Shinjō Station
Shinjō Station (新庄駅, Shinjō-eki) is a railway station in Shinjō, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is the terminus for the Yamagata Shinkansen, Rikuu West Line and Rikuu East Line.
Lines
Shinjō Station is served by the following lines.
Station layout
Shinjō Station East Entrance
The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and a View Plaza travel agency.
Platforms
| 1/2 |
■ Yamagata Shinkansen |
for Yamagata, Fukushima, and Tokyo
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| ■ Ou Main Line |
for Ōishida, Murayama, Tendō, and Yamagata |
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| 3 |
■ Rikuu West Line |
for Furukuchi, Karikawa, Amarume, and Sakata
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| ■ Ou Main Line |
for Yuzawa, Yokote, Ōmagari, and Akita |
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| 4 |
■ Ou Main Line |
for Yuzawa, Yokote, Ōmagari, and Akita
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| 5 |
■ Rikuu East Line |
for Naruko-Onsen, Furukawa, and Kogota
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| ■ Rikuu West Line |
for Furukuchi, Karikawa, Amarume, and Sakata |
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- Platforms 1 and 2 serve 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge tracks, while platforms 3 to 5 serve narrow gauge (1,067 mm) tracks.
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Platforms 1 and 2, July 2011
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Adjacent stations
- Down trains only stop at Funagata
History
Shinjō Station opened on 11 June 1903.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.[1] A new station building was completed in October 1998. From 4 December 1999, the station became the terminus of the Yamagata Shinkansen, following its extension from Yamagata.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 1,582 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
| 2000 | 2,373[3] |
| 2005 | 1,960[4] |
| 2010 | 1,593[5] |
| 2011 | 1,508[6] |
| 2012 | 1,582[2] |
Surrounding area
References
External links
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| | Fukushima to Shinjō (Yamagata Line) | |
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| | Shinjō to Ōmagari | |
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| | Ōmagari to Aomori (formerly Ōu North Line) | |
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National Route 13 
National Route 47