Shiroishi (Hokkaido)

History

Shiroishi (JR Hokkaido) opened on 13 November 1882 as a flag-stop on the government-built Horonai Railway. It was suspended during 1883, reopened in 1888, transferred to Hokkaido Coal & Railway on 11 December 1889 and abolished around 5 September 1890. The station reopened on 21 April 1903 as a general station and was nationalised on 1 October 1906. The Jōzankei Railway connected here from 17 October 1918 until the closure of the segment between Shiroishi and Higashi-Sapporo on 1 March 1945. Through trains from the Chitose Line began on 9 September 1973 when that line was re-routed, and the quadruple track to Sapporo opened the same day. JR Hokkaido took over on 1 April 1987, Kitaca service began on 25 October 2008, and the new elevated station building was placed in service on 30 January 2011.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.

Notes

Tickets issued from this station are printed with '(Hako) Shiroishi' to distinguish it from the same-named stations in Kumamoto and Miyagi prefectures, '(Hako)' being the operator abbreviation for the Hakodate Main Line. Shiroishi and the Sendai-area Shiroishi Station were declared sister stations on 25 October 1970.