Shimo-Fukaya Station
# Shimo-Fukaya Station

Shimo-Fukaya Station (下深谷駅, Shimo-Fukaya-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Yōrō Railway.

## Lines

Shimo-Fukaya Station is a station on the Yōrō Line, and is located 4.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kuwana.

## Station layout

The station consists of one unnumbered island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing.

### Platforms

| Station side | ■ Yōrō Line | for Kuwana |
| - | - | - |
| Opposite side | ■ Yōrō Line | for Yōrō, Ōgaki |

## Adjacent stations

| « | « | Service | » | » |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Yōrō Railway |||||
| Yōrō Line |||||
| Harima | Harima | - | Shimo-Noshiro | Shimo-Noshiro |

## History

Shimo-Fukaya Station opened on August 1, 1921 as a station on the Yōrō Railway. The Yōrō Railway became the Ise Electric Railway’s Yōrō Line on October 1, 1929, but re-emerged as the Yōrō Railway on April 20, 1936. It merged with the Sangu Electric Railway on August 1, 1940, and through a series of mergers became part of the Kansai Express Railway on June 1, 1944. The line was split off into the new Yōrō Railway on October 1, 2007.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 562 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

## Surrounding area

* Mie Prefectural Kuwana Kita High School
* Kuwana City Fukaya Elementary School
