Shimodate Station

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Shimodate Station 下館駅
Shimodate Station, March 2012
General information
Location	Otsu 86, Chikusei-shi, Ibaraki-ken 308-0041 Japan
Coordinates	36°18′13″N 139°58′42″E / 36.3037129°N 139.9783516°E / 36.3037129; 139.9783516
Operated by	JR East Mooka Railway Kantō Railway JR Freight
Line(s)	■Mito Line ■ Mooka Line ■ Jōsō Line
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	16 January 1889; 135 years ago (1889-01-16)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Tamado towards Oyama Mito Line Niihari towards Mito Preceding station Kantō Railway Following station Shimotsuma towards Toride Jōsō Line Rapid Terminus Ōtagō towards Toride Jōsō Line Local Preceding station Mooka Railway Following station Terminus SL Mooka Orimoto towards Motegi Mooka Line Shimodate-Nikōmae towards Motegi
Location Shimodate Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Show map of Ibaraki Prefecture Shimodate Station Shimodate Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Shimodate Station (下館駅, Shimodate-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), together with the private railway operator Kantō Railway and the third sector Mooka Railway. It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).