Shimoda Station

For other uses, see Shimoda Station (disambiguation).

Shimoda Station (下田駅, Shimoda eki) is a railway station on the Aoimori Railway Line in the town of Oirase in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Aoimori Railway Company.

Shimoda Station 下田駅
Regional rail station
Shimoda Station in December 2007
General information
Location	Sakaida, Oirase-machi, Kamikita-gun, Aomori-ken 039-2124 Japan
Coordinates	40°35′30.99″N 141°24′27.79″E
Operated by	Aoimori Railway
Line(s)	■ Aoimori Railway Line
Distance	84.9 km from Aomori
Platforms	1 island + 1 side platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	December 20, 1891
Services
Preceding station Aoimori Railway Following station Hachinohe Terminus Shimokita Misawa towards Noheji Mutsu-Ichikawa towards Metoki Aoimori Railway Line Mukaiyama towards Aomori
Location Shimoda Station Location within Aomori Prefecture Shimoda Station Shimoda Station (Japan)

Shimoda Station platforms

Lines

Shimoda Station is served by the Aoimori Railway Line, and is 37.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Metoki Station. It is 654.3 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

Shimoda Station has a one ground-level island platform and one ground-level side platform serving three tracks connected to the station building by a footbridge. However, only tracks 1 and 3 are in use, and track 2 is used as a siding. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ Aoimori Railway Line	for Sannohe and Hachinohe
2	■ Aoimori Railway Line	(siding)
3	■ Aoimori Railway Line	for Misawa, Noheji and Aomori

Bus services

• Towada Kanko Bus
  • For Towada via Rokunohe
  • For Hachinohe via Tagadai-Danchi

History

Shimoda Station was opened on December 20, 1891 as a station on the Nippon Railway. It became a station on the Tōhoku Main Line of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the Japan National Railway (JNR) after the nationalization of the Nippon Railway on November 1, 1906. Regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued in October 1971, and it has been managed from Misawa Station since February 1983. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East.

The section of the Tōhoku Main Line including this station was transferred to Aoimori Railway on December 4, 2010.

Surrounding area

• Oirase River
• Former Shimoda Town Hall

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

• JTB Timetable December 2010 issue

External links

• Aoimori Railway station information page (in Japanese)