Shimoda Station

Shimoda Station
Shimoda Station; 下田駅
	Shimoda Station in December 2007
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
Location
	Shimoda Station Location within Japan

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

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

Adjacent stations

←	Service
Aoimori Railway Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Mutsu-Ichikawa	-	Mukaiyama

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

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References

JTB Timetable December 2010 issue

External links

Aoimori Railway station information page (in Japanese)

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