Sōja Station



Sōja Station (総社駅) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Sōja, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is jointly operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the third sector transportation company, Ibara Railway Company

Lines
Sōja Station is served by the Hakubi Line, and is located 10.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kurashiki and 26.6 kilometers from Okayama. It is also the northern terminus of the 20.4 kilometer Kibi Line from Okayama and the 41.7 kilometer Ibara Railway Ibara Line from Kannabe.

Station layout
The station consists of one side platform with a notch to enable it to serve two tracks, and two island platforms, connected by an elevated station building. The JR portion of the station is staffed.

Adjacent stations

 * -Ibara Railway

History
Sōja Station was opened on February 17, 1925 as Higashi-Sōja Station (東総社駅). It was renamed on November 1, 1959. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company. The Ibara Railway connected to the station on January 11, 1999.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 3506 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

 * Sōja City Hall
 * Sōja Municipal Sōja Nishi Junior High School
 * Sōja Municipal Sōja Chuo Elementary School