Shin-Tosu Station
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 City Saga Prefecture Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°22′13″N 130°29′28″E / 33.370278°N 130.491111°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR Kyushu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | JH02 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 12 March 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 name of the station was officially announced by JR Kyushu on December 17, 2010; the station itself opened for service on March 12, 2011.[1]
Lines
Shin-Tosu Station is served by the Kyushu Shinkansen, and is proposed to form the junction with the Nishi 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] Tracks 11 and 14 on the Shinkansen are not normally used.
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 |  Kyūshū Shinkansen
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for Hakata and Shin-Ōsaka |
| 13,14 | Kyushu Shinkansen
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for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō |
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shin-Tosu Station.
- ^ 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.
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