Shimokita Station

{{short description|Railway station in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Shimokita Station

| style = JR East

| native_name = 下北駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| symbol_location= jp

| symbol = jre

| type =

| image = Shimokita-stn.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Shimokita Station in December 2010

| other_name =

| address = 4-13 Shimokita, Mutsu-shi, Aomori-ken 035-0061

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|41|16|59.55|N|141|11|23.50|E|type:railwaystation|display=inline}}

| operator = 20px JR East

| line = {{colorbull|#f1aa28}} Ōminato Line

| distance = 55.5 km from {{STN|Noheji|x}}

| platforms = 1 island platform

| tracks = 1

| connections = Bus stop

| structure = At grade

| status = Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)

| code =

| website = {{official|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=820}}

| opened = December 6, 1939

| rebuilt = 2009

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 193 daily

| pass_year = FY20188

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=JR East

|line1=Shimokita|left1=Chikagawa|right1=Ōminato|note-left1=(limited service)

|line3=Ominato|left3=Akagawa|right3=Ōminato}}

| map_type = Japan Aomori Prefecture#Japan

|mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 17

}}

{{nihongo|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 {{ill|Ōhata Line|ja|下北交通大畑線}}, which closed in 2001 and was replaced by a bus line. {{cite web|url=http://hacchi-no-he.net/line/oominato/station/0090_shimokita.htm|title=下北駅|trans-title=Shimokita Station|accessdate=31 March 2018|website=hacchi-no-he.net}}{{Cite book|last=Kawashima|first=Ryōzō|script-title=ja: 図説: 日本の鉄道東北ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第8巻岩手青森エリア|year=2015 |publisher=Kodansha|isbn=4062951754|trans-title=Japan Railways Illustrated.Tohoku Area. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 8 Iwate Aomori area|language=Japanese}}

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.

=Platforms=

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=Station side|first=2|pwidth=100|name=Ōminato Line |linecol=#f1aa28|dir=for {{STN|Ōminato|x}}
for {{STN|Noheji|x}} and {{STN|Aomori|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=Opposite side|first=3|nidx= Ōminato Line |linecol=#f1aa28|dir= }}

Shimokita Station platform 2000.jpg| Ōhata Line platform（August 2000）

Shimokita Station Ohata line platform.jpg|Ōhata Line platform（August 2000）

History

Shimokita Station opened on December 6, 1939 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). 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.{{cite press release | title = 下北駅新駅舎利用開始しました。 | publisher = Mutsu City | date = 2009-01-23 | url = http://www.city.mutsu.lg.jp/news/index.cfm/detail.1.6254.html | accessdate = 2009-08-22 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20141030131058/http://www.city.mutsu.lg.jp/news/index.cfm/detail.1.6254.html | archivedate = 2014-10-30 }}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 193 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2018_08.html|script-title=ja: 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度)|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)|year= 2019|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 21 April 2020}}