Shimokawai Station

Shimokawai Station
下川合駅
Shimokawai Station
Location
Prefecture Shizuoka
(See other stations in Shizuoka)
City Hamamatsu
Ward Tenryū
Neighborhood etc. Sakuma-cho, Kawai 595
Postal code431 - 3907
(in Japanese)浜松市天竜区佐久間町川合595
History
Year opened 1934
Rail services
Operator(s) Central Japan Railway Company
Line(s) Iida Line

Shimokawai Station (下川合駅 Shimokawai -eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is located 59.9 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Iida Line at Toyohashi Station.

Station history

Shimokawai Station was established on November 11, 1934. On August 1, 1943, the Sanshin Railway was nationalized along with several other local lines to form the Iida line. All freight services were discontinued in 1971. Along with its division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company.

Lines

Layout

Shimokawai Station is an unmanned station with a single elevated side platform, and a small waiting room built onto the platform. It formerly had a single island platform, but was rebuilt in 2008.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Iida Line
Limited Express "Inaji" (特急「伊那路」): no stop
Hayase   Local (普通)   Chūbu-Tenryū

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Coordinates: 35°04′09″N 137°47′11″E / 35.06925°N 137.786253°E