Shimogōri Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 下郡駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Yamamoto Yumeishita 2, Kimitsu-shi, Chiba-ken 292-0401 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Kururi Line |
Distance: | 15.2 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | April 20, 1937 |
Passengers: | 78 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2006 |
Map Type: | Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Shimogōri Station |
is a passenger railway station in the city of Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Shimogōri Station is a station on the Kururi Line, and is located 15.2 km from the terminus of the line at Kisarazu Station.
The station consists of a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The platform is short, and can only handle trains with a length of three carriages or less. The station is unattended.
Shimogōri Station was opened on April 20, 1937. It was closed in 1944 due to World War II, but reopened in January 1947, but as utilization was very low, it closed again until April 1, 1956. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.
In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 78 passengers daily.[1]