Shioya_Station_(Hyōgo)

Shioya Station (Hyōgo)

Shioya Station (Hyōgo)

Railway station in Kobe, Japan


Shioya Station (塩屋駅, Shioya-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

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Lines

Shioya Station is served by the JR San'yō Main Line (also referred to as the JR Kobe Line), and is located 10.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe and 43.3 kilometers from Osaka.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge and two tracks. There are two additional bypass tracks which are typically utilized by Special Rapid train service to bypass the stop. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1  JR Kobe Line for Nishi-Akashi and Himeji
2  JR Kobe Line for Sannomiya, Amagasaki, and Osaka

Adjacent stations

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History

Shioya Station opened on 1 July 1896 as a temporary stop, and was promoted to a full station on 1 December 1906.

On 18 June 1967, a home-made bomb exploded on a commuter train here, killing two and wounding 29. The motive has never been discovered.[1]

With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Shioya being assigned station number JR-A69.[2][3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6640 passengers daily[4]

Surrounding area

  • Sanyo Shioya Station (Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line)
  • Mount James
  • Mt. Hachibuse
  • Shioya Wakamiya Shrine

See also


References

  1. "About The Marshland, note 1". Standpoint Japan. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  2. "近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します!" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  3. "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  4. 兵庫県統計書令和元年(2019) [Hyogo Prefectural Statistics Reiwa First Year (2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

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