Shimoichiguchi Station
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is a passenger
railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
located in the town of ÅŒyodo, Yoshino District,
Nara Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the ...
, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company,
Kintetsu Railway , referred to as and officially Kinki-Nippon Railway, is a Japanese passenger railway company, managing infrastructure and operating passenger train service. Its railway system is the largest in Japan, excluding Japan Railways Group. The railw ...
.


Line

Shimoichiguchi Station is served by the
Yoshino Line The is a railway line in Nara Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. It connects in Kashihara and in Yoshino. All Express and Limited Express trains continue to and from ÅŒsaka Abenobashi Station on the ...
and is 17.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 56.7 kilometers from .


Layout

The station ground-level station with one
side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...
and one
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 ...
. The effective length of the platform is long enough for four cars. The station building is on the south side (single platform 3 for upbound trains), and is connected to the island platforms for downbound trains (platforms 1 and 2) by a level crossing.


Platforms


History

The station opened on 25 October 1912 when the Yoshino Light Railway. The Yoshino Railway merged with the Osaka Electric Tramway on 1 August 1929, which in turn merged with the Sangu Express Railway on 15 March 1941 to form the Kansai Express Railway. The Kansai Express Rail merged with Nankai Railway on 1 June 1944 to form the Kintetsu Railway Yoshino Line
Kintetsu Company History


Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1505 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
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Surrounding area

*Shimobuchi Shopping Street


See also

* List of railway stations in Japan


References


External links

* Railway stations in Japan opened in 1912 Railway stations in Nara Prefecture ÅŒyodo, Nara Stations of Kintetsu Railway {{Nara-railstation-stub