Shimodaira Station

Shimodaira Station (下平駅) is a railway station on the Iida Line in the town of Takamori, Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Lines
Shimodaira Station is served by the Iida Line and is 139.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.

Station layout
The station consists of a single ground-level side platform serving one bi-directional track. The station is unattended. There is no station building, but only a waiting room on the platform.

History
Shimodaira Station opened on 13 March 1923. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Central. A new station building was completed in February 2009.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 106 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

 * Tenryū River