is a passenger

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located in the Nishi-ku ward of the city of Kumamoto,

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, Japan. It is operated by

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. The station name means, literally, "in front of

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Lines

The station is served by the

Kagoshima Main Line The is a major railway line operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) between Mojiko Station, Mojikō in Kitakyushu, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Kagoshima City, at the southern end of Kyushu. Until March 13, 2004, it ...

and is located 191.7 km from the starting point of the line at .

Layout

The station consists of two

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...

s serving two tracks at grade. There is no station building, only shelters on both platforms for waiting passengers and a small brickwork booth housing a ticket window. Access to the opposite side platform is by a footbridge. Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket counter which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' facility.

Platforms

file:Sojodaigakumae Station 4.JPG, A view of the platforms and tracks.

History

opened the station on 13 March 1988 as an additional station on the existing track of the Kagoshima Main Line. At that time, the station was named , literally "in front of Kumamoto Industrial University", after the institute of higher education nearby. The university changed its name to in 2000. Four years later, the station followed suit, becoming Sōjōdaigakumae on 13 March 2004. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 1021 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 133rd among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.

Surrounding area

References

External links

Sōjōdaigakumae (JR Kyushu)
Railway stations in Kumamoto Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1988 Buildings and structures in Kumamoto {{Kumamoto-railstation-stub