Sosanji Station

Sosanji Station (曽山寺駅, Sosanji-eki) is a train station in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by of JR Kyushu and is on the Nichinan Line.[1][2]

Sosanji Station

曽山寺駅
Sosanji Station in 2007
LocationŌaza Kaeda, Miyazaki, Miyazaki
（宮崎県宮崎市大字加江田）
Japan
Coordinates31°48′48″N 131°26′54″E
Operated by JR Kyushu
Line(s)■ Nichinan Line
Distance10.2 km from Minami-Miyazaki
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Disabled accessYes - ramp to platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened20 March 1915 (1915-03-20)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)21 daily
Location
Sosanji Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Sosanji Station is served by the Nichinan Line and is located 10.2 km from the starting point of the line at Minami-Miyazaki.[3]

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade in an area of rural farmland. There is no station building, only a simple shelter made from disused rails on the platform.[2][3]

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Nichinan Line
Undōkōen Local Kodomonokuni

History

The private Miyazaki Light Railway (宮崎軽便鉄道) (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened the station on 20 March 1915 as an additional station on a line which it had laid in 1913 between Minami-Miyazaki and Uchiumi (now closed). The station closed when the Miyazaki Railway ceased operations on 1 July 1962. Subsequently, Japanese National Railways (JNR) extended its then Shibushi Line north from Kitagō towards Minami-Miyazaki on the same route and reopened Sosanji as an intermediate station on 8 May 1963. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.[4][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 21 passengers (boarding only) per day.[6]

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See also

References
  1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "曽山寺" [Sosanji]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  3. Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第7巻 宮崎・鹿児島・沖縄エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 7 Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 54, 95. ISBN 9784062951661.
  4. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 774. ISBN 4533029809.
  5. Imao, Keisuke (2009). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 12号 九州 沖縄―全線・全駅・全廃線 [Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines] (in Japanese). Mook. pp. 62–3. ISBN 9784107900302.
  6. "宮崎県統計年鑑 鉄道輸送実績（１日平均）" [Miyazaki Prefecture Statistics Yearbook Railway Transportation Record (daily average)]. Miyazaki Prefectural Government website. Retrieved 6 May 2018. See the table for 平成28年度 [fiscal 2016].


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