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Railway station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
JI07
Musashi-Shiraishi Station
武蔵白石駅
Musashi-Shiraishi Station, June 2020
General information
LocationShiraishi-chō, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-0857
Japan
Coordinates35°30′6.76″N 139°42′23.6″E / 35.5018778°N 139.706556°E / 35.5018778; 139.706556
Operated by JR East
Line(s)JI Tsurumi Line
Other information
Station codeJI07
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened10 March 1926; 98 years ago (1926-03-10)
Passengers
FY20081,601 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
AnzenJI06towards Tsurumi Tsurumi LineMain Line Hama-KawasakiJI08towards Ōgimachi
Location
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Musashi-Shiraishi Station (武蔵白石駅, Musashi-Shiraishi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Musashi-Shiraishi Station is served by the Tsurumi Line, and is 4.1 kilometers (2.5 mi) from the terminus of the line at Tsurumi Station. The station is located at the junction of the main route of the Tsurumi Line and its branch to Ōkawa, however the platform for the branch line at the station was removed in March 1996 so that only mainline trains now stop at the station.

Station layout

Station platforms, September 2010
Former Ōkawa branch platform, August 1980

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1 JI Tsurumi Line for Hama-Kawasaki and Ōgimachi
2 JI Tsurumi Line for Asano, Bentembashi, and Tsurumi

History

Musashi-Shiraishi Station was opened on 10 March 1926 as a station on the privately held Tsurumi Rinkō Railway (鶴見臨港鉄道, Tsurumi Rinkō Tetsudō) initially for freight operations only. The station was closed on November 15, 1930 and reopened as the Musashi-Shiraishi Stop for passenger services only from 26 July 1931. It was elevated in status to that of a full station on 17 March 1936. The line was nationalized on 1 July 1943 and was absorbed into the Japanese Government Railways network. The station has been unstaffed since 1 March 1971. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987 the station has been operated by JR East.

The short platform (platforms 3 and 4) for the Ōkawa branch line was used until March 1996, when the branch line started operating three-car trains that were longer than the platform.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2008, the station was used by an average of 1,601 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

  • Fuji Electric Kawasaki Factory

See also

References

  1. Kawasaki City statistics Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. Average number of boarding passengers in 2008.
  2. 各駅情報（武蔵白石駅） [Station Information (Musashi-Shiraishi Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  3. ^ "鶴見線大川支線　さよならクモハ１２形" [Tsurumi Line Okawa Branch - Farewell KuMoHa 12 series]. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 36, no. 422. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. June 1996. pp. 70–71.
  4. 川崎市統計書 (2008年度) [Kawasaki City statistics (Fiscal 2008)] (in Japanese). Japan: Kawasaki City. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Musashi-Shiraishi Station at Wikimedia Commons

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