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
JR-West commuter rail station
Shirahama Station in December 2013
Location1475, Katata, Shirahama, Nishimuro District
Wakayama
  • Japan
  • (和歌山県西牟婁郡白浜町堅田1475)
Coordinates33°40′33.06″N 135°23′13.97″E
Owned by West Japan Railway Company
Operated by West Japan Railway Company
Line(s) W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)
Distance275.4 km (171.1 mi) from Kameyama
95.2 km (59.2 mi) from Shingū
Platforms2 side platform
Tracks4
Train operators West Japan Railway Company
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessNone
Other information
Websitehttp://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top.php?id=0622064
History
Opened20 December 1933 (1933-12-20)[1]
Electrified1978[2]
Previous namesShirahamaguchi (1933 - 1965)[1]
Passengers
2017744 daily[3]
Services
Preceding station   JR-West   Following station
 W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)
Kii-Tonda
Toward Kushimoto, Kii-Katsuura and Shingū
  Local   Asso
Toward Wakayama, Tennōji, Shin-Ōsaka, and Kyōto

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 »
West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)
Susami   Limited Express Kuroshio   Kii-Tanabe
Kii-Tonda   Local   Asso

Sources

  1. 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.
  2. 『'88 JR西日本』西日本旅客鉄道,1988, p.97.
  3. 『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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