Musashi-Shiraishi Station
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is a railway station operated by East Japan Railway Company
(JR East) in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki
, Kanagawa Prefecture
, Japan
.
, and is 4.1 kilometers from the terminus at Tsurumi Station
. The station is located at the junction of the main route of the Tsurumi Line and its branch to , however the platform for the branch line at the station was removed in 1996 so that only mainline trains now stop at the station.
s serving two tracks.
on July 1, 1943 and was absorbed into the Japanese Government Railways
network. The station has been unstaffed since March 1, 1971. Upon the privatization
of the Japanese National Railways
(JNR) on April 1, 1987 the station has been operated by JR East.
The short platform for the Ōkawa branch line was used until 1996, when the branch line started operating three-car trains that were longer than the platform.
East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
(JR East) in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki
Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki
is one of the seven wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 216,826 and a density of 5,530 persons per km². The total area was 39.21 km²...
, Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
Lines
Musashi-Shiraishi Station is served by the Tsurumi LineTsurumi Line
The is a railway line operated by East Japan Railway Company in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It provides passenger service along a 7 km between Tsurumi Station in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama and Ōgimachi Station in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki. Branches bring the total length of track to 9.7 km. The...
, and is 4.1 kilometers from the terminus at Tsurumi Station
Tsurumi Station
is a railway station operated by JR East located in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is an interchange between the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and the Tsurumi Line , and is 52.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya Station...
. The station is located at the junction of the main route of the Tsurumi Line and its branch to , however the platform for the branch line at the station was removed in 1996 so that only mainline trains now stop at the station.
Station layout
Musashi-Shiraishi Station has a two opposed side platformSide platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
s serving two tracks.
Platforms
Adjacent stations
History
Musashi-Shiraishi Station was opened on March 10, 1926 as a station on the privately-held 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 July 26, 1931. It was elevated in status to that of a full station on March 17, 1936. The line was nationalizedNationalization
Nationalisation, also spelled nationalization, is the process of taking an industry or assets into government ownership by a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to private assets, but may also mean assets owned by lower levels of government, such as municipalities, being...
on July 1, 1943 and was absorbed into the Japanese Government Railways
Japanese Government Railways
The Japanese Government Railways was the national railway system directly operated by the central government of Japan until 1949. It is a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the Japan Railways Group.- Name :...
network. The station has been unstaffed since March 1, 1971. Upon the privatization
Privatization
Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...
of the Japanese National Railways
Japanese National Railways
, abbreviated or "JNR", was the national railway network of Japan from 1949 to 1987.-History:The term Kokuyū Tetsudō "state-owned railway" originally referred to a network of railway lines operated by nationalized companies under the control of the Railway Institute following the nationalization...
(JNR) on April 1, 1987 the station has been operated by JR East.
The short platform for the Ōkawa branch line was used until 1996, when the branch line started operating three-car trains that were longer than the platform.