Shin-Suizenji Station

Shin-Suizenji Station (新水前寺駅, Shin-Suizenji-eki) is a railway station on the Hohi Main Line, operated by JR Kyushu in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, Japan.[1][2]

Shin-Suizenji Station

新水前寺駅
Shin-Suizenji Station in 2018
LocationJapan
Coordinates32°47′37″N 130°43′34″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Hōhi Main Line
Distance5.2 km from Kumamoto
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsKumamoto City Tram Shin-Suizenji Ekimae Station, A and B-lines
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Bicycle facilitiesParking for bikes under elevated structure
Disabled accessYes - elevator to station and platform
Other information
StatusStaffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi)(outsourced)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened13 March 1988 (1988-03-13)
Rebuilt2011
Passengers
FY20164,276 daily
Rank49th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Shin-Suizenji Station
Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 5.2 km from the starting point of the line at Kumamoto.[3]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single elevated track. The station building is a modern elevated structure built in 2011, incorporating a staffed ticket window, automatic ticket vending machines, SUGOCA charge machines and readers, and an enclosed waiting room. The station building is accessed from street level by means of a flight of steps or an elevator. Two flights of steps also lead up to the station from the platforms of the nearby Shin-Suizenji ekimae tram stop operated by the Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau. Parking for bicycles is available underneath the elevater track.[2][3][4]

Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket booth which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[5][6]

  • The walkway from the tram stop towards the station lobby. Note the ticket window and the SUGOCA readers.

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Hōhi Main Line
Minami-Kumamoto Local Suizenji

History

JR Kyushu opened the station on 13 March 1988 as an addition station on the existing track of the Hōhi Main Line.[7]

In 2007 the Kumamoto City authorities initiated work to improve traffic flow around the station. The existing station building at street level was rebuilt as an elevated building on stilts. The Shin-Suizenji-Ekimae tramstop, 150 metres away, was moved 100 metres nearer. Two sheltered flights of step were constructed to connect the tramstop platforms to the railway station building. The new station building and tram stop opened in April 2011.[8]

  • The old station building, at street level. Steps led up to the elevated platform. Picture was taken in 2006.
  • The old tram stop location. The JR station is in the background.
  • The new tram stop location. The steps leading up to the JR station can be seen.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 4,276 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 49th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]

Environs

See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "新水前寺" [Shin-Suizenji]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. 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6巻 熊本 大分 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 6 Kumamoto Ōita Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 26, 76. ISBN 9784062951654.
  4. "新水前寺" [Shin-Suizenji]. Retrieved 18 April 2018. Blog entry with good photographic coverage of station facilities.
  5. "熊本支店内各駅" [Stations within the Kumamoto Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  6. "新水前寺駅" [Shin-Suizenji Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 18 April 2018. See images of tickets sold.
  7. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 743. ISBN 4533029809.
  8. "新水前寺駅地区交通結節点改善事業" [Shin-Suizenji area traffic improvement works] (PDF). Kumamoto City official website. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  9. "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2018.


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