Shin-Yatsushiro

History

Shin-Yatsushiro Station opened on 13 March 2004 as the northern terminus of the partial Kyushu Shinkansen between this station and Kagoshima-Chūō, and as a newly built stop on the Kagoshima Main Line slotted between Senchō and Yatsushiro. A dedicated elevated spur from the north let Relay Tsubame limited expresses on the Kagoshima Line meet Tsubame shinkansen trains on the same platform until the 12 March 2011 Hakata extension turned Shin-Yatsushiro into a through-station. SUGOCA began on the conventional-line side on 1 December 2012, the dedicated travel centre closed on 30 March 2018, and on 1 October 2023 the conventional-line station reverted to direct JR Kyushu operation. Conventional-line ticket counters were withdrawn on 31 March 2025.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.

Notes

Since 29 August 2025 the platform departure melody at the shinkansen platforms has been "Funa-uta", the signature song of Yatsushiro-born enka singer Aki Yashiro, who is also commemorated on a mosaic near the shinkansen ticket gate.