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]
JH 02 Shin-Tosu Station 新鳥栖駅 | |
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![]() Shin-Tosu Station in March 2011 | |
General information | |
Location | Harakogamachi, Tosu, Saga Japan |
Coordinates | 33°22′13″N 130°29′28″E |
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History | |
Opened | March 12, 2011 |
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![]() ![]() JH 02 Shin-Tosu Station Location within Japan |
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]
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 | ■Kyushu Shinkansen | for Hakata and Shin-Ōsaka |
13,14 | ■Kyushu Shinkansen | for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō |
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Kyushu Shinkansen | ||||
Hakata | Kagoshima Route | Kurume | ||
Nagasaki Main Line | ||||
JH 01 Tosu | - | JH 03 Hizen-Fumoto |
Stations of the Kyushu Shinkansen | |
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Stations of the Nagasaki Main Line | |
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