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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, which closed in 2001 and was replaced by a bus line.
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Shimokita Station 下北駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Shimokita Station in August 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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| FY20188 | 193 daily | ||||||||||||||
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  Shimokita Station Location within Aomori Prefecture  Shimokita Station Shimokita Station (Japan) | |||||||||||||||
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
- List of railway stations in Japan
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)
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