Sōjiji Station

This article is about the Hankyu Railway station in Osaka Prefecture. For the nearby Japan Railways station, see JR-Sōjiji Station. For the Keikyu station in Kanagawa Prefecture, see Kagetsu-sōjiji Station.
Sōjiji Station

総持寺駅
Sōjiji Station west entrance in 2012
General information
Location7 Sōjijiekimaechō, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka-fu 567-0802
Coordinates34°49′36.33″N 135°35′3.5″E / 34.8267583°N 135.584306°E / 34.8267583; 135.584306
Operated by Hankyu Railway.
Line(s)■ Hankyu Kyoto Line
Distance16.2 km (10.1 miles) from Jūsō
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeHK-70
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedApril 15, 1936 (1936-04-15)
Passengers
FY201916,634 daily
Location
Sōjiji Station is located in Osaka Prefecture
Sōjiji Station
Sōjiji Station
Location within Osaka Prefecture
Sōjiji Station is located in Japan
Sōjiji Station
Sōjiji Station
Sōjiji Station (Japan)
Map

Sōjiji Station (総持寺駅, Sōjiji-eki, station number: HK-70) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Hankyu Railway.

Lines

Sōjiji Station is served by the Hankyu Kyoto Line, and is located 16.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Jūsō and 18.6 kilometers from Osaka-umeda.

Layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms. Because it is on a slope, the Awaji side of the platform is on an embankment. The west ticket gate is on the lower level than the platform, near the Awaji side of the inbound (Kyoto Kawaramachi direction) platform. There is also an east ticket gate on the platform side of the outbound train (towards Osaka-Umeda), but there is no automatic ticket vending machine.

Platforms

1 ■ Kyoto Line for Kyoto (Kawaramachi) and Arashiyama
2 ■ Kyoto Line for Umeda, Tengachaya, Kita-Senri, Kobe, Takarazuka, Takatsuki-shi and Minoo

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hankyu Kyoto Main Line
Ibaraki-shi   Local   Tonda
Others: Does not stop at this station

History

Sojiji station opened on 15 April 1936.[1]

Station numbering was introduced to all Hankyu stations on 21 December 2013 with this station being designated as station number HK-70.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 16,634 passengers daily[3]

Surrounding area

  • Settsu-Tonda Station
  • Osaka Prefectural Takatsuki Support School
  • Takatsuki Municipal Tomita Elementary School

See also

References

  1. ^ 生田, 誠 (2013). 阪急京都線・千里線 街と駅の1世紀 [Hankyu Kyoto Line / Senri Line 1st century of town and station] (in Japanese). Japan: Sairyūsha. ISBN 978-4779117268.
  2. ^ "「西山天王山」駅開業にあわせて、「三宮」「服部」「中山」「松尾」４駅の駅名を変更し、全駅で駅ナンバリングを導入します" ["Sannomiya" "Hattori" "Nakayama" "Matsuo" along with the opening of "Nishiyama Tennozan" station. We will change the station names of 4 stations and introduce station numbering at all stations.] (PDF). Hankyu Corporation Online (in Japanese). 30 April 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. ^ 大阪府統計年鑑（令和2年）

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