Shiishiba Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 椎柴駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Nojiricho 169, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken 288-0863 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Narita Line |
Distance: | 71.0 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | March 11, 1933 |
Passengers: | 511 daily |
Pass Year: | 2006 |
Map Type: | Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Shiishiba Station |
is a passenger railway station in the city of Chōshi, Chiba Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Shiishiba Station is served by the Narita Line, and is located 71.0 kilometers from the terminus of line at Sakura Station.
The station consists of dual opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
Shiishiba Station was opened on March 11, 1933 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) for both freight and passenger operations. After World War II, the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from October 1, 1962. The station has been unattended since March 15, 1974. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station building was rebuilt in 2007.
In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 511 passengers daily.[1]