Shimotsuma Station

Shimotsuma Station 下妻駅
File:Kanto-railway-Shimotsuma-station-building.jpg Shimotsuma Station, July 2008
Location	Shimotsumaotsu 363-2, Shimotsuma, Ibaraki （茨城県下妻市下妻乙363-2） Japan
Operated by	Kantō Railway
Line(s)	Jōsō Line
History
Opened	1913
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	827 daily

Shimotsuma Station (下妻駅, Shimotsuma-eki) is a train station in Shimotsuma, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Shimotsuma Station is a station on the Kantō Railway’s Jōsō Line, and is located 36.1 km from the official starting point of the line at Toride Station.

Station layout

The station has one side platform and one island platform, connected to the station building by both a level crossing and an overhead passageway.

Platforms

1	■ Jōsō Line	for Shimodate
2	■ Jōsō Line	for Moriya and Toride
3	■ Jōsō Line	not in normal operation

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Jōsō Line
Ishige		Rapid		Shimodate
Sōdō		Local		Daihō

History

Shimotsuma Station was opened on 1 November 1913 as a station on the Jōsō Railroad, which became the Kanto Railway in 1965. The station building was rebuilt in 2005.

Surrounding area

• Shimotsuma City Hall
• Shimotsuma Post Office
• Japan National Route 125

External links

• Kantō Railway Station Information (Japanese)