title: Shimo-Fukaya Station
text: # 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
  