Shiroishi Station (Miyagi)

Shiroishi Station
白石駅
Shiroishi Station, August 2006
Location 137 Sawame, Shiroishi-shi, Miyagi-ken 989-0243
Japan
Coordinates 38°00′12.61″N 140°37′34.23″E / 38.0035028°N 140.6261750°E / 38.0035028; 140.6261750Coordinates: 38°00′12.61″N 140°37′34.23″E / 38.0035028°N 140.6261750°E / 38.0035028; 140.6261750
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Tōhoku Main Line
Distance 306.8 km from Tokyo
Platforms 1 side +1 island platform
Tracks 3
Other information
Status Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
Website Official website
History
Opened December 15, 1887
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 2936 daily
Location
Shiroishi Station
Location within Japan

Shiroishi Station (白石駅, Shiroishi-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in the city of 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 layout

Shiroishi Station has one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. 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


Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōhoku Main Line
Fukushima   Rapid   Ōgawara
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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 2,936 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1] Data for previous years is as follows:

Passenger Change
Year Daily Average Number of Passengers
2000 3590
2005 3240
2010 2897

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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