Shironishi Station

Shironishi Station 城西駅
Shironishi Station
General information
Location	Sakuma-cho, Aijiki, Tenryū, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka （浜松市天竜区佐久間町相月） Japan
Operated by	Central Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Iida Line
History
Opened	1955

Shironishi Station (城西駅, Shironishi-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is located 70.5 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Iida Line at Toyohashi Station.

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.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Iida Line

Layout

Shironishi Station is an unmanned station with a single elevated side platform, and small station building. The station formerly had a single island platform, but was rebuilt in 2008.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Iida Line
Limited Express "Inaji" (特急「伊那路」): Does not stop at this station
Aizuki		Local (普通)		Mukaichiba

External links

• Template:Ja icon Iida Line station information