is a railway station on the Soya Main Line in Horonobe, Teshio District, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

Lines

Shimonuma Station is served by the Soya Main Line, and lies 207.2 km from the starting point of the line at . The station is numbered "W73".

Shimonuma Station

Station layout

The station has a single side platform serving a single side track. The station is unstaffed.

Shimonuma Station

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 25 September 1926. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.

Shimonuma Station

In September 2016, JR Hokkaido announced that it intended to close the station along with two other unstaffed stations on the line ( and ) in March 2017, due to low passenger usage.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used on average by less than one passenger daily.

Surrounding area

National Route 40

See also

List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

JR Hokkaido station information

Stations of Hokkaido Railway Company

Railway stations in Hokkaido Prefecture

Railway stations in Japan opened in 1926