Shirakawa Station

Railway station in Shirakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

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Shirakawa Station

白河駅

Shirakawa Station in 2023

General information
Location| Kakunai, Shirakawa-shi, Fukushima-ken 961-0074
Japan
Coordinates| 37°07′50″N 140°12′47″E﻿ / ﻿37.1306°N 140.2130°E﻿ / 37.1306; 140.2130
Operated by|  JR East
Line(s)| ■ Tōhoku Main Line
Distance| 188.2 km from Tokyo
Platforms| 1 island platform
Tracks| 2
Connections|

* Bus stop

Other information
Status| Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
Website| Official website
History
Opened| July 16, 1887
Passengers
FY2018| 624 daily
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR East | Following station

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Shin-Shirakawa

towards Kuroiso

|  | Tōhoku Main Line

Local

|  | Kutano

towards Morioka

Location

Shirakawa Station

Location within Fukushima Prefecture

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Shirakawa Station

Shirakawa Station (Japan)

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Shirakawa Station (白河駅, Shirakawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Shirakawa, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines

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Shirakawa Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 188.2 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.

## Station layout

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The station has one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

### Platforms

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1 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | for Shin-Shirakawa, Kuroiso, and Utsunomiya

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2 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line  | for Fukushima and Kōriyama

## History

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Shirakawa Station opened on July 16, 1887. The Hakuhō Line connecting Shirakawa with Iwaki-Tanakura operated from this station from 1916-1944.[citation needed] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

## Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 624 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

## Surrounding area

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* Shirakawa City Hall
* Shirakawa Post Office
* Shiroyama Park
* National Route 4
* National Route 289
* National Route 294

## See also

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* List of Railway Stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.

## External links

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Media related to Shirakawa Station at Wikimedia Commons

* Official website (in Japanese)

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Stations of the Tōhoku Main Line

Tokyo to Kuroiso
(JU Utsunomiya Line)|

* Tokyo
* Ueno
* Oku
* Akabane
* Urawa
* Saitama-Shintoshin
* Ōmiya
* Toro
* Higashi-Ōmiya
* Hasuda
* Shiraoka
* Shin-Shiraoka
* Kuki
* Higashi-Washinomiya
* Kurihashi
* Koga
* Nogi
* Mamada
* Oyama
* Koganei
* Jichi Medical University
* Ishibashi
* Suzumenomiya
* Utsunomiya
* Okamoto
* Hōshakuji
* Ujiie
* Kamasusaka
* Kataoka
* Yaita
* Nozaki
* Nishi-Nasuno
* Nasushiobara
* Kuroiso

Kuroiso to Morioka|

* Kuroiso
* Takaku
* Kurodahara
* Toyohara
* Shirasaka
* Shin-Shirakawa
* Shirakawa
* Kutano
* Izumizaki
* Yabuki
* Kagamiishi
* Sukagawa
* Asaka-Nagamori
* Kōriyama
* Hiwada
* Gohyakugawa
* Motomiya
* Sugita
* Nihonmatsu
* Adachi
* Matsukawa
* Kanayagawa
* Minami-Fukushima
* Fukushima
* Higashi-Fukushima
* Date
* Koori
* Fujita
* Kaida
* Kosugō
* Shiroishi
* Higashi-Shiroishi
* Kita-Shirakawa
* Ōgawara
* Funaoka
* Tsukinoki
* Iwanuma
* Tatekoshi
* Natori
* Minami-Sendai
* Taishidō
* Nagamachi
* Sendai
* Higashi-Sendai
* Iwakiri
* (Shin-Rifu
* Rifu)
* Rikuzen-Sannō
* Kokufu-Tagajō
* Shiogama
* Matsushima
* Atago
* Shinainuma
* Kashimadai
* Matsuyamamachi
* Kogota
* Tajiri
* Semine
* Umegasawa
* Nitta
* Ishikoshi
* Yushima
* Hanaizumi
* Shimizuhara
* Arikabe
* Ichinoseki
* Yamanome
* Hiraizumi
* Maesawa
* Rikuchū-Orii
* Mizusawa
* Kanegasaki
* Rokuhara
* Kitakami
* Murasakino
* Hanamaki
* Hanamaki-Kūkō
* Ishidoriya
* Hizume
* Shiwachūō
* Furudate
* Yahaba
* Iwate-Iioka
* Senbokuchō
* Morioka

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