Operated by JR East Passengers (FY2013) 2,894 daily | Connections Bus stop Opened 1959 | |
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Location Nishigō, Nishishirakawa, Fukushima
（福島県西白河郡西郷村小田倉字道南）
Japan Line(s) Tohoku Shinkansen
Tōhoku Main Line Previous names Iwaki-Nishigō (until 1982) Address Japan, 〒961-8052 Fukushima Prefecture, Nishishirakawa District, Nishigo, Donanhigashi, 〒961-8055 114 Similar Shirakawa Station, Shirasaka Station, Kōriyama Station, Kuroiso Station, Nasushiobara Station | ||
Tokyo bound shinkansen arriving into shin shirakawa station
Shin-Shirakawa Station (新白河駅) is a railway station in Nishigō, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Yamabiko and tsubasa express passing shin shirakawa station
Lines
The station is served by the Tohoku Shinkansen high-speed line and the Tohoku Main Line, and is 185.4 km from the starting point the Tohoku Main Line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
The shinkansen section consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, with two centre tracks for non-stop passing trains. The Tohoku Main Line section of the station consists of one side platform and one island platform, serving three tracks.
The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
History
The station first opened as Iwaki-Nishigō Station (磐城西郷駅) on 7 April 1959. On 23 June 1982, it was renamed Shin-Shirakawa Station, coinciding with the opening of the Tohoku Shinkansen. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 2,504 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.