New Tamana

Known weekday departures: 45/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 45/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 6:18 / 23:40

Busiest hour (known departures): 7:00–8:00 (4)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.

Timetable data as of 17 April 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

• Kyushu Shinkansen: New Omuta ⇄ Kumamoto (JR Kyushu)

Shin-Tamana opened on 12 March 2011 with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen between Hakata and Shin-Yatsushiro. The station was built about 4 km north-east of Tamana, the existing Kagoshima Main Line stop that serves as the city's principal station, and is a shinkansen-only facility with no conventional-line platforms. It is the southernmost shinkansen-only station in Japan, has two opposed side platforms, and is served chiefly by Tsubame stopping services plus a small number of Sakura limited-stop trains to and from Shin-Ōsaka. From October 2015 JR Kyushu removed the platform operating staff as a cost-cutting measure, making Shin-Tamana the first shinkansen station to operate without anyone on the platforms.

Shin-Tamana is the southernmost shinkansen-only station in Japan, and in October 2015 it became the first shinkansen station anywhere to operate without staff on the platforms — possible because of its straight tracks and unusually low passenger numbers.