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Shinshō Station

railway station in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ7497762 ↗
Source-derived summary

Shinshō Station (新正駅, Shinshō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.

Lines

Shinshō Station is served by the Nagoya Line, and is located 38.1 rail kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kintetsu Nagoya Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Shinshō Station opened on July 20, 1975.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 783 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Shinshō Station” as railway station in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Shinshō, Station and railway.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1975, 2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1975. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Shinshō, Station and railway providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Shinshō Station”, the useful work is to connect “railway station in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7497762. Authority coordinates are 34.956, 136.619. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1975 and 2019.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Shinshō Station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Shinshō Station primary sources, Shinshō Station archive and Shinshō research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Shinshō Station”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Shinshō Station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.