Shirakawa Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 白河駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Kakunai, Shirakawa-shi, Fukushima-ken 961-0074 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Tōhoku Main Line |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Distance: | 188.2 km from |
Status: | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") |
Opened: | July 16, 1887 |
Passengers: | 624 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Fukushima Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Shirakawa Station |
is a railway station in the city of Shirakawa, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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.
The station has one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
Shirakawa Station opened on July 16, 1887. The Hakuhō Line connecting Shirakawa with operated from this station from 1916-1944. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 624 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]