Sosanji Station

Sosanji Station 曽山寺駅
Sosanji Station in 2007
General information
Location	Kaeda, Miyazaki-shi, Miyazaki-ken 889-2161 Japan
Coordinates	31°48′48″N 131°26′54″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nichinan Line
Distance	10.2 km from Minami-Miyazaki
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	Yes - ramp to platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	20 March 1915 (1915-03-20)
Passengers
FY2016	21 daily
Services
Preceding station JR Kyushu Following station Undōkōen towards Minami-Miyazaki Nichinan Line Kodomonokuni towards Shibushi
Location Sosanji Station Location within Miyazaki Prefecture Show map of Miyazaki Prefecture Sosanji Station Sosanji Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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

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]

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. In 1978 the platform was extended by 20 meters, giving it an effective length of 90 meters. 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]

Surrounding area

• Nichinan Kaigan Road Park
• Sozanji Rural Training Center

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 774. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
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].

External links

Media related to Sosanji Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Sosanji (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)