Shimokita Station

Shimokita Station
下北駅

Shimokita Station in August 2009
Location 4-13 Shimokita, Mutsu-shi, Aomori-ken
（青森県むつ市下北町4-13）
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Ōminato Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=820
History
Opened December 6, 1939
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 194 daily
Location
Shimokita Station
Location within Japan

Shimokita Station (下北駅 Shimokita-eki) is a railway station on the JR East Ōminato Line located in the city of Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It was also the terminal station for the Shimokita Kotsu Company's Ōhata Line, which was discontinued in 2000 and replaced by a bus line.

Lines

Aizu-Kawaguchi Station is served by the Ōminato Line, and is located 55.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Ōminato Line at Noheji Station.

Station layout

Shimokita Station has a single 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.

Adjacent stations

←Service→
Ōminato Line
Mutsu-Yokohama   Rapid Shimokita   Ōminato
Akagawa   Local   Ōminato

History

Shimokita Station was opened on December 6, 1939 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). All freight operations were discontinued as of December 1, 1983. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (the successor to the JGR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. The station building was completely rebuilt in 2009.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 194 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

References

  1. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
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Coordinates: 41°16′59.55″N 141°11′23.50″E / 41.2832083°N 141.1898611°E / 41.2832083; 141.1898611

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