Shironishi Station 城西駅
Shironishi Station in August 2004
General information
Location	Sakuma-cho, Aijiki, Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken Japan
Coordinates	35°07′55″N 137°51′43″E / 35.131842°N 137.862056°E / 35.131842; 137.862056
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Iida Line
Distance	70.5 km from Toyohashi
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
History
Opened	November 11, 1955
Passengers
FY2017	19 (daily)
Location
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Shironishi Station (城西駅, Shironishi-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Lines

Shironishi Station is served by the Iida Line and is 70.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.

Station layout

The station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track, with a small wooden station building. Until 2008, the station had a single island platform, but was rebuilt in 2008. The station is not attended.

Adjacent stations

Station history

Shironishi Station was established on November 11, 1955, as a station on Japan National Railway (JNR), when the Iida line between Sakuma Station and Ōzore Station was rerouted to avoid the rising waters of the Sakuma Dam. Freight services were discontinued in 1974. The station has been unmanned since 1984. Along with its division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 19 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

• National Route 152

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Media related to Shironishi Station at Wikimedia Commons

• (in Japanese) Iida Line station information