Kintetsu Shimoda Station

Railway station in Kashiba, Nara Prefecture, Japan

Kintetsu-Shimoda Station

近鉄下田駅

Kintetsu Railway commuter rail station

Kintetsu-Shimoda Station

General information
Location| 4 Chome Shimodanishi, Kashiba-shi, Nara-ken 639-0231
Japan
Coordinates| 34°32′29.13″N 135°42′14.48″E﻿ / ﻿34.5414250°N 135.7040222°E﻿ / 34.5414250; 135.7040222
Owned by|  Kintetsu Railway
Operated by|  Kintetsu Railway
Line(s)|  D  Osaka Line
Distance| 25.7 km (16.0 miles) from Osaka Uehommachi
Platforms| 2 side platforms
Tracks| 2
Train operators|  Kintetsu Railway
Connections|

* Bus terminal

Construction
Bicycle facilities|  Available
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Station code|  D22
Website| www.kintetsu.co.jp/station/station_info/station02024.html
History
Opened| 1 July 1927 (1927-07-01)
Previous names| Shimoda (to 1944)
Kinki Nippon Shimoda (to 1970)
Passengers
FY2019| 2475 daily
Services
| Preceding station  |  Kintetsu Railway | Following station

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Nijō

towards Osaka Uehommachi

|  | Osaka Line

Local

Semi-Express

|  | Goidō

towards Ise-Nakagawa

Location

Kintetsu-Shimoda Station (近鉄下田駅, Kintetsu-Shimoda-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kashiba, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Kintetsu Railway.[1]

## Line

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Kintetsu-Shimoda Station is served by the Osaka Line and is 25.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ōsaka Uehommachi.

## Layout

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The station is an above-ground station with two opposed side platforms and two tracks. The ticket gates and concourse are underground, while the platforms are above ground. There are entrances on both the north and south sides. The effective length of the platform is six cars. The station is unattended.[2]

## Platforms

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1 | ■  D  Osaka Line  | for Goido, Yamato-Yagi, and Nabari

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2 | ■  D  Osaka Line  | for Kawachi-Kokubu, and Osaka Uehommachi

## History

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The station was opened as Shimoda Station (下田駅) on 1 July 1927 as a station on the Osaka Electric Tramway Yagi Line. It became a Kansai Express Railway station due to a company merger with Sangu Express Railway on 15 March 1941, and through a subsequent merger became a station on the Kintetsu Railway on 1 July 1944. It was renamed Kinki Nippon Shimoda Station (近畿日本下田駅) at that time, but the name was changed to its present name on 1 March 1970.

## Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019 the station was used by an average of 2475 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

## Surrounding area

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* Kashiba City Hall
* Kashiba City Kashiba Junior High School
* Kashiba City Shimoda Elementary School

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
2. ^ "近鉄下田駅駅" [Kintetsu-Shimoda Station]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
3. ^ Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook

## External links

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Media related to Kintetsu-Shimoda Station at Wikimedia Commons

* Official website

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Stations of the Osaka Line

* (Namba Line <<) Ōsaka Uehommachi
* Tsuruhashi
* Imazato
* Fuse
* Shuntokumichi
* Nagase
* Mito
* Kyūhōjiguchi
* Kintetsu Yao
* Kawachi-Yamamoto
* Takayasu
* Onji
* Hōzenji
* Katashimo
* Andō
* Kawachi-Kokubu
* Ōsaka-Kyōikudai-mae
* Sekiya
* Nijō
* Kintetsu Shimoda
* Goidō
* Tsukiyama
* Yamato-Takada
* Matsuzuka
* Masuga
* Yamato-Yagi
* Miminashi
* Daifuku
* Sakurai
* Yamato-Asakura
* Hasedera
* Haibara
* Murōguchi-Ōno
* Sambommatsu
* Akameguchi
* Nabari
* Kikyōgaoka
* Mihata
* Iga-Kambe
* Aoyamachō
* Iga-Kōzu
* Nishi-Aoyama
* Higashi-Aoyama
* Sakakibara-Onsenguchi
* Ōmitsu
* Ise-Ishibashi
* Kawai-Takaoka
* Ise-Nakagawa (>> Nagoya Line, Yamada Line)

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