Shimonuma Station

Shimonuma Station (下沼駅) is a railway station on the Soya Main Line in Horonobe, Teshio District, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).

Lines
Shimonuma Station is served by the Soya Main Line, and lies 207.2 km from the starting point of the line at Asahikawa. The station is numbered "W73".

Station layout
The station has a single side platform serving a single side track. The station is unstaffed.

History
The station opened on 25 September 1926. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Hokkaido.

In September 2016, JR Hokkaido announced that it intended to close the station along with two other unstaffed stations on the line (Minami-Horonobe and Nukanan) in March 2017, due to low passenger usage.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used on average by less than one passenger daily.

Surrounding area

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