Shimonoshō Station

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Shimonoshō Station 下庄駅
Shimonoshō Station
General information
Location	578 Shimonoshō, Kameyama-shi, Mie-ken 519-0133 Japan
Coordinates	34°48′52.45″N 136°28′47.05″E / 34.8145694°N 136.4797361°E / 34.8145694; 136.4797361
Operated by	JR Tōkai
Line(s)	■ Kisei Main Line
Distance	5.5 km from Kameyama
Platforms	2 side platforms
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	August 21, 1891; 133 years ago (1891-08-21)
Passengers
FY2019	304 daily
Location Shimonoshō Station Location within Mie Prefecture Show map of Mie Prefecture Shimonoshō Station Shimonoshō Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Shimonoshō Station (下庄駅, Shimonoshō-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

Shimonoshō Station is served by the Kisei Main Line, and is 5.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station.

The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. There is no station building, but only a small waiting room.

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, and it became 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.

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 304 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

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• Tsutoyogaoka Post Office

• List of railway stations in Japan

Media related to Shimonoshō Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR Central timetable^{[permanent dead link]} (in Japanese)