is a passenger

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in the city of

Funabashi, Chiba is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 644,668 in 309,238 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 7th most populated city (after pa ...

, Japan, operated by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in ...

(JR East).

Lines

Shimōsa-Nakayama Station is served by

Chūō-Sōbu Line The is a railway line that runs through Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) network, the line operates on separate tracks along the right-of-way of the Chūō Main Line ( Chūō Line (Rapid)) and ...

local services and is located 19.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 20.2 kilometers from .

Station layout

The station consists of an elevated

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

serving two tracks, with the station building underneath. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

Shimōsa-Nakayama Station opened on 12 April 1895.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 24,181 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below:

Surrounding area

South side

* Keisei Nakayama Station (

Keisei Main Line {{Infobox rail line , name = Keisei Main Line , native_name = 京成本線 , native_name_lang = ja , color = 005aaa , logo = {{KSLS, KS, 50 , logo_width = , image = Keisei-Series3000-3042.jpg , image_width = ...

) * Hokekyō-ji Temple

North side

* Funabashi No. 6 Junior High SchoolFunabashi No. 6 Junior High School website
Retrieved 15 January 2013.

References

External links

Shimōsa-Nakayama Station information
(JR East) {{DEFAULTSORT:Shimosa-Nakayama Station Railway stations in Japan opened in 1895 Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture Funabashi