Shimokita Station

Shimokita Station 下北駅
File:JRE ShimokitaStation-NEW 20090805.jpg Shimokita Station
Location	Shimokita 4-13, Mutsu, Aomori （青森県むつ市下北町4-13） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ōminato Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1939
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	191 daily

Shimokita Station (下北駅, Shimokita-eki) is a railway station on the JR East Ōminato Line located in the city of Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is 55.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Ōminato Line at Noheji Station. It was the terminal station for the Shimokita Kotsu Company's Ōhata Line, which was discontinued in 2000 and replaced by a bus line.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Ōminato Line

Station layout

Shimokita Station has a single 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.

History

Shimokita Station was opened on December 6, 1939 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). All freight operations were discontinued as of December 1, 1983. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (the successor to the JGR) on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of JR East. The station building was completely rebuilt in 2009.

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Ōminato Line
Mutsu-Yokohama		Express Shimokita		Ōminato
Akagawa		Local (各駅停車)		Ōminato

Surrounding area

• Mutsu City Hall
• Mutsu City Library
• Mutsu Post Office
• Mutsu General Hospital

External links

• JR East Official home page