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Shiraoka Station

Shiraoka Station

Railway station in Shiraoka, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Shiraoka Station (白岡駅, Shiraoka-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Shiraoka, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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Lines

Shiraoka Station is served by the Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and lies 43.5 kilometers from the starting point of the Tohoku Main Line at Tokyo.

Station layout

This station has an elevated station building with one ground-level island platform and one ground-level side platform underneath, serving three tracks. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1 ■ Utsunomiya Line for Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso
2 ■ Utsunomiya Line (for both directions)
3 ■ Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via JT Tokaido Line and JT Ito Line)
■ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line)

History

Shiraoka Station opened on 11 February 1910. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 12,854 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

  • Shiraoka Central General Hospital
  • Kogukihisaizu Shrine
  • Shiraoka City Central Community Center

See also

References

  1. [1]
    各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

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