Shin-Shirakawa Station
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is an East Japan Railway Company
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 (JR East) railway station located in Nishigō, Fukushima
Nishigo, Fukushima
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, Japan
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History

The station first opened as Iwaki-Nishigō Station on 7 April 1959. On 23 June 1982, it was renamed Shin-Shirakawa Station coinciding with the opening of the Tōhoku Shinkansen.

Adjacent stations

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