Sosanji Station


Sosanji Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nichinan Line.
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Lines

Sosanji Station is served by the Nichinan Line and is located 10.2 km from the starting point of the line at.

Layout

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.

History

The private Miyazaki Light Railway opened the station on 20 March 1915 as an additional station on a line which it had laid in 1913 between and Uchiumi. The station closed when the Miyazaki Railway ceased operations on 1 July 1962. Subsequently, Japanese National Railways extended its then Shibushi Line north from towards Minami-Miyazaki on the same route and reopened Sosanji as an intermediate station on 8 May 1963. In 1978 the platform was extended by 20 meters, giving it an effective length of 90 meters. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 21 passengers per day.

Surrounding area