Sōja Station

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Sōja Station 総社駅
Sōja Station building in 2005
Location	Kiyone, Kami-Nakajima, Sōja, Okayama Prefecture Japan
Coordinates	34°40′25″N 133°44′17″E / 34.673629°N 133.738096°E / 34.673629; 133.738096Coordinates: 34°40′25″N 133°44′17″E / 34.673629°N 133.738096°E / 34.673629; 133.738096
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Hakubi, Kibi, and Ibara
Platforms	4
History
Opened	17 February 1925 (1925-02-17)
Previous names	Higashi-Sōja Station

Sōja Station looking toward Bitchū-Takahashi Station (2006-07-22).

Sōja Station looking toward Kurashiki Station (2006-07-22).

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 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)

See also[]

• List of Railway Stations in Japan
• Gunma-Sōja Station (on the Joetsu Line in Gunma Prefecture)

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sōja Station.

• (in Japanese) JR West