Shimodate Station

Shimodate Station

下館駅
Shimodate Station, March 2012
General information
LocationOtsu 86, Chikusei-shi, Ibaraki-ken 308-0041
Japan
Coordinates36°18′13″N 139°58′42″E / 36.3037129°N 139.9783516°E / 36.3037129; 139.9783516
Operated by
Line(s)
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened16 January 1889; 135 years ago (1889-01-16)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Tamado
towards Oyama
 Mito Line Niihari
towards Mito
Preceding station Kantō Railway Following station
Shimotsuma
towards Toride
 Jōsō Line
Rapid
 Terminus
Ōtagō
towards Toride
 Jōsō Line
Local
Preceding station Mooka Railway Following station
Terminus SL Mooka Orimoto
towards Motegi
Mooka Line Shimodate-Nikōmae
towards Motegi
Location
Shimodate Station is located in Ibaraki Prefecture
Shimodate Station
Shimodate Station
Location within Ibaraki Prefecture
Shimodate Station is located in Japan
Shimodate Station
Shimodate Station
Shimodate Station (Japan)
Kantō Railway platform

Shimodate Station (下館駅, Shimodate-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), together with the private railway operator Kantō Railway and the third sector Mooka Railway. It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

Lines

Shimodate Station is served by the JR East Mito Line, and is located 16.2 km (10.1 mi) from the official starting point of the line at Oyama Station. It is a terminus of the privately owned Mooka Railway’s Mooka Line and is also served by the Kantō Railway’s Jōsō Line.

Station layout

Shimodate Station has two island platforms and one side platform all connected by footbridges. The side platform has a cutout on its west side, so that the three platforms serve a total of six tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Mooka Railway Mooka Line for Mōka, Mashiko and Motegi
2, 3 ■ JR East Mito Line for Kasama, Tomobe and Mito
for Yūki and Oyama
4, 5 ■ Kantō Railway Jōsō Line for Shimotsuma, Moriya and Toride


History

Shimodate Station was opened on 16 January 1889.[1] The predecessor of the Mooka Railway began operations from 1 April 1912 and the Bōsō Railway (predecessor of the Kantō Railway) from 1 November 1913. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of station was used by an average of 3241 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] In Fiscal 2018, the Kanto Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 1253 passengers daily, and the Mooka Railway portion of the station by 662 passengers daily. [3]

Buses

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ "駅の情報 下館". JR東日本. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  3. ^ 4.運輸・通信 (PDF). Chikusei City. 2019. p. 36. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

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