Shinshiro Station

Shinshiro Station
新城駅

Shinshiro Station
Location Miya-no-nishi 30, Shinshiro, Aichi
(愛知県新城市宮ノ西30)
Japan
Operated by Central Japan Railway Company
Line(s) Iida Line
History
Opened 1898

Shinshiro Station (新城駅 Shinshiro-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is located 21.6 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Iida Line at Toyohashi Station.

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 and small parcel services from 1985. 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.

Lines

Layout

Shinshiro Station has a one side platform and one island platform connected by an overpass.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Iida Line
Toyokawa   Limited Express "Inaji" (特急「伊那路」)   Hon-Nagashino
Nodajō   Local (普通)   Higashi-Shimmachi

References

  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). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 99. ISBN 4533029809.

Coordinates: 34°54′01″N 137°29′36″E / 34.9004°N 137.4933°E / 34.9004; 137.4933

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