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.
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 (later renamed the Miyazaki Railway) opened the station on 20 March 1915 as an additional station on a line which it had laid in 1913 between and Uchiumi (now closed). The station closed when the Miyazaki Railway ceased operations on 1 July 1962. Subsequently, Japanese National Railways (JNR) 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 (boarding only) per day. See the table for 平成28年度 [fiscal 2016].
Surrounding area Nichinan Kaigan Road Park Sozanji Rural Training Center
See also List of railway stations in Japan
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External links
Sosanji (JR Kyushu)