Shirahama Station
Shirahama 白浜 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| JR-West commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||||||
 Shirahama Station in December 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 1475, Katata, Shirahama, Nishimuro District Wakayama
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| Coordinates | 33°40′33.06″N 135°23′13.97″E / 33.6758500°N 135.3872139°E | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | .svg){kind=logo} 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 | 2 side platform | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | None | |||||||||||||||||
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| Website | http://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top.php?id=0622064 | |||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 20 December 1933[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1978[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Shirahamaguchi (1933 - 1965)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 744 daily[3] | |||||||||||||||||
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Shirahama Station (白浜駅, Shirahama-eki) is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) in Shirahama, Nishimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Limited express trains named "Kuroshio" stop at this station and part of those return to Shin-Osaka and Kyoto.
Layout
This station has two platforms serving four tracks on the ground - a side platform serving a track, an island platform serving two tracks a dead-end track on the north side. Each platform is connected with an overbridge with escalators.
| 0 | ■ Kinokuni Line | part of limited express trains "Kuroshio" returning for Wakayama, Tennoji, Shin-Osaka and Kyoto |
| 1 | ■ 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 | ■ Kinokuni Line | for Kushimoto, Kii-Katsuura and Shingu |
| 3 | ■ Kinokuni Line | part of limited express trains "Kuroshio" for Wakayama, Tennoji, Shin-Osaka and Kyoto for Kushimoto, Kii-Katsuura and Shingu (only one local train every day) |
Surroundings
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| West Japan Railway Company (JR West) | ||||
| Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) | ||||
| Susami | Limited Express Kuroshio | Kii-Tanabe | ||
| Kii-Tonda | Local | Asso | ||
Sources
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shirahama Station.
- Shirahama Station (West Japan Railway) (in Japanese)
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