Shirahama Station

Shirahama 白浜
JR-West commuter rail station
Shirahama Station in December 2013
Location	1475, Katata, Shirahama, Nishimuro District Wakayama Japan （和歌山県西牟婁郡白浜町堅田1475）
Coordinates	33°40′33.06″N 135°23′13.97″E / 33.6758500°N 135.3872139°E / 33.6758500; 135.3872139Coordinates: 33°40′33.06″N 135°23′13.97″E / 33.6758500°N 135.3872139°E / 33.6758500; 135.3872139
Owned by	West Japan Railway Company
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line)
Distance	275.4 km (171.1 mi) from Kameyama 95.2 km (59.2 mi) from Shingū
Platforms	2 side platform
Tracks	4
Train operators	West Japan Railway Company
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	None
Other information
Website	http://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top.php?id=0622064
History
Opened	20 December 1933 (1933-12-20)[1]
Electrified	1978[2]
Previous names	Shirahamaguchi (1933 - 1965)[1]
Passengers
2017	744 daily[3]
Services Preceding station   JR-West   Following station  W  Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) Kii-Tonda Toward Kushimoto, Kii-Katsuura and Shingū   Local   Asso Toward Wakayama, Tennōji, Shin-Ōsaka, and Kyōto

Shirahama Station (白浜駅, Shirahama-eki) is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) in Shirahama, Nishimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Limited express trains named "Kuroshio" stop at this station and part of those return to Shin-Osaka and Kyoto.

Layout[]

This station has two platforms serving four tracks on the ground - a side platform serving a track, an island platform serving two tracks a dead-end track on the north side. Each platform is connected with an overbridge with escalators.

Surroundings[]

• Adventure World
• Kumano Kodo
• Nanki Shirahama Spa

Adjacent stations[]

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