Shin-Shirakawa Station
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Shin-Shirakawa Station
新白河駅 |
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Station exterior, May 2011
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| Location | Nishigō, Nishishirakawa, Fukushima （福島県西白河郡西郷村小田倉字道南） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
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| Opened | 1959 |
| Previous names | Iwaki-Nishigō (until 1982) |
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| Passengers (FY2013) | 2,894 [1] daily |
Shin-Shirakawa Station (新白河駅?) is a railway station in Nishigō, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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The station is served by the Tohoku Shinkansen high-speed line and the Tohoku Main Line, and is 185.4 km from the starting point the Tohoku Main Line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
The ｓhinkansen section consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, with two centre tracks for non-stop passing trains. The Tohoku Main Line section of the station consists of one side platform and one island platform, serving three tracks.
The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[2]
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Tohoku Shinkansen | for Ōmiya, Ueno, and Tokyo |
| 4 | ■ Tohoku Shinkansen | for Sendai and Morioka |
| 5 | ■ Tohoku Main Line | for Kuroiso and Utsunomiya |
| 6 | ■ Tohoku Main Line | for Kuroiso and Utsunomiya |
| ■ Tohoku Main Line | for Shirakawa and Kōriyama | |
| 7 | ■ Tohoku Main Line | for Shirakawa and Kōriyama |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Tohoku Shinkansen | ||||
| Nasu-Shiobara | - | Kōriyama | ||
| Tohoku Main Line | ||||
| Shirasaka | - | Shirakawa | ||
History
The station first opened as Iwaki-Nishigō Station (磐城西郷駅?) on 7 April 1959.[3] On 23 June 1982, it was renamed Shin-Shirakawa Station, coinciding with the opening of the Tohoku Shinkansen. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 2,504 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 2,824[5] |
| 2005 | 2,799[6] |
| 2010 | 2,724[7] |
| 2011 | 2,504[4] |
Surrounding area
- National Route 4
- National Route 294
- JR East Research Centre
References
- ↑ 東日本 各駅の乗車人員</ JR東日本 各駅の乗車人員
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