Shimonoseki Station


Shimonoseki Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company. The station is a freight depot of the Japan Freight Railway Company.
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Lines

Shimonoseki Station is served by the JR West San'yō Main Line and is located 528.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at. It is also served by trains of the JR West San'in Main Line, whose trains all continue past the nominal terminus of that line at and is located 677.3 kilometers from the opposing terminus of that line at. The company boundary between JR West and JR Kyushu is at the west end of this station where there is an entrance signal from Moji, and trains on the San'yō Main Line past this station are under the control of the Kyushu Railway Company

Station layout

The station consists of two raised island platforms connected to a mezzanine level of the station building by the stairs/escalator near the north end of each platform. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

Note: Platforms 1, 2, 5 and 10 do not have physical platforms.

History

Shimonoseki Station opened on 27 May 1901 as Bakan Station on the San'yō Railway about 700 meters east from its current location, but adjacent to the Kanmon Renrakusen. The station name was changed to Shimonoseki Station with the change in city name 1 June 1902. San'yō Railway ferry operations to Korea began from 11 September 1905. The San'yō Railway was railway nationalized in 1906 and the line renamed the San'yō Main Line in 1909. On 1 July 1942, the Kanmon Tunnel was opened. The station moved to its present location on 15 November 1942. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company.
On 29 September 1999, the Shimonoseki Station massacre occurred, with five deaths with ten injuries. On 7 January 2006, the main station building was destroyed by fire and a 74-year-old man was arrested for arson.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 7225 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

JR Shimonoseki station and Buzenda area

;Shops
  • Sea Mall Shimonoseki
  • *Shimonoseki Daimaru
  • *Wedding Hall
  • Buzenda Shopping Street
  • Green Mall shopping street
  • Nagato Market
;Sightseeing
;Hotels
  • Shimonoseki Tokyu Inn
  • Via Inn Shimonoseki
  • Shimonoseki Eki-nishi Washington Hotel Plaza
  • Toyoko Inn Shimonoseki-eki Higashi-guchi
  • Shimonoseki Station Hotel
  • Green Hotel Shimonoseki
  • Hotel Wing International Shimonoseki
  • Hotel 38th Shimonoseki
  • Prince Hotel Shimonoseki
;Others
  • Shimonoseki Port
  • Shimonoseki Port International Terminal
  • Shimonoseki Fishing Port
  • Shimonoseki Citizen hall

Karato

;Shops
  • SunLive Karato
  • Karato shopping street
  • Kamon Wharf
;Sightseeing
;Hotels
  • Shimonoseki Grand Hotel
  • Karato Central Hotel
  • Kaikyo View Shimonoseki
  • Shunpanro
  • Tokyo Dai-ichi Hotel Shimonoseki
  • Shimonoseki City Hinoyama Youth Hostel
;Others
  • Shimonoseki City Hall
  • Arcaport development area

Transportation

Ferries from Shimonoseki Port International Terminal

Bus

  • Bus company : Sanden Kohtsu Co., Ltd.
  • *Shimonoseki Station Bus Terminal : Intercity bus services go to the following destinations: Osaka, Kobe, Fukuoka, Kitakyushu Airport, etc.