Shimokita Station


Shimokita Station 下北駅
Shimokita Station
Location
Prefecture	Aomori (See other stations in Aomori)
City	Mutsu
Neighborhood etc.	Shimokita 4-13
Postal Code	035 - 0061
(in Japanese)	青森県むつ市下北町4-13
History
Year opened	1939
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s)	Ōminato Line

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.

1 History
2 Lines
3 Station layout
- 3.1 Platforms
4 Adjacent stations
5 References
6 External links

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.

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 manned, and has a “Green Window” service counter as well as an automatic ticket machine.