Sōja Station (総社駅, Sōja-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Sōja, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is jointly operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the third sector transportation company, Ibara Railway Company[1]
Sōja Station 総社駅 | |||||||
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 Sōja Station building in 2005 | |||||||
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| Location | 1-1-1 Ekimae, Sōja-shi, Okayama-ken 719-1136 Japan | ||||||
| Coordinates | 34°40′24.69″N 133°44′17.16″E / 34.6735250°N 133.7381000°E | ||||||
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| Distance | 26.6 km (16.5 miles) from Kurashiki | ||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 2 island platforms | ||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||
| Station code | JR-V07, JR-U10 | ||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||
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| Opened | 15 February 1925 | ||||||
| Previous names | Higashi-Sōja (to 1956) | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| 2019 | 3506 daily | ||||||
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Lines
editSōja Station is served by the Hakubi Line, and is located 10.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kurashiki and 26.6 kilometers from Okayama. It is also the northern terminus of the 20.4 kilometer Kibi Line from Okayama and the 41.7 kilometer Ibara Railway Ibara Line from Kannabe.
Station layout
editThe station consists of one side platform with a notch to enable it to serve two tracks, and two island platforms, connected by an elevated station building. The JR portion of the station is staffed.
Platforms
edit| 0 | ■ U Kibi Line | for Bitchū-Takamatsu and Okayama |
| 1, 2 | ■ V Hakubi Line | for Kurashiki and Okayama |
| 3 | ■ V Hakubi Line | for Bitchū-Takahashi and Niimi |
| 5, 6 | ■ Ibara Line | for Ibara and Kannabe |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| Hakubi Line | ||||
| Kiyone | Local | Gōkei | ||
| Kibi Line | ||||
| Higashi-Sōja | Local | Terminus | ||
| Ibara Line | ||||
| Terminus | - | Kiyone | ||
History
editSōja Station was opened on February 17, 1925 as Higashi-Sōja Station (東総社駅). It was renamed on November 1, 1959. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.[2] The Ibara Railway connected to the station on January 11, 1999.[3]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 3506 passengers daily.[4]
Surrounding area
edit- Sōja City Hall
- Sōja Municipal Sōja Nishi Junior High School
- Sōja Municipal Sōja Chuo Elementary School
See also
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン - 全線・全駅・全配線』5 鳥取・出雲・尾道エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 5 Tottori/Izumo/Onomichi Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
- ^ Ishino, Akira (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編. JTB. p. 260. ISBN 978-4-533-02980-6.
- ^ "井原鉄道の旅立ち". 鉄道ジャーナル. 33 (4): 70–74. April 1999.
- ^ Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020
External links
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Media related to Sōja Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Sōja Station from JR-Odekake.net (in Japanese)
- Ibara Railway home page (in Japanese)