Shimonogō Station

Shimonogō Station 下之郷駅
Shimonogō Station in July 2007
Location	517-3 Shimonogō, Ueda-shi, Nagano-ken 386-1211 Japan
Coordinates	36°21′47.47″N 138°13′1.88″E / 36.3631861°N 138.2171889°E / 36.3631861; 138.2171889
Operated by	Ueda Electric Railway
Line(s)	■ Bessho Line
Distance	6.1 km from Ueda
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	BE09
Website	Official website
History
Opened	17 June 1921
Passengers
FY2015	159 daily
Location
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Shimonogō Station (下之郷駅, Shimonogō-eki) is a railway station in the city of Ueda, Nagano, Japan, operated by the private railway operating company Ueda Electric Railway.

Lines[]

Shimonogō Station is served by the Bessho Line and is 6.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ueda Station.

Station layout[]

The station consists of two ground-level side platforms serving two tracks connected by a level crossing. The platforms are not numbered. The station is one of the few stations on the line which is staffed.

Platforms[]

Adjacent stations[]

History[]

The station opened on 17 June 1921. It was also the terminus for the now-discontinued Ueda—Maruko Electric Railways’s Nishi-Maruko Line from 1926 to 1963.

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 159 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area[]

• Ueda Kotsu head office
• Higashi-Shioda Post Office
• Ikushimatarushima Jinja

See also[]

• List of railway stations in Japan

References[]

External links[]

Media related to Shimonogō Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)