Shiroishi-Zaō Station

Shiroishi-Zaō Station
白石蔵王駅
Shiroishi-Zaō Station, August 2006
Location Otakazawa Misawa Sakurada, Shiroishi-shi, Miyagi-ken 989-0213
Japan
Coordinates 37°59′41″N 140°37′57″E / 37.994675°N 140.632596°E / 37.994675; 140.632596Coordinates: 37°59′41″N 140°37′57″E / 37.994675°N 140.632596°E / 37.994675; 140.632596
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Tōhoku Shinkansen
Distance 601.0 kilometers from Tokyo
Platforms 1 side platform + 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Other information
Status Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
Website Official website
History
Opened 23 June 1982
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 862 daily
Location
Shiroishi-Zaō Station
Location within Japan

Shiroishi-Zaō Station (白石蔵王駅, Shiroishi-Zaō-eki) is a railway station on the Tohoku Shinkansen in the city of Shiroishi, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Shiroishi-Zaō Station is served by the Tohoku Shinkansen high-speed line from Tokyo to Shin-Aomori, with one Yamabiko service stopping per hour (up to 2 or 3 times per hour at peak times) between Tokyo and Sendai. It is located 601.0 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Shiroishi-Zaō Station is an elevated station with one island platform and one side platform, with the station building located underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Tohoku Shinkansen for Sendai, and Morioka
2 ■ Tohoku Shinkansen for Utsunomiya and Tokyo
3 ■ Tohoku Shinkansen (spare platform)

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tohoku Shinkansen
Hayabusa: Does not stop at this station
Hayate: Does not stop at this station
Fukushima   Yamabiko   Sendai

History

The station opened 23 June 1982. 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 2016, the station was used by an average of 862 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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