Shimobe-onsen Station

Shimobe-onsen Station
下部温泉駅
JR Shimobe-onsen Station, January 2006
Location
Prefecture Yamanashi
(See other stations in Yamanashi)
District Minamikoma
Town Minobu
Neighborhood etc. 608 Hadakajima
Coordinates35°25′34″N 138°28′20″E / 35.4260°N 138.4722°E
Postal code409- 2936
(in Japanese)山梨県南巨摩郡身延町常葉7045
History
Year opened 1927
Former name Shimobe Station
Present name since 1991
Rail services
Operator(s) JR Central
Line(s) Minobu Line
Statistics 170 passengers/day 2008

Shimobe-onsen Station (下部温泉駅 Shimobe-onsen-eki) is a railway station on the Minobu Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in the town of Minobu, Minamikoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is located 51.7 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Minobu Line at Fuji Station.

History

Shimobe-onsen Station was opened on December 17, 1927 as a Shimobe Station (下部駅 Shimobe-eki) on the original Fuji-Minobu Line. The line came under control of the Japanese Government Railways on May 1, 1941. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. Freight operations were discontinued from September 20 1972. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company. The station was renamed to its present name on December 14, 1991.

Lines

Layout

Shimobe-onsen Station has a single island platform serving 2 tracks.

Platform

1 Minobu Line For Fuji, Minobu
2 Minobu Line For Kōfu

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Central Japan Railway Company
Minobu Line
Hadakajima - Kai-Tokiwa

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