Sōja Station

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Operated by JR West Address Japan Platforms in use 4		Previous names Higashi-Sōja Station Opened 17 February 1925

Location Kiyone, Kami-Nakajima, Sōja, Okayama Prefecture Japan Line(s) Hakubi, Kibi, and Ibara Similar Higashi‑Sōja Station, Kiyone Station, Hattori Station, Gōkei Station, Kurashiki 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.

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.

Environs

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

Highway access

Japan National Route 180

Japan National Route 486

Okayama Prefectural Route 421 (Sōja Teishajō Route)

Okayama Prefectural Route 469 (Kurashiki-Sōja Route)

Connecting lines

JR West Hakubi Line

Kiyone Station — Sōja Station — Gōkei Station

Ibara Railways Ibara Line

(line begins) Sōja Station — Kiyone Station

Kibi Line

Higashi-Sōja Station — Sōja Station (end of line)

References

Sōja Station Wikipedia

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