaka, Moriguchi, Osaka prefecture, Japan. Sanyo had over 230 subsidiari ...

Sanyo Main Line , stylized as SANYO, is a Japanese electronics company and formerly a member of the ''Fortune'' Global 500 whose headquarters was located in Moriguchi, Osaka prefecture, Japan. Sanyo had over 230 subsidiaries and affiliates, and was founded b ...

Structure

The Sanyo Shinkansen has one

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

, one

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

with a prepared track layer and two through tracks without platforms. All of them are elevated. The Sanyo Main Line has two side platforms and one siding track without platform. All of them are on ground. Two lines cross spatially. Track 5 has no platform.

History

* 27 May 1901: The

Sanyo Railway , stylized as SANYO, is a Japanese electronics company and formerly a member of the ''Fortune'' Global 500 whose headquarters was located in Moriguchi, Osaka prefecture, Japan. Sanyo had over 230 subsidiaries and affiliates, and was founded by ...

opened - . This station was opened as Ichinomiya (一ノ宮) station. It was located near the Sumiyoshi shrine ( 住吉神社) which is also called Nagato Ichinomiya (長門一宮). * 1 December 1906: Sanyo railway was nationalized. * 1 January 1916: Station name was changed to Nagato-Ichinomiya (長門一ノ宮). * 19 November 1928: The station was moved to today's location, according to the route change of Sanyo Main Line between and . * 10 March 1975: Sanyo Shinkansen was opened and station name was changed to Shin-shimonoseki. * 1 April 1987: Privatization of

JNR The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

Adjacent stations

Some ''Hikari'' and ''Sakura'' Shinkansen trains pass this station.

Main sightseeing spots and institutions

*Sumiyoshi shrine (National treasure)

Transportation

Bus

*Bus company (A loop-line bus in the city.) ** Sanden Kohtsu Co.,Ltd.

External links

Shin-Shimonoseki Station
{{Sanyō Main Line (Yamaguchi section) Railway stations in Yamaguchi Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1901