Sōja Station

Railway station in Sōja, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

JR West
Ibara Railway Company

Line(s)

V Hakubi Line
U Kibi Line
■ Ibara Line

Distance26.6 km (16.5 mi) from KurashikiPlatforms1 side + 2 island platformsOther informationStatusStaffedStation codeJR-V07, JR-U10WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened15 February 1925 (1925-02-15)Previous namesHigashi-Sōja (to 1956)Passengers20193506 daily

Location
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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]

Lines

Sōja 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

The 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

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

«	Service	»
Hakubi Line
Kiyone	Local		Gōkei
Kibi Line
Higashi-Sōja	Local		Terminus
Ibara Line
Terminus	-	Kiyone

History

Sōja 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

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 3506 passengers daily.^[4]

Surrounding area

Sōja City Hall
Sōja Municipal Sōja Nishi Junior High School
Sōja Municipal Sōja Chuo Elementary School

References

^ 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