Station

Higashi-Shiroishi

東白石

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Higashi-Shiroishi
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Timetable information

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Location

History

Higashi-Shiroishi Station began life as Higashi-Shiroishi Signal Station on 1 March 1961 and was upgraded to a passenger-only unattended station on 20 December 1961 on the Tōhoku Main Line in the city of Shiroishi, Miyagi. The station was provisionally named Omote-Zaō before opening. Following the privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 it became part of JR East, and Suica was introduced on 26 October 2003. Originally only a subset of trains stopped here, but full local-train service began in December 2000. Eki-Net Q Chike ticketless boarding began on 1 October 2024.

Notes

Although named Higashi-Shiroishi, the station stands on the bank of the Shiroishi River with almost no houses around it; most of its users are residents of the Miya district of Zaō Town on the opposite bank, or people connected with nearby factories and other facilities.

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