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 | |
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Sosanji Station in 2007 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Ōaza Kaeda, Miyazaki, Miyazaki (宮崎県宮崎市大字加江田) Japan |
| Coordinates | 31°48′48″N 131°26′54″E |
| Operated by | |
| Line(s) | ■ Nichinan Line |
| Distance | 10.2 km from Minami-Miyazaki |
| Platforms | 1 side platform |
| Tracks | 1 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At grade |
| Disabled access | Yes - ramp to platform |
| Other information | |
| Status | Unstaffed |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Opened | 20 March 1915 (1915-03-20) |
| Passengers | |
| FY2016 | 21 daily |
| Location | |
Sosanji Station Location within Japan | |
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]
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]
| ← | Service | → | ||
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| Nichinan Line | ||||
| Undōkōen | Local | Kodomonokuni | ||
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]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 21 passengers (boarding only) per day.[6]
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