Shiraoka Station

Shiraoka Station (白岡駅, Shiraoka-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) in Shiraoka, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Shiraoka

白岡駅
Shiraoka Station east exit, October 2007
Location1213 Koguki, Shiraoka-shi, Saitama-ken
（埼玉県白岡市小久喜1213）
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Utsunomiya Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks3
ConnectionsBus stop
History
Opened1910
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)12,793 daily[1]

Lines

Shiraoka Station is served by the Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and lies 43.5 kilometers from the starting point of the Tohoku Main Line at Tokyo.

Station layout

This station has an elevated station building with one ground-level island platform and one ground-level side platform underneath, serving three tracks. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms
1 ■ Utsunomiya Line for Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso
2 ■ Utsunomiya Line (for both directions)
3 ■ Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via JT Tokaido Line and JT Ito Line)
■ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line)

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Utsunomiya Line
Commuter Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Rapid Rabbit: Does not stop at this station
Hasuda   Local & Rapid Acty   Shin-Shiraoka
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Hasuda   Local   Shin-Shiraoka

History

Shiraoka Station opened on 11 February 1910. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

See also

References
  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [FY2014 station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

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