Shin-Tosu Station
JH 02 Shin-Tosu Station 新鳥栖駅 | |||||
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 Shin-Tosu Station in March 2011 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Harakogamachi, Tosu, Saga Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 33°22′13″N 130°29′28″E / 33.370278°N 130.491111°E | ||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||
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| Opened | March 12, 2011 | ||||
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Shin-Tosu Station (新鳥栖駅, Shin-Tosu-eki) is a railway station in Tosu, Saga, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). The station opened on March 12, 2011. The name of the station was officially announced by JR Kyushu on December 17, 2010.[1]
Lines
Shin-Tosu Station is served by the Kyushu Shinkansen, and will also form the junction with the planned West Kyushu Route of the Kyushu Shinkansen to Nagasaki in the future. The Nagasaki Main Line platforms are accessible through a separate set of ticket gates across from the Shinkansen gates.[2]
Station layout
The Shinkansen station consists of two elevated island platforms serving four tracks.[2] The conventional line has two side platforms.
| 1 | ■Limited express: Kamome, Midori, Huis Ten Bosch | for Tosu and Hakata |
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| ■Nagasaki Main Line | for Tosu | |
| 2 | ■Limited express: Kamome, Midori, Huis Ten Bosch | for Saga, Hizen-Yamaguchi, Nagasaki, Sasebo, and Huis Ten Bosch |
| ■Nagasaki Main Line | for Saga, Hizen-Yamaguchi, Isahaya | |
| 11,12 | ■Kyushu Shinkansen | for Hakata and Shin-Ōsaka |
| 13,14 | ■Kyushu Shinkansen | for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō |
Adjacent stations
| ← | Service | → | ||
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| Kyushu Shinkansen | ||||
| Hakata | Kagoshima Route | Kurume | ||
| Hakata | Planned Nishi-Kyushu Route (Nagasaki Route) |
Saga | ||
| Nagasaki Main Line | ||||
| JH 01 Tosu | - | JH 03 Hizen-Fumoto | ||
See also
References
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- ^ JR Kyushu News Release (December 17, 2010) Archived December 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on December 18, 2010 (in Japanese)
- ^ a b Misawa, Manabu (January 2010). "東北新幹線・九州新幹線 建設状況最新レポート". Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine. Vol. 39, no. 309. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 29–35.
Stations of the Kyushu Shinkansen | ||
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