Shirahama Station | |
Native Name: | 白浜駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Type: | JR-West commuter rail station |
Address: | 1475, Katata, Shirahama-cho, Nishimuro-gun, Wakayama-ken 649-2201 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | West Japan Railway Company |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Line: | Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) |
Distance: | 275.4km (171.1miles) from 95.2km (59.2miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island + 1 bay platform |
Tracks: | 4 |
Train Operators: | West Japan Railway Company |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Opened: | [1] |
Former: | Shirahamaguchi (1933 - 1965) |
Electrified: | 1978[2] |
Passengers: | 709 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Wakayama Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Shirahama Station |
Services Collapsible: | yes |
is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Shirahama, Nishimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Shirahama Station is served by the Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line), and is located 275.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station and 95.2 kilometers from . Limited express trains named "Kuroshio" stop at this station and part of those return to Shin-Osaka and Kyoto.
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge with escalators. The side platform has a cut-out, forming a partial bay platform. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
|-!colspan=5|West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Shirahama Station opened on December 20, 1933 as . It was renamed to its present name on March 1, 1965. The current station building was completed on October 1, 1985. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 709 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]