title: Shin-Minamata Station
text: # Shin-Minamata Station
  
  Shin-Minamata Station (新水俣駅, Shin-Minamata-eki) is a railway station in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). The station building was designed by Makoto Sei Watanabe and opened on 13 March 2004.
  
  ## Lines
  
  * Kyushu Railway Company
     * Kyūshū Shinkansen
  * Hisatsu Orange Railway
     * Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
  
  ## Platforms
  
  ### JR Kyushu
  
  | 11/12 | ■ Kyushu Shinkansen | for Kumamoto, Hakata, and Shin-Ōsaka (island platform) |
  | - | - | - |
  | 13 | ■ Kyushu Shinkansen | for Izumi, Sendai, and Kagoshima-Chūō (side platform) |
  
  ### Hisatsu Orange Railway
  
  The Hisatsu Orange Railway serves one island platform at Shin-Minamata. This station is unmanned.
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | ← | | Service | | → |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Hisatsu Orange Railway Line |||||
  | Tsunagi | Tsunagi | - | Minamata | Minamata |
  
  ## History
  
  * 19 September 1968: The site opened as JNR Hatsuno S.B.
  * 1 April 1987: Hatuno S.B. was inherited by JR Kyushu.
  * 13 March 2004: The Kyushu Shinkansen Shin-Minamata Station was opened. The JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line was transferred to the control of the Hisatsu Orange Railway, and Hatsuno S.B. became Shin-Minamata Station.
  