Shiroishi Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 白石駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 137 Sawame, Shiroishi-shi, Miyagi-ken 989-0243 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Tōhoku Main Line |
Distance: | 306.8 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side +1 island platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Status: | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") |
Opened: | December 15, 1887 |
Passengers: | 2892 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Miyagi Prefecture#Japan |
is a railway station in the city of Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). This station is the central station in Shiroishi city, and the nearest station to Shiroishi Castle in the city center.
Shiroishi Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 306.8 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at .
The station has one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Shiroishi Station opened on December 15, 1887. On October 25, 1970 a Sister station relationship with JR Shiroishi Station in Hokkaidō was established. 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 2,892 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1] Data for previous years is as follows:
Passenger Change | ||
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Year | Daily Average Number of Passengers | |
2000 | 3590 | |
2005 | 3240 | |
2010 | 2897 | |
2015 | 2908 |