# Shin-Yamaguchi Station

Shin-Yamaguchi Station (新山口駅, Shin-Yamaguchi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

## Lines

Shin-Yamaguchi Station is served by the Sanyō Shinkansen and is 474.4 kilometers from Shin-Osaka and 1027.0 kilometers from Tokyo. It is also served by the JR West San'yō Main Line, and is located 459.2 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Kobe. The station is also the southern terminus for the 93.9 kilometer Yamaguchi Line to Masuda and the eastern terminus of the 33.2 kilometer Ube Line to Ube It is also the starting station of the rapid sightseeing train SL Yamaguchi steam train on the Yamaguchi Line.

## Layout

The station has two opposed side platforms sandwiching three island platforms for regular train services. The platforms are connected by an elevated station building. The Shinkansen portion of the station has two elevated side platforms on the third floor of the station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

### Platforms

| 0 | ■ Yamaguchi Line | for Yamaguchi, Tsuwano, Masuda |
| 1 | ■ Yamaguchi Line | for Yamaguchi, Tsuwano, Masuda (including "Super Oki" and "SL Yamaguchi") |
| 2 | ■ Yamaguchi Line | for Yamaguchi, Tsuwano, Masuda |
| 3 | ■ no entrance | |
| 4 | ■ Sanyō Main Line | for Tokuyama, Yanai, Iwakuni |
| 5 | ■ Sanyō Main Line | returning for Tokuyama, Yanai, Iwakuni returning for Ube, Asa, Shimonoseki |
| 6 | ■ Sanyō Main Line | for Ube, Asa, Shimonoseki returning for Tokuyama, Yanai, Iwakuni |
| 7 | ■ Sanyō Main Line | for Ube, Asa, Shimonoseki (part of trains) |
| 8 | ■ Ube Line | for Ubemisaki, Ube-Shinkawa |
| 11 | ■ Sanyō Shinkansen | for Hiroshima, Shin-Ōsaka, Tokyo |
| 12 | ■ Sanyō Shinkansen | for Kokura, Hakata, Kumamoto, Kagoshima-Chūō |

## Adjacent stations

| « | Service | » |
| Sanyō Main Line |||||
| Shin-Shimonoseki (Shimonoseki bound trains) Ube (Osaka bound trains) | West Express Ginga | Tokuyama (Shimonoseki bound trains) Hofu (Osaka bound trains) |
| Yotsutsuji | Local | Kagawa |
| Yamaguchi Line |||||
| Terminus | Limited Express Super Oki | Yudaonsen |
| Terminus | Rapid Commuter Liner | Ōtoshi |
| Terminus | Local | Suō-Shimogō |
| Ube Line |||||
| Terminus | Local | Kami-Kagawa |
Some Nozomi, Mizuho, Hikari, and Sakura Shinkansen services pass through this station without stopping.

## History

Shin-Yamaguchi Station was opened on 3 December 1900 as Ogōri Station (小郡駅) on the San'yō Railway when the line was extended from Mitajiri (present-day Hōfu Station) to Asa Station. The San'yō Railway was railway nationalized in 1906 and the line renamed the San'yō Main Line in 1909. The Yamaguchi Line began operations from 20 February 1913 and the Ube Railway (later Ube Line) on 26 March 1925. The Sanyō Shinkansen station opened on 10 March 1975. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). On 1 October 2003, the station was renamed Shin-Yamaguchi Station.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2022, the station was used by an average of 6452 passengers daily.

## Surrounding area

* Yamaguchi City Ogori Cultural Museum
* Yamaguchi City Ogori General Branch (Former Ogori Town Hall)
* Yamaguchi Municipal Ogori Junior High School