Shimonoshō Station

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Shimonoshō Station
下庄駅駅
Shimonoshō Station
Location
Prefecture Mie
(See other stations in Mie)
City Kameyama
Neighborhood etc. 578 Shimonoshō
Postal code519-0133
(in Japanese)三重県亀山市下庄町578
History
Year opened 1891
Rail services
Operator(s) JR Central
Line(s) Kisei Main Line
Statistics 354 passengers/day (FY2010)

Shimonoshō Station (下庄駅 Shimonoshō-eki) is a railway station in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The station is 5.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station.

History

Shimonoshō Station opened on August 21, 1891, as a station on the Tsu spur line of the privately owned Kansai Railway. The line was nationalized on October 1, 1907, becoming the Sangu Line of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on October 12, 1909. The station was transferred to the control of the Japan National Railways (JNR) Kisei Main Line on July 15, 1959. The station has been unattended since December 21, 1983. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of the (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Lines

Station layout

Shimonoshō Station has two opposed side platforms connected by an overpass. There is no station building, but only a small waiting room.

Platforms

1 Kisei Main Line For Tsu, Iseshi
2 Kisei Main Line ForMie

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)
Kisei Main Line
Rapid: no stop
Kameyama Local Ishinden

External links

Coordinates: 34°48′52.45″N 136°28′47.05″E / 34.8145694°N 136.4797361°E / 34.8145694; 136.4797361

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