Shimodate Station
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Shimodate Station
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Shimodate Station, March 2012
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| Location | Otsu 86, Chikusei, Ibaraki （茨城県茨城県筑西市乙86） Japan |
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| Opened | 1889 |
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| Passengers (FY2013) | 3393 (JR) daily |
Shimodate Station (下館駅 Shimodate-eki?) is a railway station located in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan.
Shimodate Station is served by the JR East Mito Line, and is located 16.2 km from the official starting point of the line at Oyama Station. It is a terminus of the privately owned Mooka Railway’s Mooka Line and is served by the Kantō Railway’s Jōsō Line.
Shimodate Station has two island platforms and one side platform all connected by overhead passageways. The side platform has a cutout on its west side, so that the three platforms serve a total of six tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.
Shimodate Station was opened on 16 January 1889. The predecessor of the Mooka Railway began operations from 1 April 1912 and the Bōsō Railway (predecessor of the Kantō Railway) from 1 November 1913. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
Coordinates: 36°18′13″N 139°58′42″E / 36.3037129°N 139.9783516°E
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