Shimoji Station | |
Native Name: | 下地駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR Central |
Address: | Ushiroguchi Yokosukacho, Toyohashi-shi, Aichi-ken 440-0093 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR Central |
Line: | Iida Line |
Distance: | 2.2 kilometers from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Code: | CD02 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | August 1, 1943 |
Passengers: | 194 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2017 |
Map Type: | Japan Aichi Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Shimoji Station |
thumb|right|Platform is a railway station in the city of Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).
Shimoji Station is served by the Iida Line, and is located 2.2 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Toyohashi Station.
The station has two side platforms built on an embankment, connected by an underpass crossing. The area in between the side platforms is filled in, forming what is effectively an island platform. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and is unattended.
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Shimoji Station was established on December 23, 1925 as a temporary stop on the now-defunct connecting with . On August 1, 1943, the Toyokawa Railway was nationalized along with some other local lines to form the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Iida Line and Shimoji became a full station at that time. The current station building was constructed in 1974. The station has been unattended since April 1985. 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.
Station numbering was introduced to the Iida Line in March 2018; Shimoji Station was assigned station number CE02.[1] [2]
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 194 passengers daily.[3]