Sohara Station (Mie)

Sohara Station
楚原駅

Sohara Station
Location Inabe-cho Sohara 544-1, Inabe, Mie
(三重県いなべ市員弁町楚原544-1)
Japan
Operated by Sangi Railway
Line(s) Hokusei Line
History
Opened 1914
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 577 daily

Sohara Station (楚原駅, Sohara-eki) is a railway station in Inabe, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is located 14.4 rail kilometres from the terminus of the Hokusei Line at Nishi-Kuwana Station.

Lines

Layout

Sohara Station has two opposed side platforms.

Platforms

1  Hokusei Line for Nishi-Kuwana
2  Hokusei Line for Ageki

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sangi Hokusei Line
Sohara Local Ohda

History

Sohara Station was opened on April 5, 1914 as a station of the Hokusei Railway, which became the Hokusei Electric Railway on June 27, 1934. Through a series of mergers, the line became part of the Kintetsu group on April 1, 1965. A new station building was completed in September 1992. On April 1, 2003 the Sangi Railway was spun out of Kintetsu as an independent company.


Coordinates: 35°06′39.56″N 136°33′37.21″E / 35.1109889°N 136.5603361°E / 35.1109889; 136.5603361

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