Shishido Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 宍戸駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Ōtamachi, Kasama-shi, Ibaraki-ken 309-1738 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Mito Line |
Distance: | 48.5 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | 16 January 1889 |
Former: | Ōtamachi (renamed in 1889) |
Passengers: | 262 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2020 |
Map Type: | Japan Ibaraki Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Shishido Station |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Shishido Station is served by the Mito Line, and is located 48.5 km from the official starting point of the line at Oyama Station.
The station consists of a single curved side platform serving traffic in both direction. The Station is staffed.
Shishido Station was opened on 16 January 1889 as . It was renamed to its present name on 25 May 1889. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in July 2012.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 336 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]