| Higashi-Shinkawa Station | |
| Native Name: | 東新川駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Style: | JR West |
| Address: | 2-17, Higashishinkawa-chō, Ube-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 755-0019 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
| Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
| Distance: | 25.3km (15.7miles) from |
| Platforms: | 2 side platform |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Status: | Unstaffed |
| Passengers: | 376 |
| Pass Year: | FY2020 |
| Map Type: | Japan Yamaguchi Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Higashi-Shinkawa Station |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1] [2]
Higashi-Shinkawa Station is served by the JR West Ube Line, and is located 25.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
The station consists of two ground-level unnumbered side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
Higashi-Shinkawa Station was opened on 1 August 1923 when the Ube Railway was extended from to . The line was nationalized in 1943, becoming the Ube Higashi Line, and was renamed the Ube Line on 1 February 1948. With the privatization of the Japan National Railway (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan railway Company (JR West).
In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 376 passengers daily.[3]