Shirahama Station
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.
Shirahama 白浜 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| JR-West commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||||||
 Shirahama Station in December 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 1475, Katata, Shirahama, Nishimuro District Wakayama
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| Coordinates | 33°40′33.06″N 135°23′13.97″E | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | .svg.png.webp){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 mi) from Kameyama 95.2 km (59.2 mi) from Shingū | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platform | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | West Japan Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | 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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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
- Adventure World
- Kumano Kodo
- Nanki Shirahama Spa
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
- 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. 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』and『和歌山県公共交通機関等資料集』
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- Shirahama Station (West Japan Railway) (in Japanese)
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