Sonoda Station
Sonoda Station 園田駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Sonoda Station building (north side) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Higashi-Sonodacho, Amagasaki-shi, Hyōgo-ken 661-0953 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°45′7.22″N 135°26′53.55″E / 34.7520056°N 135.4482083°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Hankyu Railway. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Hankyu Kobe Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) from Osaka-umeda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | HK-05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 October 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2020 | 38,241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sonoda station (園田駅, Sonoda-ekii, station number: HK-05) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Amagasaki Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company Hankyu Railway.[1] Although technically situated in Amagasaki, it is a five-minute walk to neighboring Osaka Prefecture.
Lines
Sonoda Station is served by the Hankyu Kobe Line, and is located 7.2 kilometres (4.5 miles) from the terminus of the line at Osaka-umeda.
Layout
The station consists of two elevated island platforms serving four tracks and a single unnumbered side platform outside the inbound siding track. Normally, only the island platform is used, and the single platform is a 'temporary platform' for getting off, which was mainly used when the Sonoda horse race is held.
Platforms
| 1, 2 | ■ Kobe Line | for Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi, Kōbe (Kobe-Sannomiya, Shinkaichi) and Takarazuka |
| 3, 4 | ■ Kobe Line | for Ōsaka (Umeda), Kyōto, Kita-Senri and Minoo |
| x | ■ Kobe Line | Used for getting off the local trains from Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi when horse racing is held |
History
Sonoda Station opened on 20 October 1936.[2]
The station was transformed from a surface-level station to an elevated station in 1980. Work took 2 years to complete.[3]
Station numbering was introduced on 21 December 2013, with Sonoda being designated as station number HK-05.[4]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal year 2019, the station was used by an average of 38,241 passengers daily.[5]
Surrounding area
Below the station itself exists a small shopping centre called Sonoda Hankyu Plaza (園田阪急プラザ) which undertook a major renovation completed at the end of April 2006. It now consists of many restaurants, a Matsumoto Kiyoshi pharmacy, a Mister Donut, a branch of the Kohyo chain of supermarket, a Docomo mobile phone shop as well as various smaller retailers.
- Sonoda Racecourse
- Yuri Gakuin Junior and Senior High School
- Amagasaki Municipal Sonoda Higashi Junior High School
See also
References
- ^ 兵庫の鉄道全駅 JR・三セク [All stations in Hyogo Prefecture] (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun Shuppan Center. 2011. ISBN 978-4-343-00602-8.
- ^ 曽根, 悟 (October 2010). "週刊 歴史でめぐる鉄道全路線 大手私鉄" [Weekly History of all Railway Lines: Major private railways]. Weekly Asahi Encyclopedia (in Japanese). 12 (Hanshin Electric Railway Hankyu Electric Railway 2): 27–29. ISBN 978-4-02-340142-6.
- ^ 兵庫の鉄道全駅 私鉄・公営鉄道 [All railway stations in Hyogo Private railways and public railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Kobe Newspaper General Publishing Center. 2012. ISBN 9784343006745.
- ^ "「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. 30 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ 養父市統計書 [Hyogo Prefecture Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
External links
Media related to Sonoda Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Sonoda Station (Hankyu Railway) (in Japanese)