Shin-Yatsushiro

Known weekday departures: 133/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 133/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:11 / 23:50

Busiest hour (known departures): 18:00–19:00 (11)

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 to 2 May 2026 (latest retrieval in spring/summer 2026): the timetables behind these figures were retrieved on different dates.

• Kyushu Shinkansen: Kumamoto (JR Kyushu) ⇄ Shin-Minamata
• Kagoshima Main Line: Sencho ⇄ Yatsushiro

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 Conventional-line ticket counters were withdrawn on 31 March 2025.

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