Shin-Minamata Station
# Shin-Minamata Station

Shin-Minamata Station (新水俣駅, Shin-Minamata-eki) is a railway station in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). The station building was designed by Makoto Sei Watanabe and opened on 13 March 2004.

## Lines

* Kyushu Railway Company
   * Kyūshū Shinkansen
* Hisatsu Orange Railway
   * Hisatsu Orange Railway Line

## Platforms

### JR Kyushu

| 11/12 | ■ Kyushu Shinkansen | for Kumamoto, Hakata, and Shin-Ōsaka (island platform) |
| - | - | - |
| 13 | ■ Kyushu Shinkansen | for Izumi, Sendai, and Kagoshima-Chūō (side platform) |

### Hisatsu Orange Railway

The Hisatsu Orange Railway serves one island platform at Shin-Minamata. This station is unmanned.

## Adjacent stations

| ← | | Service | | → |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Hisatsu Orange Railway Line |||||
| Tsunagi | Tsunagi | - | Minamata | Minamata |

## History

* 19 September 1968: The site opened as JNR Hatsuno S.B.
* 1 April 1987: Hatuno S.B. was inherited by JR Kyushu.
* 13 March 2004: The Kyushu Shinkansen Shin-Minamata Station was opened. The JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line was transferred to the control of the Hisatsu Orange Railway, and Hatsuno S.B. became Shin-Minamata Station.
