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
LocationSakaida, Oirase-machi, Kamikita-gun, Aomori-ken 039-2124
Japan
Coordinates40°35′30.99″N 141°24′27.79″E / 40.5919417°N 141.4077194°E / 40.5919417; 141.4077194
Operated by Aoimori Railway
Line(s) Aoimori Railway Line
Distance84.9 km from Aomori
Platforms1 island + 1 side platform
Tracks3
ConnectionsBus stop
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedDecember 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 is located in Aomori Prefecture
Shimoda Station
Shimoda Station
Location within Aomori Prefecture
Shimoda Station is located in Japan
Shimoda Station
Shimoda Station
Shimoda Station (Japan)
Shimoda Station platforms

Lines

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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

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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

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

Bus services

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

History

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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

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See also

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References

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  • JTB Timetable December 2010 issue
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