Shin-Suizenji Station 新水前寺駅
Shin-Suizenji Station in 2018
General information
Location	Japan
Coordinates	32°47′37″N 130°43′34″E / 32.7936°N 130.7260°E / 32.7936; 130.7260
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Hōhi Main Line
Distance	5.2 km from Kumamoto
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Kumamoto City Tram Shin-Suizenji Ekimae Station, A and B-lines
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Parking for bikes under elevated structure
Accessible	Yes - elevator to station and platform
Other information
Status	Staffed ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi)(outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	13 March 1988 (1988-03-13)
Rebuilt	2011
Passengers
FY2016	4,276 daily
Rank	49th (among JR Kyushu stations)
Location
Shin-Suizenji Station Location within Japan

Shin-Suizenji Station (新水前寺駅, Shin-Suizenji-eki) is a railway station on the Hohi Main Line, operated by JR Kyushu in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, Japan.^[1][2]

Lines

The station is served by the Hōhi Main Line and is located 5.2 km from the starting point of the line at Kumamoto.^[3]

Layout

The station consists of a side platform serving a single elevated track. The station building is a modern elevated structure built in 2011, incorporating a staffed ticket window, automatic ticket vending machines, SUGOCA charge machines and readers, and an enclosed waiting room. The station building is accessed from street level by means of a flight of steps or an elevator. Two flights of steps also lead up to the station from the platforms of the nearby Shin-Suizenji ekimae tram stop operated by the Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau. Parking for bicycles is available underneath the elevater track.^[2][3][4]

Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket booth which is equipped with a Midori no Madoguchi facility.^[5][6]

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  The walkway from the tram stop towards the station lobby. Note the ticket window and the SUGOCA readers.

Adjacent stations

History

JR Kyushu opened the station on 13 March 1988 as an addition station on the existing track of the Hōhi Main Line.^[7]

In 2007 the Kumamoto City authorities initiated work to improve traffic flow around the station. The existing station building at street level was rebuilt as an elevated building on stilts. The Shin-Suizenji-Ekimae tramstop, 150 metres away, was moved 100 metres nearer. Two sheltered flights of step were constructed to connect the tramstop platforms to the railway station building. The new station building and tram stop opened in April 2011.^[8]

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  The old station building, at street level. Steps led up to the elevated platform. Picture was taken in 2006.
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  The old tram stop location. The JR station is in the background.
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  The new tram stop location. The steps leading up to the JR station can be seen.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 4,276 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 49th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[9]

Environs

• Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau: Shin-Suizenji-Ekimae Station, A and B-lines