Sumiyoshi Station (JR West)

Sumiyoshi Station (住吉駅, Sumiyoshi-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and by the third sector Kobe New Transit Company[1]

Sumiyoshi Station

住吉駅
Sumiyoshi Station, October 2007
General information
Location1-2-9 Sumiyoshi-honmachi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyōgo-ken 658-0051
Japan
Coordinates34°43′11″N 135°15′44″E / 34.71972°N 135.26222°E / 34.71972; 135.26222
Owned by
Operated by JR West
Line(s)
Distance580.1 km (360.5 mi) from Tokyo
Platforms3 island platforms
Connections
  • Bus stop
Construction
Structure typeElevated (JR West)
Ground level (Rokkō Liner)
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed ( Midori no Madoguchi )
Station code JR-A57  (JR West)
R-01 (Rokkō Liner)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 June 1874 (1874-06-01)
Passengers
FY201935,612 daily (JR)
13,577 (Kobe New Transit)
Location
Sumiyoshi Station is located in Hyōgo Prefecture
Sumiyoshi Station
Sumiyoshi Station
Location within Hyōgo Prefecture
Sumiyoshi Station is located in Japan
Sumiyoshi Station
Sumiyoshi Station
Sumiyoshi Station (Japan)

Lines edit

Sumiyoshi Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line), and is located 580.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo and 23.7 kilometers from Osaka. It is also the terminus of the 4.5 kilometer Rokkō Island Line, an automated guideway transit system to Marine Park on man-made Rokkō Island.

Station layout edit

The JR station consists of two island platforms connected by an elevated station building. The two inside tracks are used by local and rapid service trains, and the two outside tracks by passing trains and a limited number of rapid trains. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Kobe New Transit station has one deadheaded island platform and is located above the JR platforms.

Platforms edit

1    JR Kobe Line for commuter express and through traffic
2    JR Kobe Line for Amagasaki, Osaka and Kitashinchi
3    JR Kobe Line for Sannomiya and Himeji
4    JR Kobe Line for commuter express and through traffic


1  Rokkō Liner for Marine Park
2  Rokkō Liner for Marine Park

Adjacent stations edit

« Service »
JR West Tōkaidō Line (JR Kōbe Line)
Settsu-Motoyama (JR-A56)   Local   Rokkōmichi (JR-A58)
Ashiya (JR-A54)   Rapid Service   Rokkōmichi (JR-A58)
Special Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
Rokkō Liner (R01)
Terminus - Uozaki (R02)

History edit

Sumiyoshi Station opened on 1 June 1874. 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. The Kobe New Transit began operations on 21 February 1991.

Station numbering was introduced to the Kobe Line platforms in March 2018 with Sumiyoshi being assigned station number JR-A57.[2][3]

Passenger statistics edit

In fiscal 2019, the JR station was used by an average of 35,612 passengers daily, and the Kobe New Transit station was used by 13,577 people in the same period.[4]

Surrounding area edit

  • Higashinada Ward General Government Building (Higashinada Ward Office)
  • Kobe Municipal Higashinada Library
  • Nada Junior and Senior High School
  • Konan Elementary School
  • Kobe Municipal Sumiyoshi Elementary School
  • Kobe Municipal Sumiyoshi Junior High School

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  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 [Hyogo Prefecture Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  • Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 126–127. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

External links edit

  Media related to Sumiyoshi Station at Wikimedia Commons