Kita-Shirakawa Station

Railway station in Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Higashi-Shiroishi towards Kuroiso		Tōhoku Main Line Local		Ōgawara towards Morioka

Location
Kita-Shirakawa Station Location within Miyagi Prefecture Show map of Miyagi Prefecture Kita-Shirakawa Station Kita-Shirakawa Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Kita-Shirakawa Station (北白川駅, Kita-Shirakawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kita-Shirakawa Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 315.3 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo.

Station layout

The station has a single side platform and an island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Iwanuma,Natori and Sendai
2	■ Tōhoku Main Line	siding
2	■ Tōhoku Main Line	for Shiroishi, Fukushima, Kōriyama

History

Kita-Shirakawa Station opened on December 19, 1911. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.