Shimosone Station

Shimosone Station (下曽根駅) is a passenger railway station located in  Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.

Lines
Shimosone Station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 11.6 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.

Layout
The station consists of one island platform, connected by an elevated station building. The station is staffed.

History
Shimosone Station was established as Sone Station (曽根駅) on 25 October 1895 as on the Kyushu Railway. The railway was nationalized in 1907. The station was renamed to its current name on 1 May 1945. On 4 May 1946, the station was destroyed by an explosion at the neighboring former Imperial Japanese Army Air Service Fukuoka HQ. The current station building was completed in 1981. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 197, the station came under JR Kyushu.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2020, there was a daily average of 5339 boarding passengers at this station. .