Shin-Tosu Station

Coordinates: 33°22′13″N 130°29′28″E / 33.370278°N 130.491111°E / 33.370278; 130.491111
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Shin-Tosu Station

新鳥栖駅
Shin-Tosu Station on 12 March 2011
General information
LocationHarakogamachi, Tosu, Saga
(佐賀県鳥栖市原古賀町)
Japan
Operated byJR Kyushu
Line(s)
History
Opened2011

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 under construction in July 2007

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

Shin-Tosu Station under construction from East Entrance on 21 March 2010

The station consists of two elevated island platforms serving four tracks.[2]

Tracks
1 Limited express: Kamome, Midori, Huis Ten Bosch for Tosu and Hakata
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
Kyushu Shinkansen
Hakata Kagoshima Route Kurume
Hakata Planned
Nishi-Kyushu Route
(Nagasaki Route)
Saga
Nagasaki Main Line
Tosu - Hizen-Fumoto

See also

Media related to Shin-Tosu Station at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ JR Kyushu News Release (December 17, 2010), retrieved on December 18, 2010 Template:Ja icon
  2. ^ 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.

33°22′13″N 130°29′28″E / 33.370278°N 130.491111°E / 33.370278; 130.491111