Shinshiro Station

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Shinshiro Station
新城駅
Shinshiro Station
Location
Prefecture Aichi
(See other stations in Aichi)
City Shinshiro
Neighborhood etc. Miya-no-nishi 30
Postal code441 - 1377
(in Japanese)愛知県新城市宮ノ西30
History
Year opened 1898
Rail services
Operator(s) Central Japan Railway Company
Line(s) Iida Line

Shinshiro Station (新城駅 Shinshiro-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 21.6 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Iida Line at Toyohashi Station.

Station History

Shinshiro Station was established on April 25, 1898 as a station on the now-defunct Toyokawa Railway (豊川鉄道 Toyokawa Tetsudō). On August 1, 1943, t the Toyokawa Railway were nationalized along with some other local lines to form the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Iida Line.[1] Scheduled freight operations were discontinued in 1972 and small parcel services from 1985. Along with its division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company.

Lines

Layout

Shinshiro Station has a one side platform and one island platform connected by an overpass.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Iida Line
Toyokawa   Limited Express "Inaji" (特急「伊那路」)   Hon-Nagashino
Nodajō   Local (普通)   Higashi-Shimmachi

External links

References

  1. Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). Teishajō Hensen Daijiten - Kokutetsu JR Hen (in Japanese). Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 99, vol. II. ISBN 4533029809. 

Coordinates: 34°54′01″N 137°29′36″E / 34.9004°N 137.4933°E / 34.9004; 137.4933

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