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JH 02 Shin-Tosu Station 新鳥栖駅
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 Shin-Tosu Station in March 2011 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 220-2 Harakogacho, Tosu-shi, Saga-ken Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°22′13″N 130°29′28″E / 33.370278°N 130.491111°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR Kyushu | ||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 28.6 km from Hakata | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms (Shinkansen), 2 side platforms (conventional lines) | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 (4 Shinkansen, 2 conventional) | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated (Shinkansen) At grade (conventional line) | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||
| Station code | JH02 | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 12 March 2011 | ||||||||||||||
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| FY2022 | 1061 | ||||||||||||||
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Shin-Tosu Station (新鳥栖駅, Shin-Tosu-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Tosu, Saga, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]
Shin-Tosu Station is served by the Kyushu Shinkansen and is 28.6 kilometers from Hakata and 650.9 kilometers from Shin-Osaka. The station is also served by the Kagoshima Main Line and is located 2.9 km from the starting point of the line at Tosu.[3] Nagasaki Main Line. A short walkway forms the connection between these two platforms, but passengers must pass through the Shinkansen and convention ticket gates to transfer.[4]
The Shinkansen station consists of two elevated island platforms serving four tracks. Tracks 11 and 14 on the Shinkansen are not normally used.[4] The conventional line has two opposed ground-level side platforms located directly underneath the Shinkansen platforms. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[3][2]
| 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 |  Kyūshū Shinkansen
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for Hakata and Shin-Ōsaka |
| 13,14 | Kyushu Shinkansen
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for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō |
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Shin-Tosu Station-Shinkansen-Platform
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Nagasaki Main Line Platform
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The name of the station was officially announced by JR Kyushu on December 17, 2010.[5] Shin-Tosu Station opened for revenue service on March 12, 2011. The station is planned to be the junction point between the Kyushu Shinkansen and Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen once the latter line's extension opens.
Passenger statistics
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In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 1064 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 126th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[6]
On the east side (along Prefectural Road 31 and Fukuoka Prefectural Road/Saga Prefectural Road 17 Kurume Kiyama-Chikushino Line), many suburban stores have been located since before the station opened. To the west is a quiet residential area.
- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b "新鳥栖駅" [Shin-Tosu Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ a b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第4巻 福岡エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 4 Fukuoka Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 32, 67. ISBN 9784062951630.
- ^ 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.
- ^ JR Kyushu News Release (December 17, 2010) Archived December 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on December 18, 2010 (in Japanese)
- ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
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- Shin-Tosu Station (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)