Shin-Sakaemachi Station (Fukuoka)

Shin-Sakaemachi Station (新栄町駅) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Nishi-Nippon Railroad (NNR), and has station number T49.

Lines
The station is served by the Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line and is 73.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station.

Station layout
The station consists of one elevated island platform with an elevated station building above the platform.

Adjacent stations

 * colspan=5 style="text-align:center;" |Nishi-Nippon Railroad
 * colspan=5 style="text-align:center;" |Nishi-Nippon Railroad

History
The station opened on 1 October 1938 as Sakaemachi Station (栄町駅). The station name was changed to Kyutetsu Sakaemachi Station (九鉄栄町駅) on 1 July 1939. The company merged with the Kyushu Electric Tramway on 19 September 1942. The company changed its name to Nishi-Nippon Railway three days later, on 22 September 1942 and the station was renamed Nishitetsu Sakaemachi Station (西鉄栄町駅). It was relocated to its present location renamed again to its present name on 28 April 1970.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2022, the station was used by 3365 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

 * Mitsui Chemicals Omuta Plant
 * Mitsui Kinzoku Mining Miike Factory
 * Omuta Asahimachi Post Office