Shimonoshō Station

Shimonoshō Station
下庄駅駅

Shimonoshō Station
Location 578 Shimonoshō, Kameyama, Mie
(三重県亀山市下庄町578)
Japan
Operated by JR Central
Line(s) Kisei Main Line
History
Opened 1891
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010) 354 daily

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 ForKameyama

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)
Kisei Main Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Kameyama Local Ishinden

External links

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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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