Shinjo Station

Shinjō Station 新庄駅
Shinjō Station West Entrance, October 2010
Location	1-1 Tamon-machi, Shinjō, Yamagata （山形県新庄市多門町1-1） Japan
Coordinates	38°45′46″N 140°18′22″E / 38.762681°N 140.306064°E / 38.762681; 140.306064Coordinates: 38°45′46″N 140°18′22″E / 38.762681°N 140.306064°E / 38.762681; 140.306064
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Yamagata Shinkansen Ōu Main Line Rikuu East Line Rikuu West Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1903
Traffic
Passengers (FY2012)	1,582 daily

Shinjō Station (新庄駅, Shinjō-eki^?) is a railway station in Shinjō, Yamagata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is the terminus for the Yamagata Shinkansen, Rikuu West Line and Rikuu East Line.

Shinjō Station is served by the following lines.

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and a View Plaza travel agency.

Platforms 1 and 2, July 2011

Platform 3, July 2007

Shinjō Station opened on 11 June 1903. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in October 1998. From 4 December 1999, the station became the terminus of the Yamagata Shinkansen, following its extension from Yamagata.

In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 1,582 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.