Shinshiro Station (新城駅, Shinshiro-eki) is a railway station in the city of Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).
Shinshiro Station 新城駅 | |||||
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![]() Shinshiro Station in February 2007 | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | 30 Miyanonishi, Shinshiro-shi, Aichi-ken 441-1377 Japan | ||||
Coordinates | 34°54′01″N 137°29′36″E / 34.9004°N 137.4933°E | ||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||
Line(s) | ![]() | ||||
Distance | 21.6 kilometers from Toyohashi | ||||
Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||
Other information | |||||
Status | Staffed | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | April 25, 1898 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
FY2006 | 636 daily | ||||
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Lines
editShinshiro Station is served by the Iida Line, and is located 21.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.
Station layout
editThe station has a one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge.The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and is staffed.
Platforms
edit1 | ■ Iida Line | For Toyohashi, Taketoyo |
2 | ■ Iida Line | For Toyohashi Chūbu-Tenryū and Iida |
3 | ■ Iida Line | For Toyohashi Chūbu-Tenryū and Iida |
Adjacent stations
edit« | Service | » | ||
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Central Japan Railway Company | ||||
Iida Line | ||||
Toyokawa | Limited Express "Inaji" (特急「伊那路」) | Hon-Nagashino | ||
Nodajō | Local (普通) | Higashi-Shimmachi |
Station history
editShinshiro Station was established on April 25, 1898 as a station on the now-defunct Toyokawa Railway (豊川鉄道, Toyokawa Tetsudō). On August 1, 1943, t the Toyokawa Railway were nationalized along with some other local lines to form the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Iida Line.[1] Scheduled freight operations were discontinued in 1972. 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.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 99. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
External links
editMedia related to Shinshiro Station at Wikimedia Commons