Shimonoshō Station

Shimonoshō Station (下庄駅, Shimonoshō-eki) is a railway station in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The station is 5.5 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station.

Shimonoshō Station 下庄駅駅
Shimonoshō Station
Location	578 Shimonoshō, Kameyama, Mie （三重県亀山市下庄町578） Japan
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Kisei Main Line
History
Opened	1891
Passengers
FY2010	354 daily

History

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.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)
  • Kisei Main Line

Station layout

Shimonoshō Station has two opposed side platforms connected by an overpass. There is no station building, but only a small waiting room.

Platforms

1	■ Kisei Main Line	For Tsu, Iseshi, Toba, Shingu
2	■ Kisei Main Line	For Kameyama

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)
Kisei Main Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Kameyama		Local		Ishinden

External links

• JR Central timetable (in Japanese)