Shiroishi Station (Miyagi)

Shiroishi Station
白石駅
Shiroishi Station, August 2006
Location
Prefecture Miyagi
(See other stations in Miyagi)
City Shiroishi
Neighborhood etc. 137 Sawame
Postal code989-0243
(in Japanese)宮城県白石市沢目137
History
Year opened 1887
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Tōhoku Main Line
Statistics 2985 passengers/day (FY2013)

Shiroishi Station (白石駅 Shiroishi-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Shiroishi Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 306.8 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Shiroishi Station has one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by an overhead passageway. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■Tōhoku Main Line for Iwanuma, Natori and Sendai
2 ■Tōhoku Main Line siding
3 ■Tōhoku Main Line for Fukushima, Kōriyama
for Iwanuma, Natori and Sendai

Usage Statistics

Passenger Change
Year Daily Average Number of Passengers
2000 3590
2001 3516
2002 3324
2003 3340
2004 3317
2005 3240
2006 3104
2007 3063
2008 3030
2009 3099
2010 2897
2011 2806
2012 2900
2013 2985

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōhoku Main Line
Rapid: no stop
Kosugō   Local   Higashi-Shiroishi

History

Shiroishi Station opened on December 15, 1887. On October 25, 1970 a Sister station relationship with JR Shiroishi Station in Hokkaidō was established. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

External links

Media related to Shiroishi Station (Miyagi) at Wikimedia Commons

Notes

  1. ↑ 東日本 各駅の乗車人員</ JR東日本 各駅の乗車人員]

Coordinates: 38°00′12.61″N 140°37′34.23″E / 38.0035028°N 140.6261750°E