Shimonogō Station
Shimonogō Station 下之郷駅 | |||||||||||
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 Shimonogō Station in July 2007 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 517-3 Shimonogō, Ueda-shi, Nagano-ken 386-1211 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°21′47.47″N 138°13′1.88″E / 36.3631861°N 138.2171889°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Ueda Electric Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Bessho Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 6.1 km from Ueda | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground level | ||||||||||
| Accessible | None | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | BE09 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 17 June 1921 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2015 | 159 daily | ||||||||||
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Shimonogō Station (下之郷駅, Shimonogō-eki) is a railway station in the city of Ueda, Nagano, Japan, operated by the private railway operating company Ueda Electric Railway.
Lines
[edit]Shimonogō Station is served by the Bessho Line and is 6.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ueda Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of two ground-level side platforms serving two tracks connected by a level crossing. The platforms are not numbered. The station is one of the few stations on the line which is staffed.
Platforms
[edit]| “south” | ■ Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line | for Shiodamachi and Bessho-Onsen |
| “north” | ■ Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line | for Ueda |
History
[edit]The station opened on 17 June 1921. It was also the terminus for the now-discontinued Ueda—Maruko Electric Railways’s Nishi-Maruko Line from 1926 to 1963.
Station numbering was introduced in August 2016 with Shimonogō being assigned station number BE09.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 159 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Ueda Kotsu head office
- Higashi-Shioda Post Office
- Ikushimatarushima Jinja
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "上田電鉄別所線 駅番号（駅ナンバリング）導入について" [Introduction of station numbers on the Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line] (PDF). uedadentetsu.com (in Japanese). 31 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "【上田電鉄】駅ナンバリング導入" [Information Regarding Station Numbering on the Ueda Electric Railway]. Rail Hobidas Online. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ 84 地方鉄道(JRを除く)駅別乗降旅客人員 [Nagano Prefectural Statistics (Fiscal 2016) Section 84] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Nagano Prefecture. 2017.
External links
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Media related to Shimonogo Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)