Shimodate Station is served by the JR East Mito Line, and is located 16.2 km (10.1 mi) from the official starting point of the line at Oyama Station.

It is a terminus of the privately owned Mooka Railway’s Mooka Line and is also served by the Kantō Railway’s Jōsō Line.

The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

[2] In Fiscal 2018, the Kanto Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 1253 passengers daily, and the Mooka Railway portion of the station by 662 passengers daily.

[3] Media related to Shimodate Station at Wikimedia Commons This Ibaraki Prefecture railroad station-related article is a stub.