Shin-Fuji Station
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is a train station
Train station
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 in the city of Fuji
Fuji, Shizuoka
is a city in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture. Fuji is the 3rd largest city in terms of population in Shizuoka Prefecture, trailing Hamamatsu and Shizuoka. As of February 2010, the city has an estimated population of 254,113 and a population density of 1040 persons per km²...

, Shizuoka Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun...

, Japan
Japan
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, on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen. It is 146.2 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station
is a train station located in the Marunouchi business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, near the Imperial Palace grounds and the Ginza commercial district....

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History

Shin-Fuji was opened on March 13, 1988, with the dissolution and privatization
Privatization
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 of the Japan National Railways. The station is located in an industrial area, initially with few residences, stores, or connecting lines, and was a stop only for the Kodama service on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen.

Lines

This station is served by following lines.
  • Central Japan Railway Company
    Central Japan Railway Company
    The is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as . Its headquarters are located in the JR Central Towers in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.The company's operational hub is Nagoya Station...


Station layout

Shin-Fuji Station is an elevated station with two opposed side platforms, connected to one another and to the station building by an underpass. The station building has automated ticket machine
Ticket machine
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s, automated turnstile
Turnstile
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s and a manned "Green Window" service counter.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

There are no connecting rail lines to Shin-Fuji, with the nearest connecting being located at Fuji Station
Fuji Station
is an interchange railway station in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station is 146.2 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station. Fuji is on the Tōkaidō Main Line and the Minobu Line of Central Japan Railway Company and is a freight terminal of the Japan Freight Railway Company.-History:In 1889,...

 2 kilometers away. A connecting bus service runs several times an hour taking approximately 7 minutes. There are three buses per day from Shin-Fuji Station on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen directly to the 5th Station on Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji
is the highest mountain in Japan at . An active stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707–08, Mount Fuji lies about south-west of Tokyo, and can be seen from there on a clear day. Mount Fuji's exceptionally symmetrical cone is a well-known symbol of Japan and it is frequently depicted in art and...

 for a price of 3,440 Yen. The trip is 2 hours and 40 minutes.

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