Shimokita Station
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Shimokita Station 下北駅 | |||||||||||||||
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Location | 4-13 Shimokita, Mutsu-shi, Aomori-ken 035-0061 Japan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°16′59.55″N 141°11′23.50″E / 41.2832083°N 141.1898611°E | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Ōminato Line | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 55.5 km from Noheji | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Connections | Bus stop | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | December 6, 1939 | ||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2009 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
FY20188 | 193 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Shimokita Station Location within Aomori Prefecture |
Shimokita Station (下北駅, Shimokita-eki) is a railway station in the city of Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It was formerly also the terminal station for the Shimokita Kōtsu Company's , which closed in 2001 and was replaced by a bus line.
Lines[]
Shimokita Station is served by the Ōminato Line, and is located 55.5 kilometers from the terminus of the Ōminato Line at Noheji Station.
Station layout[]
The station has one ground-level island platform, of which only one side is in use, serving bidirectional traffic. The other side of the platform was formerly used for the now-defunct Ōhata Line. The station building is attended, and has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office as well as an automatic ticket machine.
History[]
Shimokita Station opened on December 6, 1939 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). All freight operations were discontinued as of December 1, 1983.[citation needed] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. The station building was completely rebuilt in 2009.[1]
Passenger statistics[]
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 193 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
Surrounding area[]
- Mutsu City Hall
- Mutsu City Library
- Mutsu Post Office
- Mutsu General Hospital
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "下北駅新駅舎利用開始しました。" (Press release). Mutsu City. 2009-01-23. Archived from the original on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
External links[]
Media related to Shimokita Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Stations of East Japan Railway Company
- Ōminato Line
- Railway stations in Aomori Prefecture
- Railway stations in Japan opened in 1939
- Mutsu, Aomori
- Aomori Prefecture railway station stubs