{{short description|Railway station in Shirakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan}} {{Infobox station | name = Shirasaka Station | style = JR East | native_name = 白坂駅 | native_name_lang = ja | type = | image = JREast-Tohoku-main-line-Shirasaka-station-entrance-20151014-095448.jpg | alt = | caption = Shirasaka Station in October 2015 | other_name = | address = Shirasaka Okura Yagan 86, Shirakawa-shi, Fukushima-ken 961–0835 | country = Japan | coordinates = {{Coord|37.0947|N|140.1843|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline, title}} | operator = [[File:JR logo (east).svg|20px]] [[JR East]] | line = {{Colorbull|MediumSeaGreen}} [[Tōhoku Main Line]] | platforms = 2 side platforms | tracks = 2 | distance = 182.0 km from {{STN|Tokyo|x}} | connections = | structure = | code = | status = Unstaffed | website = {{official website|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=848}} | opened = February 20, 1917 | closed = | former = | passengers = 63 daily | pass_year = FY 2004 | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR East|line=Tohoku|left=Toyohara|right=Shin-Shirakawa|note-mid=Local}} | map_type = Japan Fukushima Prefecture#Japan | map_dot_label = Shirasaka Station }} {{nihongo|'''Shirasaka Station'''|白坂駅|Shirasaka-eki}} is a [[railway station]] in the city of [[Shirakawa, Fukushima|Shirakawa]], [[Fukushima Prefecture]], [[Japan]], operated by [[East Japan Railway Company]] (JR East).
==Lines== Shirasaka Station is served by the [[Tōhoku Main Line]], and is located 182.0 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at [[Tokyo Station]].
==Station layout== The station has two opposed [[side platform]]s connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
===Platforms=== {{ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|name= Tōhoku Main Line |linecol=MediumSeaGreen|dir= for {{STN|Kuroiso|x}} and {{STN|Utsunomiya |x}}}} {{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|first=3|nidx= Tōhoku Main Line |linecol=MediumSeaGreen|dir= for {{STN|Shirakawa|x}} and {{STN|Kōriyama|x|Fukushima}}}}
==History== Shirasaka Station opened on February 20, 1917. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the [[privatization]] of the [[Japanese National Railways]] (JNR) on April 1, 1987.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ishino |first=Tetsu |title=停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 Ⅱ |date=1 October 1998 |publisher=JTB |edition=1st |pages=398 |language=ja |trans-title=Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR II}}</ref>
==Surrounding area== * Shirasaka Post Office *Shirasaka Industrial Park *{{jct|country=JPN|Route|294}}
==See also== * [[List of railway stations in Japan]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category-inline}} * {{official website|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=848}} {{in lang|ja}}
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[[Category:Stations of East Japan Railway Company]] [[Category:Railway stations in Fukushima Prefecture]] [[Category:Tōhoku Main Line]] [[Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1917]] [[Category:Shirakawa, Fukushima]]
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