History
Shin-Onomichi Station opened on 13 March 1988 as a petitioned addition to the JR West San'yō Shinkansen between Fukuyama and Mihara, on the inland edge of Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture. The local consortium that backed it covered the full 6.2 billion yen construction cost, and JR West runs it as a directly-managed station within Onomichi station's jurisdiction. Two elevated side platforms flank twin through-tracks for non-stopping trains. From November 1997 only Kodama services called; one up and two down Hikari services were progressively restored between 2008 and 2009, although since March 2012 only the two early-morning up Hikari trains stop. The Midori-no-Madoguchi office was withdrawn in February 2023.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Construction was funded entirely by Onomichi and surrounding municipalities after Mihara's mayor outmaneuvered the original plan to put the mid-section Shinkansen stop at Onomichi; the two-station outcome leaves Shin-Onomichi only 11 km from Mihara, one of the shortest inter-station gaps on the line.