Shimokita Station

Shimokita Station

下北駅
Shimokita Station; 下北駅
	Shimokita Station in August 2009
General information
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
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	December 6, 1939
Rebuilt	2009
Passengers
FY20188	193 daily
Services
Location
	Shimokita Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Shimokita Station Shimokita Station (Japan)

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 Ōhata Line [ja], which closed in 2001 and was replaced by a bus line.

Lines edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 193 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area edit

Mutsu City Hall
Mutsu City Library
Mutsu Post Office
Mutsu General Hospital

References edit

^ "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 edit

Media related to Shimokita Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

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[1] "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.

[jreast2018stats-2] 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.

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