Shiroishi-Zaō Station
Shiroishi-Zaō Station 白石蔵王駅 | |||||||||||
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 Shiroishi-Zaō Station, August 2006 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Otakazawa Misawa Sakurada, Shiroishi-shi, Miyagi-ken 989-0213 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°59′41″N 140°37′57″E / 37.994675°N 140.632596°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Tōhoku Shinkansen | ||||||||||
| Distance | 286.01 km (177.72 mi) from Tokyo | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform + 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 23 June 1982 | ||||||||||
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| FY2018 | 874 daily | ||||||||||
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Shiroishi-Zaō Station (白石蔵王駅, Shiroishi-Zaō-eki) is a railway station in the city of Shiroishi, Miyagi, Japan, operated by JR East.
Lines
[edit]Shiroishi-Zaō Station is served by the Tohoku Shinkansen high-speed line from Tokyo to Shin-Aomori, with one Yamabiko service stopping per hour (up to 2 or 3 times per hour at peak times) between Tokyo and Sendai. It is located 286.01 kilometers from Tokyo Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station is an elevated station with one island platform and one side platform, with the station building located underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Tohoku Shinkansen | for Sendai, and Morioka |
| 2 | ■ Tohoku Shinkansen | for Utsunomiya and Tokyo |
| 3 | ■ Tohoku Shinkansen | (spare platform) |
History
[edit]The station opened 23 June 1982. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 874 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Shiroishi Station (20 minute walk)
- Site of Shiroishi Castle
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
External links
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Media related to Shiroishi-Zaō Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
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