Shimogōri Station

{{short description|Railway station in Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Shimogōri Station

| style = JR East

| native_name = 下郡駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = Simogouri-station-platform.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Shimogōri Station

| other_name =

| address = Yamamoto Yumeishita 2, Kimitsu-shi, Chiba-ken 292-0401

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{Coord|35|21|19.34|N|140|3|19.57|E|source:jawiki_region:JP|display=inline, title}}

| operator = 20px JR East

| line = {{colorbull| DarkTurquoise}} Kururi Line

| distance = 15.2 km from {{STN|Kisarazu|x}}

| platforms = 1 side platform

| tracks =

| connections =

| structure =

| code =

| status = Unstaffed

| website = {{official|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1422}}

| opened = April 20, 1937

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 78 daily

| pass_year = FY2006

| map_type = Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Shimogōri Station

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR East|line=Kururi|left=Makuta|right=Obitsu}}

}}

{{nihongo|Shimogōri Station|下郡駅|Shimogōri-eki}} is a passenger railway station in the city of Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Shimogōri Station is a station on the Kururi Line, and is located 15.2 km from the terminus of the line at Kisarazu Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The platform is short, and can only handle trains with a length of three carriages or less. The station is unattended.

=Platform=

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|name= Kururi Line|linecol=#00B5AD|dir= For {{STN|Kisarazu|x}}
{{STN|Kazusa-Kameyama|x}}}}

History

Shimogōri Station was opened on April 20, 1937. It was closed in 1944 due to World War II, but reopened in January 1947, but as utilization was very low, it closed again until April 1, 1956. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 78 passengers daily.{{cite web|url= https://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/toukei/toukeidata/nenkan/nenkan-h19/index.html#11 |script-title=ja:千葉県統計年鑑（平成19年)|trans-title=Chiba Prefecture Statistics (Fiscal 2006)|year= 2007|publisher= Chiba Prefecture|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 11 August 2020}}