Shinshiro Station

Location
	Shinshiro Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Shinshiro Station Shinshiro Station (Japan)

Shinshiro Station

新城駅
Shinshiro Station; 新城駅
	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	JR Central
Line(s)	Iida Line
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
Location
Location
	Shinshiro Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Shinshiro Station Shinshiro Station (Japan)

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).

Lines

Shinshiro 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

The 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

1	■ 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

«	Service
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

Shinshiro 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.

References

^ 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

Media related to Shinshiro Station at Wikimedia Commons

[1] 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.

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