Shirahama Station (白浜駅, Shirahama-eki) 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 白浜駅 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| JR-West commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||||||
 Shirahama Station in December 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 1475, Katata, Shirahama-cho, Nishimuro-gun, Wakayama-ken 649-2201 Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°40′33.06″N 135°23′13.97″E / 33.6758500°N 135.3872139°E | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by |  West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | W Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | |||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 275.4 km (171.1 miles) from Kameyama 95.2 km (59.2 miles) from Shingū | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island + 1 bay platform | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed ( Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 20 December 1933[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1978[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Shirahamaguchi (1933 - 1965)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||
| FY2019 | 709 daily | |||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editShirahama 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 Shingū. Limited express trains named "Kuroshio" stop at this station and part of those return to Shin-Osaka and Kyoto.
Station layout
editThe 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.
Platforms
edit| 0 | ■ Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | part of limited express trains "Kuroshio" returning for Wakayama, Tennoji, Shin-Osaka and Kyoto |
| 1 | ■ Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | for Kii-Tanabe and Wakayama limited express trains "Kuroshio" for Wakayama, Tennoji, Shin-Osaka and Kyoto for Kushimoto, Kii-Katsuura and Shingu |
| 2 | ■ Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | for Kushimoto, Kii-Katsuura and Shingū |
| 3 | ■ Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | part of limited express trains "Kuroshio" for Wakayama, Tennoji, Shin-Osaka and Kyoto for Kushimoto, Kii-Katsuura and Shingū (only one local train every day) |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| West Japan Railway Company (JR West) | ||||
| Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | ||||
| Susami (One-way Operation) |
West Express Ginga | Kii-Tanabe | ||
| Susami | Limited Express Kuroshio | Kii-Tanabe | ||
| Kii-Tonda | Local | Asso | ||
History
editShirahama Station opened on December 20, 1933 as Shirahamaguchi Station (白浜口駅, ]). 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.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 709 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding Area
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Sone, Satoru (2010-01-10). 朝日新聞出版分冊百科編集部 (ed.). 週刊 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 国鉄・JR. 週刊朝日百科. Vol. 25号 紀勢本線・参宮線・名松線. Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. pp. 18–21.
- ^ 『'88 JR西日本』西日本旅客鉄道,1988, p.97.
- ^ 和歌山県統計年鑑（令和2年度刊行） [Wakayama Prefectural Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Wakayama Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
External links
edit Media related to Shirahama Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Shirahama Station (West Japan Railway) (in Japanese)
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