Sōja Station

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

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.

1 • 3 █ Kibi Line to Bitchū-Takamatsu • Okayama (most trains leave from platform 1)
2 █ Hakubi Line (upper) to Kurashiki • Okayama
4 █ Hakubi Line (lower) to Bitchū-Takahashi • Niimi • Yonago
5 • 6 █ Ibara Railway Ibara Line to Ibara • Kannabe

Environs

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

Highway access

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

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