Shirogane Station

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Railway station in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Mutsuminato towards Hachinohe		Hachinohe Line		Same towards Kuji

Location
Shirogane Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Show map of Aomori Prefecture Shirogane Station Shirogane Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Shirogane Station (白銀駅, Shirogane-eki) is a railway station in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Shirogane Station is served by the Hachinohe Line, and is 10.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Hachinohe Station.

Station layout

The station has a single ground-level side platform serving one bi-directional track. There is a small rain shelter built on top of the platform, but there is no station building. The station is unattended.^{[citation needed]}

The platform

History

Shirogane Station was opened on June 1, 1934 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR).^{[citation needed]} With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR, the post-war successor to the JGR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. The station has been unattended since December 10, 2005.^{[citation needed]}