is a passenger railway station located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

(JR East).

Lines

Musashi-Shiraishi Station is served by the Tsurumi Line, and is from the terminus of the line 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 March 1996 so that only mainline trains now stop at the station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

History

Musashi-Shiraishi Station was opened on 10 March 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 26 July 1931. It was elevated in status to that of a full station on 17 March 1936. The line was nationalized on 1 July 1943 and was absorbed into the Japanese Government Railways network. The station has been unstaffed since 1 March 1971. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987 the station has been operated by JR East. The short platform (platforms 3 and 4) for the Ōkawa branch line was used until March 1996, when the branch line started operating three-car trains that were longer than the platform.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2008, the station was used by an average of 1,601 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Fuji Electric Kawasaki Factory

References

External links

Musashi-Shiraishi Station
(JR East) {{Tsurumi Line Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1931 Railway stations in Kawasaki, Kanagawa