Sōja Station

Sōja Station (総社駅, Sōja-eki) is a station jointly operated by JR West and Ibara Railway on the Hakubi, Kibi, and Ibara Lines. The station is in Kiyone, Kami-Nakajima, Sōja, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Sōja Station is the terminus of the Kibi Line, and the beginning of the Ibara Line.

Sōja Station

総社駅
Sōja Station building in 2005
LocationKiyone, Kami-Nakajima, Sōja, Okayama Prefecture
Japan
Coordinates34.673629°N 133.738096°E / 34.673629; 133.738096
Operated byJR West
Line(s)Hakubi, Kibi, and Ibara
Platforms4
History
Opened17 February 1925 (1925-02-17)
Previous namesHigashi-Sōja Station
Sōja Station looking toward Bitchū-Takahashi Station (2006-07-22).
Sōja Station looking toward Kurashiki Station (2006-07-22).

History

  • 1925-02-17: Higashi-Sōja Station opens
  • 1959-11-01: Higashi-Sōja Station is renamed to Sōja Station
  • 1987-04-01: Japanese National Railways is privatized, and Sōja Station becomes a JR West station
  • 1999-01-11: Ibara Railway's Ibara Line opens with service connecting Sōja and Kannabe Stations
  • Spring 2007: Automatic ticket gates will be installed
  • Summer 2007: The ICOCA card was scheduled to be accepted

Station building and platforms

Sōja Station has two platforms capable of handling six lines simultaneously. Each platform has an upper (上り, nobori) and lower end (下り, kudari). Hakubi Line trains occasionally use platform three.

1 • 3  U  Kibi Line to Bitchū-TakamatsuOkayama (most trains leave from platform 1)
2  V  Hakubi Line (upper) to KurashikiOkayama
4  V  Hakubi Line (lower) to Bitchū-TakahashiNiimiYonago
5 • 6 Ibara Railway Ibara Line to IbaraKannabe

Environs

The Sōja city offices, the Tenmaya Happy Town Ribu Sōja Store, and the Calpis Okayama Plant are near Sōja Station.

Highway access

Connecting lines

JR West Hakubi Line
Kiyone StationSōja StationGōkei Station
Ibara Railways Ibara Line
(line begins) Sōja StationKiyone Station
Kibi Line
Higashi-Sōja StationSōja Station (end of line)

See also

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