Shimonuma Station

Shimonuma Station
Shimonuma Station; 下沼駅
	The station shelter and platform in September 2009
Location	Shironuma, Horonobe-cho, Teshio-gun, Hokkaido 098-3228; Japan
Operated by	Hokkaido Railway Company
Line(s)	■ Soya Main Line
Distance	207.2 km from Asahikawa
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	W73
Website	www.jrasahi.co.jp/contents/facilities/station/w73_shimonuma.html
History
Opened	25 September 1926
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015)	<1 daily
Location
	Shimonuma Station Location within Japan

Shimonuma Station (下沼駅, Shimonuma-eki) is a railway station on the Soya Main Line in Horonobe, Teshio District, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). Opened in 1926, the station is scheduled to close from the start of the revised timetable in March 2017.

Lines

Shimonuma Station is served by the Soya Main Line, and lies 207.2 km from the starting point of the line at Asahikawa.[1] The station is numbered "W73".

Station layout

The station has a single side platform serving a single bidirectional track. The station is unstaffed.

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Soya Main Line
Limited Express Sōya: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express Sarobetsu: Does not stop at this station
Horonobe	Local	Toyotomi

History

The station opened on 25 September 1926.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[1]

In September 2016, JR Hokkaido announced that it intended to close the station along with two other unstaffed stations on the line (Minami-Horonobe and Nukanan) in March 2017, due to low passenger usage.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used on average by less than one passenger daily.[2]

Surrounding area

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References

Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 902. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
幌延３駅、来春廃止　ＪＲが町に方針伝達 [3 stations in Horonobe to close next spring - JR notifies town]. Doshin (in Japanese). Japan: The Hokkaido Shimbun Press. 3 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

External links

JR Hokkaido station information (in Japanese)

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[teishajo1998-1] Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 902. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[doshin20160903-2] 幌延３駅、来春廃止　ＪＲが町に方針伝達 [3 stations in Horonobe to close next spring - JR notifies town]. Doshin (in Japanese). Japan: The Hokkaido Shimbun Press. 3 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.