Shin-Minamata Station

Shin-Minamata Station (新水俣駅) 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

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

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.