title: Shinshiro Station
text: # Shinshiro Station
  
  Shinshiro Station (新城駅, Shinshiro-eki) is a railway station in the city of Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Shinshiro Station is served by the Iida Line, and is located 21.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station has a one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge.The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and is staffed.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Iida Line | For Toyohashi, Taketoyo |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Iida Line | For Toyohashi Chūbu-Tenryū and Iida |
  | 3 | ■ Iida Line | For Toyohashi Chūbu-Tenryū and Iida |
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | « | Service | » |
  | - | - | - |
  | Central Japan Railway Company |||||
  | Iida Line |||||
  | Toyokawa | Limited Express "Inaji" (特急「伊那路」) | Hon-Nagashino |
  | Nodajō | Local (普通) | Higashi-Shimmachi |
  
  ## Station history
  
  Shinshiro Station was established on April 25, 1898 as a station on the now-defunct Toyokawa Railway (豊川鉄道, Toyokawa Tetsudō). On August 1, 1943, t the Toyokawa Railway were nationalized along with some other local lines to form the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Iida Line. Scheduled freight operations were discontinued in 1972. Along with its division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company.
  
  